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Tips for Great Group Work in the Classroom
Collaboration is essential to students’ learning! Having kids work together promotes cooperation, builds social-emotional skills, and gets them engaged in active learning. Group work, on the other hand, tends to come with challenges....
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How to Assign Group Work in Google Classroom
It's gotten a whole lot easier to assign group work in Google Classroom. Learn how to use Google Classroom's assignments feature to create and manage group projects for students. Simply create a new assignment, de-select "all students,"...
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How to Be a Super Digital Citizen
Learn how to be a super digital citizen in 3 easy steps!
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How to Evaluate a Website's Privacy and Security
There are some simple privacy and security checks anyone can do to assess how risky a website is when it comes to your personal information and data. This video will show you how to check if a website uses encryption, how to locate a...
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Help Your Students Fact-Check the Web Like Professionals
From viral memes to so-called "fake news," the web is overflowing with information -- true, false, and everything in between. Here's one tip to help your students use the web effectively as a fact-checking tool: Don't just read down the...
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How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images
A quick demo of how Google's reverse image search tool can be used to fact check and research images. Have you ever wondered about the source or history behind an image? Google image search can help provide answers. Whether you're doing...
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Using Games in the Classroom
Every game has potential for learning! Consider the educational value in some of the more popular, entertainment-focused games that your students (and you!) already enjoy at home. Of course, not all games are school-appropriate, but you...
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Digital Bytes: Selling Out
How are advertisers and marketers targeting our youth? Teens deconstruct how marketing elements today attempt to get their attention with or without their consent. For more videos and ways to help teach teens about digital citizenship,...
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Digital Compass Product Video
Learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through our award-winning, animated, choose-your-own-path interactive experiences, designed for grades 6-8. Invite students to explore digital dilemmas, make good (and not-so-good) decisions,...
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Power Up Your Parent Communication
Effective parent-teacher communication is crucial in helping students learn. But, for busy teachers it can be challenging just to keep up. Can apps and other digital tools make it easier to keep everyone -- parents and students -- in the...
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Digital Bytes: Micro-Lingo
How has technology changed the way we communicate? Has texting redefined how our brains process information? How has the development of emoticons influenced our emotional ability to connect with others? For more videos and ways to help...
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Digital Bytes: Myselfie, Myself
Is today’s generation too fixated on getting “likes”? Teens will explore how this fixation affects their day-to-day behavior and determine what their own tipping points are. For more videos and ways to help teach teens about digital...
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Digital Bytes: Gender and the Media
How is one’s perception of oneself shaped by the media? Teens explore how the media perpetuates traditional gender stereotypes and roles and the limitations this puts on a developing self-image. For more videos and ways to help teach...
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Digital Bytes: Movers and Shakers
How are young people using the Internet to spark social change? Teens will explore how people their own age have used different digital tools and platforms to champion a cause. For more videos and ways to help teach teens about digital...
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Digital Bytes: Copy-Paste Culture
What’s the difference between being inspired by others’ creative work and copying others’ creative ideas? What crosses the line legally? How about ethically? Teens discuss the fundamental concept of copyright by exploring the gray area...
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6 Ways to Help Your Kids Stop Multitasking During Homework
Are your kids multitasking during homework? Here are six tips to help them focus on one activity at a time. Find more education tips at https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/parents
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What's New at Common Sense Education? 2016-2017
Find out what's New at Common Sense Education for the 2016-2017 school year!
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Make It Easy for Students and Parents to Sign up With Seesaw
Here’s a super simple way to get students and parents signed up with Seesaw. It’s best to get parents signed up right off the bat, at the beginning of the year, and luckily Seesaw makes this easy. With this tip you can make Seesaw --...
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Why Is Teaching Online Safety Important?
Hear perspectives from a principal, technology teacher, and school counselor about online safety challenges their school has faced (such as students sharing private information), and why they believe teaching about online safety is...
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Create a Feedback Loop for Students' Work With FreshGrade
Check out this simple way to turn homework into a legit feedback loop with FreshGrade. Whether your classroom is completely paperless, or if you’re just moving in that direction, FreshGrade’s dashboard makes it easy to manage students’...
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How Does Social Media Impact Students?
Once you post something online, it's permanent. Yet many students don't realize the reality and repercussions of this fact. Hear an assistant principal describe the importance of students learning how posting things online not only can...
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How Does Cyberbullying Affect Students?
Cyberbullying and digital drama causes students pain and distress that affects their home and learning environments. Students often don't realize how quickly something can spread, or how hurt others can be by their actions online. Hear...
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How to Make Connections Between Videos with Zaption
Use Zaption to edit videos together to create thought-provoking comparison. By combining video, students can draw connections, thinking critically, and connect what they're seeing to a bigger picture. For more tips for using video in the...
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How to Set Up Your Digital Classroom for Success
Classroom set up and classroom management is key to crafting an ideal space for students to learn, especially at back-to-school time. But how do we adapt to classrooms where students and/or teachers use digital devices like smartphones,...