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Teaching Internet Media Literacy in a Digital World

Explain to students that not every website on the internet is legitimate, and they shouldn't get distracted by hyperlinks and ads.

Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

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K-12 Recent News Roundup: Sept. 14, 2018

Stay up to date on the education issues that matter to you.

Julia Roch

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K-12 Recent News Roundup: August 31, 2018

Stay up to date on the education issues that matter to you.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Using Video in Online Coaching: A Firsthand Perspective

Shveta Miller
Regional Consultant, HMH

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In Blended Learning, Combine ‘Old School’ Teaching With Modern-Day Technology

The best way to teach students is to leverage both old-school wisdom and modern-day technologies, ICLE Senior Fellow Weston Kieschnick says.

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Into Reading or Into Themselves? An Analysis of Teens, Technology, and Literacy

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Blended Learning Guru Weston Kieschnick Is Hitting the Road—Invite Him to Your Teachers’ Lounge!

As he travels the country working with school districts, thought leader Weston Kieschnick shares five steps to Bold School Instruction. Now you can also catch his wisdom in his new Facebook Live series, The Teachers’ Lounge.

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Connecting Math and Careers: Show Students How Building Math Foundations Can Lead to a Rewarding Career in Software Development

In this new “Connecting Math and Careers” series, learn motivating strategies for helping students make personal and real-world connections from the math class to their lives beyond school.

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What It Means to Win a CODiE Award

HMH was honored on July 26 with a CODiE Award—presented by SIIA to software, information, and education technology developers—for our online English learner program, Escalate English.

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Third Annual Educator Confidence Report: How Do You Measure Up?

HMH’s 2017 Educator Confidence Report is out, and general confidence levels are up. Find out how your peers are feeling about digital readiness, family engagement, the future of education, and more.

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What Makes Educational Technology Effective?

Stevin Smith, from HMH Technical Services, offers two key guiding questions for districts planning technology acquisitions.

Stevin Smith
Senior Vice President of Technical Services, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Traveling beyond the Classroom Walls with Virtual Reality

Author and science educator Michael DiSpezio gives us a glimpse into the instructional possibilities of leading virtual field trips using simple VR technology.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Bold School: Becoming a Blended Learning Master

EdTech thought leader Weston Kieschnick started exploring blended learning over a decade ago. He shares his best practices and advice on keeping the role of teacher in the blended learning equation.

Weston Kieschnick
Associate Partner, ICLE

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Creating Compelling and Memorable Educational Experiences for Young Learners: An Interview with HMH Partner Kids Discover

We had the opportunity to speak with Ted Levine, President and CEO of Kids Discover, an HMH Partner and educational publisher of high-interest nonfiction for kids. Ted discussed current trends he recognizes in the education space, Kids Discover's core mission and the company's approach to creating fun, bold and engaging content. Here's what he had to say.

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Will you be at NSTA? Join HMH for guidance on NGSS, technology, and more!

If you're planning to attend NSTA in Los Angeles, join HMH for informative in-booth presentations, NGSS thought leadership, dynamic workshops, and fun activities you can try with your class.

Shaped Staff

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The Spark News Roundup: Ideas Worth Sharing

In this edition of The Spark News Roundup, we highlight a California early learning campaign to shrink language disparities by installing conversation prompts into playgrounds, an innovative scaffolding technique for teaching English-language learners, how America’s academic approaches differ from the rest of the world, and more.

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8 Things to Keep in Mind When Executing a Digital Transformation

Former principal and current Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education Eric Sheninger offers insight on how to effectively and successfully execute a digital transformation in the classroom.

Eric Sheninger
Senior Fellow, the Center for Model Schools; Aspire Change EDU; Keynote Speaker; Author

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8 New Year’s Resolutions for Ed Tech Leaders to Live by in 2017

We asked eight thought leaders with over 100 years of combined education experience to determine a mantra to guide educators and administrators through 2017.

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