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- February 26, 2017

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Parents, Teens, and Digital Monitoring

- June 24, 2016

Technology is available to everyone, it would seem. And as a current teacher, it seems like technology is at the forefront of every curriculum writing session, lesson plan, and instructional assignment. But what implications does this have with parents? Does the average educator stop to think how teens interact and behave online? What type of implications does constant online interaction have with teens and their parents, and how do parents navigate this? Monica Anderson's, "Parents, Teens, and Digital Monitoring" surveyed a group of parents and teens with ages ranging between 13 - 17 years of age. The survey sampled various income groups and ethnicities. And the findings are very enlightening. For the most part, parents partake of conversations and methods to intervene and educate their teens. And because social media has become the cornerstone of most relationships and friendships, some parents restrict access to social media as a disciplining tool. F...

Questions About A Novel

- March 15, 2017

Screencast-O-Metic and Jing

- July 29, 2016

Vital tools for a flipped classroom The concept of a flipped classroom has revolutionized how children learn. And while the transition may have been difficult ten or fifteen years ago, it as a lot easier to execute nowadays... one just needs the tools and a little direction. Enter... the librarian! As a English teacher, there were concepts students would conveniently forget from year to year. It was as if there was a horrendous "reset" button the students pressed every single summer making students get behind every year. However, I'm sure this happens in every single course! And I'm sure other teachers share the same frustrations I did at the beginning of the year. With the following tools, teachers can create mini lessons that will close these gaps, provide practice time for students, and ensure that they come to class with the background knowledge they should have to grasp the next challenging concept. Screencast-O-Matic Screencast-O-Matic is a tool tha...

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Wenndy Pray, MLS: Mrs. Wenndy Pray graduated from the University of Texas - Pan American with a double major in English and Spanish and has been an educator since 2008. She has taught English Language Arts in all middle school grades and was awarded Teacher of the Year in 2012. She has also taught English Language Arts in various capacities at the high school level. In 2017, she received a graduate degree in Library Science from Sam Houston State University. Mrs. Pray is proud to be a member of her campus's leadership team and is excited to collaborate, encourage, and serve as a resource to its students, faculty, and community. She strongly believes that personal connections to any content or discipline strengthen the learning experience, and her goal is to find these connections and facilitate student growth. She encourages readers with the ever-present mentality that they are tomorrow's citizens - tomorrow's world.

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