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3 Practical Implications for Social Media and the Classroom

The PL2C Blog

After all, Social Media is here to stay; so districts may either choose to ignore it (and its users [read: students] by default), or embrace it. To enhance this curriculum content and augment student understanding, Alex allowed each 8th grade student to “hijack” the school’s Instagram feed during the last quarter of school.

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Five Ways for Teachers to get Started on Twitter – From Jen Carey

EdTechTeacher

This post first appeared on Daily Genius. Next, personalize your Twitter page – set a background photo and a profile photo. The default “egg” is a deterrent for many people to engage with you online. If you’re uncomfortable with it being a photo of yourself, consider an online caricature.

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Where education systems stumble, grassroots groups step in to raise success rates

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Fred Salinas for The Hechinger Report. Not just one but two public community colleges seemed to be feeding into a four-year state university, which was putting up lots of new buildings and staging big annual commencements. Related: Will colleges with sky-high default rates face consequences? MOBILE, Ala. Fourteen percent?

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Investigating Authentic Questions

Learning in Hand

Ginger Lewman has lots of advice in her post 7 Reasons to Use Contracts in a PBL Classroom + Tips for Use. Andrew has written more tips in his post 20 Tips for Managing Project-Based Learning. When they feed themselves, they are active and can decide when they have had enough. Teamwork Rubric from BIE is aimed at grades K-2.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. EdX posted a blog post this week, announcing “Furthering the edX Mission, Forging a Future Path.” Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles.

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