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5 Key Takeaways from Hacking Google for Education

Earlier this year, I had the chance to see the authors of Hacking Google for Education: 99 Ways to Leverage Google Tools in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts in action. At their third annual Tomorrow’s Classroom Today Conference, authors Brad...

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Safe Schools Begin at Home: Why Parents Should Be Concerned About Student Online Safety

As an educator today, you might think that parents are more inclined to blame schools and teachers than their own children for behavioral and...

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How School Principals Can Create Conditions for Better Learning

What do you think is a school principal’s first responsibility?

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Social Network Spotlight: Signal

The number of end-to-end encrypted messaging apps grows larger every day. While they’re not all about State secrets and Edward Snowden, arguments...

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Students Using Office 365 More Likely to Be Bullied, Have Contact with Strangers

More than one out of every three students in sixth through eighth grade are using Office 365 to support their learning, while nearly half of all high...

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Have You Done Any Google Hacking Lately?

A weird question to ask, right? Since the word “hacking” brings to light a negative connotation. For one moment though, I want you to put a positive...

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Safety Management Categories: Drugs & Alcohol

This is the fifth post in a Gaggle Speaks series on our Safety Management categories. In this post, we discuss our Drugs & Alcohol category.

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Why School Boards Should Want to Get Devices Into the Hands of Students

For years, school boards have worked to put learning devices into the hands of students, whether through carts, one-to-one or BYOD initiatives. By...

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3 Email Archiving Considerations When Using More Than One Provider

Some school districts still are just starting to give their students access to email, but have relied on a different system for staff email for a...

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Student Online Safety This Summer: Digital Empathy from Mom and Dad

It starts with communication. You know, suggesting to parents that they talk with their children.

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