MindShift

• How Well Are Schools Teaching Cyber Safety and Ethics?

  

  Earlier this week we looked at proposed legislation in California that would change how social networking websites handle privacy and security — not just for minors online but for all Internet users. Several commenters responded that, when it comes to … Read More

• 8 Social Media Sites Just for Kids
• 5 Apps That Could Help to Stop Cyberbullying

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• 10 Ways to Teach Innovation

  

  Getty By Thom Markham One overriding challenge is now coming to the fore in public consciousness: We need to reinvent just about everything. Whether scientific advances, technology breakthroughs, new political and economic structures, environmental solutions, or an updated code of … Read More

• How to Fuel the Innovation Engine in Learning
• Five Ways to Bring Innovation Into the Classroom

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• Facebook and YouTube Offer Guidelines to Help Schools and Parents

  

  Flickr:Dan Taylor By Matt Levinson Online social giants YouTube and Facebook have taken big steps to attempt to provide guidance on digital citizenship for kids online. Google (which owns YouTube) just launched its ten-step online program for smart and safe … Read More

• Should Adults Control Kid-Created Content?
• Schools and Students Clash Over Use of Technology

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• How to Avoid Tech Burnout

  

  Our gadgets are our saviors and our worst enemies. As parents, we have tools to reign in our children’s time spent online, but it may be harder to impose restrictions on ourselves. As I’ve mentioned before, the tools are not … Read More

• iPad: Game-changer, fad, or the future?
• Wii in lieu of P.E.?

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• By the Numbers: Teachers, Tech, and the Digital Divide

  

  A new Pew Research survey of more than 2,400 middle school and high school teachers released today shows that, while teachers believe technology has helped with their teaching, it’s also brought new challenges — including the possibility of creating a … Read More

• 2012 Ed Tech Trends: Insights From Insiders
• To Make Blended Learning Work, Teachers Try Different Tactics

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• What Does a Great School Year Look Like? Ask the Students

  

  This past school year, Shelley Wright, a high school educator in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, made a number of big changes in her teaching practice. The class went paperless and used a Wiki, she incorporated project-based learning and collaboration into her … Read More

• Teachers and Students Create Their Own Curriculum in Alaska
• Teachers Customize Textbooks Online

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