Tag: Education
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5 Ways Analytics Improve Social Media Posts
Improving social media content doesn’t have to be so hard. Dig into your social media analytics for key insights!
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Using Animation to Inspire Digital Learning
School is just around the corner for many students and teachers, and I’m eager to enter my media art class with some excitement. Yes, the past two pandemic years were challenging, stressful, and overwhelming. However, I’m really looking to motivate and inspire my students like never before. During the last two years, restrictions on collaboration, […]
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Photojournalism’s Last Breath
If you had to think of the most undervalued job in America, do you think of photojournalists? Now hear me out. Which job in the United States brings immense value to society, engaging audiences through powerful visual stories, but are underpaid, overworked, threatened by technology, economically unstable, assaulted by government agents, targeted by foreign government […]
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Mindmapping Creativity
Mind mapping success for students Many people use the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat.” I think the cat is entirely innocent here, and instead am a firm believer that schools are killing creativity and curiosity. Think about it, from kindergarten to high school. Teachers have built a culture that celebrates correct answers and punishes wrong […]
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Overcoming COVID-19 in the Classroom
Many educators across the country could not fathom how the Coronavirus would impact schools. Since March of 2020, 48 states closed all of their schools, millions of students became digital students over night, and educators morale has plummeted. When schools shut down, students lost crucial services such as nutrition, special education resources, and most importantly […]
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Deep work needed in a pandemic classroom.
Teachers of today’s pandemic classroom. You are not alone. On March 13,2020 I received word that our school was closing as a precaution during the start of the pandemic. I never realized that would be last day in the classroom for the 2020 school year, and the only time I would see students again were […]
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Jumping into the Educator World
I wasn’t meant to become a teacher. It wasn’t part of my grand plan. Instead, I chose broadcast journalism. I was attracted to the fast paced newsroom, chasing red and blue lights, and capturing the stories of New Englanders. The daily events changed, but the work was always the same. I’d report to the assignment […]