eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

The study utilizes anonymized data from over 30,000 confidential sessions teens held on the AI-powered app during the 2023-24 school year. ” Alongside’s report offers granular data about specific topics teens are seeking help on, documented in their own words.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Last week I laid out 3 Untapped Social Media Resources for Teachers. This week we take a look at how to leverage social networks for students. She is right in the heart of the age range for kids who use social media the most (13-18 yrs old). And we have the data to back her up. That is their world.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

“What we knew from our work since 2018 is that we've been losing school librarians at a pretty alarming rate for a decade,” says Keith Curry Lance, a library statistics and research associate with the RSL Research Group, and co-author of the study. Well, that doesn't line up with the per-pupil spending data.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 7, 2017

Enter the use of big data and predictive analytics. Big Data Hits the Quad. While many universities have begun to dabble in the realm of big data and predictive analytics , they often limit their use of these tools to evaluating academic performance as a major predictor of attrition. Slaying the Attrition Monster With Data.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security. Current web browsing policies in K–12 schools may be allowing third parties to collect and sell student data , creating a need for schools to update and maintain safe internet use protocols. Find more best practices for maintaining student data privacy!

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

In a world where we are constantly bombarded with information as adults and as educators, there are still many untapped resources to learn from and share with and grow, especially through social media. If there is any doubt that very nearly everyone uses social media, let’s examine some stats from the Pew Internet Research Study.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2021

Companies with a vested interest in their products publish studies touting their applications. I tend to favor independent studies on technology use which take a more balanced approach. Although not a data scientist, I documented how the students interacted with the platform. Most companies offer such opportunities.

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2021

This is because our communicating, working, studying, and — for some people — living migrates to the digital world. The main audience of the Internet and social media is youth; therefore, there is a point in teaching it some things about digital literacy. Fishing links steal your data, and you even don’t know about it.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Let me hear from you on social media or in the comments if you have some awesome examples to share! Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media. That said, you could see a large chunk of data pasted into a Google doc unless the students retyped it themselves.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

and the kids agree as studies have indicated. A closer look at the data by grade level reveals a disturbing trend. Just 54 percent of middle schoolers and 46 percent of high schoolers think their studies are relevant, according to new data from the nonprofit YouthTruth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Which students get to attempt intellectually stimulating courses like calculus may rely in part on where they attend high school rather than just their aptitude for math, according to a new study. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2019

And while the technology was all about sophisticated Artificial Intelligence, it used a whole lot of data and analyzed it in real-time to: ensure the authenticity of wins, and. This study of data has now grown into a dedicated field and Data Science learning is becoming a sought-after career.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

With over 2 billion active monthly users, Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms. A study by the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK found that Instagram could negatively affect young people’s mental health, leading to anxiety, depression, loneliness, and poor body image.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2019

When preteen kids see parents and older siblings thumbing away at social media accounts, they want to do it. There have been a few efforts to extend social communication tools to younger kids but mostly, kids don’t like them so end up on apps designed for teens or adults, like Snapchat or Instagram. It is a messaging app.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. “A They might be coming in for coffee.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 3, 2018

Our middle school, like many other middle schools, have teams made up of Language Arts, Social Studies, Science and Math. You know, we have kids who are really into social media, and they have an opportunity to work with clients to design their website or Twitter campaign or Facebook page or text outreach. Shocking, huh?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2021

Remote learning has become a reality for millions of people recently, and a study of higher education IT found that 70% of universities are planning to take a hybrid approach to teaching in the coming year. Leverage remote learning tools. Make them aware of cyber threats. Make them aware of cyber threats.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2018

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Today’s college students grew up steeped in social media and the internet, leading some observers to assume that they’re unconcerned about all the data they generate online. But it turns out that young people today care a lot about their data privacy, even though they sometimes act in ways that jeopardize that privacy.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Alison Head and her Project Information Literacy (PIL) research team recently released the findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. Please share this study broadly.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

We recently asked a 21-year-old undocumented Chicana in Los Angeles what she imagined the designers of social media platforms look like. Not using much social media themselves, sharing limited information about themselves.”. Youth of color and young women are the demographic groups that use social media the most.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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MindShift

APRIL 5, 2021

Between kindergarten and twelfth grade, students are expected to learn how to study, schedule their time and complete sizable assignments without procrastinating. Daniel Willingham , a psychologist at the University of Virginia, studies the application of cognitive psychology in education. STRATEGIES FOR AVOIDING DISTRACTION.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2023

White , an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, recently published data for the current school year on gender gaps in the American superintendency. Once you start getting into [the data], it just becomes so evident how male-dominated the field is. Indeed, it seems that way because … it sort of is that way.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2024

Here are some tips for making the most out of this rare occasion as you study it with your students. It is easy to make mistakes in that situation, so practice taking data in a “trial run” before eclipse day. The data above were collected in Oregon during the 2017 total eclipse. Share your data and pictures with us!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Paid through the federal work-study program, the $1,500 she earned per semester covered the cost of books, groceries and other necessities. I’m barely able to pay for expenses,” said Ortiz, 21, whose work-study role was to mail acceptance letters and scholarship notices to applicants. Work-study annually provides nearly $1.2

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Lastly, Kinesthetic learners need a more tactile, “hands-on” approach to their studies; they learn best via the use of simulations, personal experience, and/or repeated practice. Will those media files be protected behind an institutional firewall or other security protocols? There is no denying the important role that the IT Dept.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But are those who study at all-online programs making the same connections—or are they finding other ways to connect to the job market after earning their diploma? But as I dug into the data, I couldn’t find parallel figures on how online graduates are faring. What are their prospects of being steered into rewarding networks?

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Should schools and school districts have a "social media strategy" like business and industry? In the corporate world, social media has moved from being a novelty to a deliberate strategy to engage the public. But if schools were going to be more deliberate about their social media strategy, what would they do?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Data: The Accelerating Pace of AI The empirical evidence backs them up. to investigate case studies of how AI is being used in your area of responsibility. Engage with conversations on the social media or PLN tool of your choice. And then one of them laughed and said, “Back in my day…. We all laughed.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Teaching students these kinds of “clean” online practices that will keep them and their data safer. Last year CareerBuilder.com conducted a survey that asked 2,303 hiring managers how they include social media in their hiring process. Again, more study is required. Here are a few examples: Passwords are a priority.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Some universities and some K-12 school systems have developed media literacy courses and standards to help. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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