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The Fault Lines Between Sharing and Shilling for an Edtech Product

Edsurge

Egregious examples abound on social media, where companies of all stripes pay celebrities to mention or pose with a product on Instagram. Five years ago, the New York Times probed Pearson about currying favors to win testing contracts from education officials by paying for overseas trips. The tactic is not unique to education.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Pearson, P. New York: Continuum. Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice (3rd Edition).

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Digitally agile research

Learning with 'e's

There are chapters on open scholarship, academic blogging, the use of smartphone and tablets, crowdsourcing data, developing a digital profile, getting started with Twitter, personal learning networks, and leveraging the power of social media, as well as my own chapter on 'Using social media for action research: the benefits and limitations'.