Join our FREE Back-to-School Webinar on Aug 19 at 7pm ET! 💛 We’re sharing our favorite read-alouds, activities, and strategies to build emotional literacy from day one. Save your spot: streamyard.com/watch/YB3wBU...

Thanks to @mbfxc.bsky.social for sharing this. It is a must read. time.com/7286184/worr...

I Founded Girls Who Code. Now I’m Worried About Boys

Boys and men are less likely to turn to their communities for social connection and support.

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Episode 30 of #SMILEFactor is LIVE Join @smilelearning.bsky.social and I as we sit down with the inspiring @mbfxc.bsky.social for a powerful conversation on digital wellness and the critical importance of mental health awareness in today’s connected world. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0D1z...

Sir Prise and THE BRIDGE OF INGENUITY is LIVE By @coachthomastech.bsky.social A playful tale packed with #STEM learning, problem-solving, and the power of perseverance. Check it out at: www.xfactor.link/prise @mbfxc.bsky.social @prideinstem.bsky.social @thestemvillage.bsky.social

It was awesome to go visit a class today and they were completing the digital safety work from my new book The Digital Explorers @mbfxc.bsky.social

Celebrate @primaryteachermary.bsky.social by checking out her book "Reaching the World without leaving the classroom" Learn more at: www.xfactor.link/ellie Come on an adventure with Ellie Elephant! @mbfxc.bsky.social

Now Available The Digital Explorers Set in Mrs. Mac’s innovative classroom—where creativity meets critical thinking—students turn everyday moments into exciting tech adventures. Check it out at: www.xfactor.link/explore @mbfxc.bsky.social @smilelearning.bsky.social @coachthomastech.bsky.social

The Digital Explorers: A Digital Well-being Journey : The Adventure Begins (Innovation X-Kids Collection: A Journey Book 1)

The Digital Explorers: A Digital Well-being Journey : The Adventure Begins (Innovation X-Kids Collection: A Journey Book 1) - Kindle edition by Joseph, Matthew, Arshad, Nafeesa. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Digital Explorers: A Digital Well-being Journey : The Adventure Begins (Innovation X-Kids Collection: A Journey Book 1).

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Come on an adventure with Ellie Let Mary Jalland's story inspire educators everywhere to model and embrace technology and social media as powerful tools for positive change in the lives of their students. Visit: xfactor.link/ellie @mbfxc.bsky.social

Coming soon The Digital Explorers Students turn their everyday classroom into a hub for tech adventures and life lessons. These friends navigate the thrills and challenges of the digital world with curiosity, courage, and teamwork. @mbfxc.bsky.social

Play remains essential throughout the K8 spectrum, offering far more than mere amusement. Thank you District Administrator for sharing thought about the importance of play in education districtadministration.com/opinion/play... @dmacc.bsky.social @mbfxc.bsky.social @annkozma723.bsky.social

Play power: New ideas to drive development in K8 classrooms

The pressure to meet academic standards and excel in testing overshadows an equally vital component of student development—play.

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So very excited for this one!! Yay Stephanie!!

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Exciting News!! We are thrilled to announce @mrshowell24.com has signed to write he latest book with #XfactorEDU Check out the announcement: youtu.be/eKvxgZvvY0c We are #StrongerTogether @smilelearning.bsky.social @mbfxc.bsky.social

Exciting News!! We are thrilled to announce @mrshowell24.com has signed to write he latest book with #XfactorEDU Check out the announcement: youtu.be/eKvxgZvvY0c We are #StrongerTogether @smilelearning.bsky.social @mbfxc.bsky.social

Exciting news with Stephanie Howell

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Connections Across the Student Desk Insightful book about the impact of connection between home and school. By Donna Maccaroni Now available in paperback and Kindle at xfactor.link/connection @mbfxc.bsky.social @wickeddecent.bsky.social @farmerfaubs.bsky.social @gregbagby.bsky.social

PreK students from WNY met PreK students from near the Hudson river today! We celebrated WRAD sharing stories about nature with @noveleffect.bsky.social Thanks to @mbfxc.bsky.social for the assist!

Getting ready to do introduce a Pre-k class from WNY to a Pre-k class on the other side of NY! So excited! Pics of last week's prep to meet our new friends! @noveleffect.bsky.social @mbfxc.bsky.social #WRAD

We are travelling 3475 virtual miles for World Read Aloud Day next week. Can’t wait to meet up with a classroom in Maryland and reading to one another. #EduSkyPrimary #EduSky @mbfxc.bsky.social @noveleffect.bsky.social

If you’d like to see how digital and global citizenship can be taught in early years using social media then please take a look at my wee book! amzn.eu/d/dzZtDSz

Digital well-being involves the balanced use of technology to enhance, rather than hinder, mental, emotional and physical health. Check out ideas about Digital well-being: From the school district perspective districtadministration.com/digital-well... @mbfxc.bsky.social

When I was at NCTE last month, I heard from a lot of teachers worried about parental backlash to teaching my books. On my website, I just posted what I think is a model letter home from a school administrator. I like it because it's forthright, honest, and firm.

How To Talk To Your School Community About Reading A "Controversial" Book

When I was at NCTE last month, I heard from a shocking number of teachers that their use of one or both of my nonfiction narratives, The 57 Bus and Accountable, was either being challenged by parents ...

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@mbfxc.bsky.social Today I read my class How the Grinch Stole Christmas with Novel Effect. The soundscape was so effective that one of the children cried at one point because it was just so beautiful!

WIN 1 Year of Novel Effect, How to Catch a Yeti book + plush, and a LED neon sign📚 🎶 ✨ Follow us! ✨ Tag a friend and tell them why you love Novel Effect! ✨ Retweet for an extra entry! Not affiliated with BlueSky. Giveaway ends 12/24.

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Novel Effect@noveleffect.bsky.social · 2y ago

WIN 1 Year of Novel Effect, How to Catch a Yeti book + plush, and a LED neon sign📚 🎶 ✨ Follow us! ✨ Tag a friend and tell them why you love Novel Effect! ✨ Retweet for an extra entry! Not affiliated with BlueSky. Giveaway ends 12/24.

If you're new to captioning videos for your content, you might feel as if you don't know what you don't know. Meryl Evans' "Does Your Video Make These 6 Common Caption Mistakes?" is a great resource to help make your captions better. meryl.net/common-capti...

6 Common Caption Mistakes: Is Your Video Guilty of Any?

Your captioned video has standard captions that are accurate and in sync with the audio. It could be making one of these six mistakes.

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YouTube uses automatic speech recognition to automatically generate captions for videos when they are uploaded. These might need some editing and tweaking before publishing, but it's possible to edit these captions directly in YouTube. support.google.com/youtube/answ...

Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities. www.accessible-social.com

Accessible Social

Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.

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Hypothetically, the caption text could have included any number of additional details, like how many ingredients or how long it takes. That is all suitable information one could include in caption text, should one choose. That kind of supplementary information works in a photo caption, not alt text.

The alt text doesn't mention who shot the photo or who styled it. That is not the type of information that a sighted person could identify just by looking at the image. The alt text focuses on what is actually in the image: creamy off-white soup topped with cauliflower florets and crushed pepper.

Alt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo.