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25 Social Networks/Media Sites for Education

Technology Tidbits

Edmodo - One of the most popular social media sites/communities around that educators are using to connect find resources and connect w/ peers, students, parents, and more in a safe educational environment. EducatorsCONNECT - A nice social network for educators to share resources, teaching practices, for friendships, and more.

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Are Our Educators Prepared For Their Students?

My Island View

News came from newspapers and magazines that were limited to publishing cycles and editors. The media was dominated by three networks which were limited by news cycles and strict editorial boards. They have mastered social media. They are comfortable collaborating with others.

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! Some important conference updates are below: Still Taking Proposals Keynotes + Sessions Presenters - Check Your Instructions Volunteering + Advisory Board - We Need You! Become a Partner Organization! We're Still Taking Proposals!

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

How do we begin to structure PD that brings the real learning experiences to the online and blended world? This might include deeper learning, PBL, STEM, 4C’s, collaborative learning, visual thinking, meta-cognition, student ownership, Bloom’s upper levels, Makers, and student production as part of the learning experience.

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Why We Still Need to Know Things in the Age of Google

The CoolCatTeacher

Now the two groups that he did find were excellent at solving these sorts of problems were Wikipedia editors and magazine fact checkers. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow , where he led the initiative to study large-scale open online learning through the HarvardX Initiative, and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Karen has presented at conferences around the country about teaching students to navigate social media and working with teachers to develop digital projects that embrace new media literacies. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy.

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Facebook and Fake News: Esther Wojcicki On Teaching Digital Journalism in High School

Edsurge

Today she's turned her classroom into a multi-million dollar media center. You might call her the hipster teacher since she embraced collaborative learning, flexible seating and student autonomy before it was trendy. In this media center, we have ten different publications. And we have a newspaper.