Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

There is little doubt that social media and engaging in global and diverse conversations has brought many benefits to society at large, especially for our younger generation studied extensively by Ito and colleagues (2008). The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Ted Cruz on social media. Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. In 2014, San Francisco heeded that call , mixing different achievement levels in middle school classrooms and delaying algebra until ninth grade. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Social media to predict acts of terrorism. For instance, a 2018 study found that undergraduate exposure to a rigorous research program “leads to success in a research STEM career.” The same study found that undergraduates who get a research experience are “more likely to pursue a Ph.D. Read the original article.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

0:15 Big Picture Stats 0:54 Andrea Yon's story 1:24 World Literacy Foundation study of the economic and social cost of illiteracy Sponsor: Today’s sponsor, Literal is an app to help students in grades 6-12 engage with reading. December 18, 2014. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion. If you were taking astrophysics, you could study in the multiverse,” said the narrator of this part of the video, Marne Levine, Meta’s chief business officer. Zuckerberg’s interest in virtual reality is nothing new.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Studies have definitely shown that students who are involved in extracurricular activities are more successful in a number of ways. That’s a notable jump from the 45% of all undergraduates in 2015 that planned to study STEM. Computer-related occupations are the largest projected category of new jobs between 2014 – 2024. (By

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Researchers tell EdSurge that a shift towards digital over handwriting could have negative effects on young readers and writers, but some educators think technology and social media can create new ways to engage students in the writing process. Because of that, he thinks “the de-emphasis on handwriting can be a problem.”

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2016

In the fall of 2008, Ted Gonder was studying economics at the University of Chicago as the world economy melted down around him. “We Now a nonprofit called Moneythink , it has with 30 university chapters in 10 states, Moneythink takes a blended learning approach, by mixing personalized mentoring with the power of social media.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

For instance, psychologist Robert Sternberg (1985) defines critical thinking as “the mental processes, strategies, and representations people use to solve problems, make decisions, and learn new concepts”​ (cited in Shaw, 2014, p. Shaw (2014) explores the concept of critical thinking in the context of music education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In 2014, Starbucks and Arizona State University pioneered a new kind of partnership. hours on social media. In a Harvard Medical School study of 67,000 college students across more than 100 institutions, 1 out of 5 students surveyed said that they had thought about suicide.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

- Alba Silvana Salica 7:00am Global Education Coalition-New York City: Organizational Collaboration to Support Local Educators Develop Globally Competent Youth - Alice Forsythe, Director of Partnerships Increase Global Collaboration and Recognize Achievements with Digital Badges - Michael Boll Integrating Science Teaching with 21st Century Skills - (..)

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

In 2014 Michelle Obama launched the Reach Higher initiative, which set out to help schools and counselors help young people see college as an option. Social media is free,” Yu underlines. (He We only had Mrs. Obama’s social media accounts and our celebrity partners [sharing the campaign].”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

in this post, I share with you my perspectives, drawn from my experiences as a blogger, educator, and academic with a PhD in educational studies, on what constitutes the quintessential characteristics of 21st century teachers. In their quantitative study of over 300 Finnish first graders, Nurmi et al., Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

The leader of the social media giant, with over 2 billion active users, answered questions about data ownership and usage in light of the fallout over Cambridge Analytica’s access and use of 87 million Facebook users’ personal information. We believe that we’re going to be investigating many apps—tens of thousands of apps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2015

These reflections and social media tips will help bloggers covering ISTE. The Top-Clicked Twitter Link of 2014-2015 (1988 clicks). These tweets teach: Sketchnoting is being studied by educators. She wrote this post in January 2014 on her own blog. She reposted it on Edutopia in December 2014. Link: [link].

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2018

Social media and social activism appear to be undeniably interwoven among Black users. People working in higher education must try to understand why Black youth see social media as viable tools to share their thoughts on social issues. Meanwhile, just 39 percent of whites said the same thing.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 2, 2021

The deliberate teaching of critical-thinking skills will enable young people to evaluate information presented to them through social media, family members, and news sources. She was a member of the state’s literacy, social studies, and technology leadership teams.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company says that it has leased pouches to more than 1,000 schools across the country, including a handful of colleges and universities. But some studies suggest there’s a correlation between cell phone bans and better learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2015

Researchers track tweets to determine how social media plays into Common Core and educational debates. A new study endeavors to uncover how social media can impact education politics and how people view those issues, especially as they relate to the Common Core State Standards. Tweet topics included testing (7.1

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

Social Studies: [link] - tons of resources on creating effective flipped videos. link] [link] [link] social media - @METCenews [link] Solution for a teacher Web site, assignment submission, and a dozen other things that we do in a dozen different ways, but all in one place. I co-presented two workshops this year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

As it turns out, many were not at first ; NPR reported that in the fall of 2014, some 21 percent of the grades P-TECH students earned in their college courses were Ds and Fs. They also take part in study groups and attend school all year, supported by industry mentors, community college professors and one another. Credit: Liz Willen.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 5, 2019

Even before the 2016 election, only 28% of social studies teachers reported that they thought parents would strongly support teaching about elections (Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, 2013). It is not surprising then that low youth voter turnout is not new to this generation.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This isn’t just my opinion; multiple studies have pointed out that storytelling is one of the most potent tools for improved attention and retention (Zak, 2014). However, video presentations create a narrative, tell a story, and engage the audience.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 16, 2017

2016 - Co-facilitator IASA Aspiring Superintendent Academy 2016- Co-Director Legislation for the Lake County Superintendents 2015, 2016, 2017 – Presenter at the AASA NCE – Social Media for Supts. Bob Dold, U.S. Tech & Learning Volume 36, Number 5, 34-38.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Tania Rashid, Global Education Program Administrator What School Leadership Should Look Like for the Future School Year - Mrs Fabiana Casella “We are emotional beings in a social setting:” How the use of symbols, ritual, ceremony, and stories to build meaning, are the keys to positive school culture and climate. -

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today’s students are inundated with information from myriad media sources—social media, blogs, podcasts, text messages, television, internet searches, radio, email, and other communication apps. She was a member of the state’s literacy, social studies, and technology leadership teams. By Ginny Kirkland.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

But a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics suggests many more teenage girls in the U.S. And the numbers of teens affected took a particularly big jump after 2011, the scientists note, suggesting that the increasing dependence on social media by this age group may be exacerbating the problem.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Social media lit up praising the litany of services the school will offer to students and families alike: among them, free uniforms, bicycles and helmets, transportation, breakfast, lunch and snacks—and not to mention guaranteed tuition to the University of Akron to every student who graduates. Integrated” is a key word here.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Ensure students can complete gateway courses in one year: Proper course sequencing and co-requisite support ensures more students can more quickly enter a course of study, increasing their overall chances of success. Having just launched in fall 2014, the program’s results were almost immediate. Or social media?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes, but there are some critical caveats." Tagged on: August 13, 2017 GitHub: Open Education State Policy Tracking | SPARC and Foresight Law + Policy → Since 2014, SPARC and Foresight Law + Policy have worked to track U.S.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2015

They’re going to social media sites. For example, a 2014 University of Connecticut study found that lower-income students were worse at locating and evaluating online information than their higher-income peers. Researchers are learning that not all access to technology is equal.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

She has taught English Language Arts, Social Studies, Film, Journalism, and enjoys writing, illustrating, and cooking in her free time. Learn more or connect with Amanda on Twitter @ AmandaFoxSTEM Brad Weinstein Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 as a way to inspire educators that do such important work with students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

One study found that nearly 80 percent of students failed to receive the mental health care they needed, and more than 50 percent of students ages 14 and older with emotional and behavioral disabilities drop out of school. Social media helped exacerbate emotional problems for Tashin, 17, a junior at Rindge & Latin.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Among the resources SDBD’s educators have used since 2014 to create a dynamic digital learning environment are Discovery Education’s award-winning , Social Studies Techbook , and Streaming Plus service.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

From Zoom to Skype to Webinars and even live streaming on social media itself, video is perhaps the most visible and common form of technological innovation in K-12 and higher ed. In fact, 13 states had reduced their funding per student in 2014-15 school year. We shall see. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 28, 2019

Even before the 2016 election, only 28% of social studies teachers reported that they thought parents would strongly support teaching about elections (Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, 2013). It is not surprising then that low youth voter turnout is not new to this generation.

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