Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. I found this article wrenching to write.

Digital Citizenship 45

Digital Citizenship Social Media Video Guidelines 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

Farenga’s books include The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling (Holt, 1998); Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling (Perseus, 2003); The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Genuinely Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children (HoltGWS, 2013); and his latest publication, How to Report Unschooling to School Officials (HoltGWS, 2015).

Learning 56

Learning Advocacy Company Social Media 56

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Most social media technologies (SMT) are designed to work with the smartphone as well as with desktop browsers.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2017

What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? As learners increasingly move from just consuming information to also socially producing it, what are the new requisite skills of critical thinking and decision-making? Please also join the Library 2.0

Conference 34

Conference Blackboard Libraries Social Media 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The pivotal moment of his career happened when he was teaching at Hannam University in South Korea in 2003 surrounded by the papers of 275 writing students and wondering if he had them all. These projects were dynamic collaborations between the department and community partners in South West Wales and often involved the use of technology.

MOOC 72

MOOC Blackboard Digital Citizenship Course 72

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? As learners increasingly move from just consuming information to also socially producing it, what are the new requisite skills of critical thinking and decision-making? Please also join the Library 2.0

Conference 34

Conference Libraries Blackboard Social Media 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Prior to joining Simmons SLIS, Abels was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the iSchool at Drexel, The College of Information Science and Technology. Please also join this Library 2.0

Libraries 42

Libraries Conference Study Blackboard 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Prior to joining Simmons SLIS, Abels was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor at the iSchool at Drexel, The College of Information Science and Technology. Please also join this Library 2.0

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference Study Blackboard 28

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

At the event, Carolyn Sykora , Senior Director of the ISTE Standards Program, shared that the 1998 standards described a landscape in which we were learning to use technology. The 2007 standards described a landscape in which we were using technology to learn. We’ve nurtured and grown STEAM infused makerspaces.

Libraries 40

Libraries Technology Conference BYOD 40

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Effective media literacy education also involves a strong focus on civic engagement and creation, connecting people with the tools to make their voices and perspectives heard. Of course, media literacy is always evolving as technology and culture shift, and there's no shortage of smart frameworks that each define it slightly differently.

Resources 80

Resources Classroom Social Media Video 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

This article was originally published by The Markup , a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. What’s more, many districts completely block social media sites, something the Federal Communications Commission said in 2011 was inconsistent with CIPA. Is that fair?”

Social Media 76

Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 76

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. Mourn and Organize. So many losses.

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Their answers to that question, plus.mp3 audio files for listening to these special interviews, as well as a number of articles and books, are all part of the bonus package for buying the Summit all-access library pass. I also asked each speaker, " What do you think the secret to success in life is? Yong Zhao, Ph.D

Learning 48

Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. Did you know Ashton Kutcher is an investor in Muse ?

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. There is No Technology Industry (There is Only Ideology).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40