A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2014

Fueled by social media, collaboration, and other online/offline learning endeavors, teachers and principals have quickly become the ambassadors for technology, initiating and catalyzing conversations in their buildings. Albrecht (2003) borrows two terms from physics - Entropy and Syntropy. New York: Amacon, 2003.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Debate focuses on whether the emerging social applications constitute a sea change or revolution in the Web (cf. Van Dijk, J. London: Sage.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 13, 2017

3 types of thoughts that run through my mind when I see a really awesome idea on social media. The question that I want to answer today is not, “How can we stop other teachers from creating beautiful learning spaces and sharing them on social media?’ I “should” have thought of it myself. It seems so obvious.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

Futurologist Ray Kurzweil's argument looks beyond these issues, holding that the tools we have available to us as a result of networked social media and personal devices, actually enable us to increase our cognitive abilities. 2003) Natural Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence. Jonassen, D.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Considering that community college students oftentimes have access to fewer resources, it seems at first that this would be counter-intuitive. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. ANDERSON, T (2003). References: Brooks, D.C.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. By the end of the first decade of this new century, participatory elements of the Web had consolidated their hold, and the social technologies - social media, social games, social networks - were gaining momentum.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. By the end of the first decade of this new century, participatory elements of the Web had consolidated their hold, and the social technologies - social media, social games, social networks - were gaining momentum.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Mightybell Space : Resources, videos, links, and conversation about the interview can be found HERE. 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. psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

Register and you will also be sent a special list of resources and links for this event and the topic, curated by our keynote panelists and our speakers. What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? This is a free event, being held online.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 19, 2018

That’s why I’m so happy in my current role, where I get to just make the resources , and teachers who wish they could just teach can focus on the part that THEY love. I have lots of days when it’s hard for me to get motivated, and I am especially distracted by social media. Plus, I am constantly learning and growing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

What competencies will be necessary for information professionals – librarians, technologists, and library workers - to deliver critical services and resources and to thrive in today and tomorrow’s society? Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

What competencies will be necessary for information professionals – librarians, technologists, and library workers - to deliver critical services and resources and to thrive in today and tomorrow’s society? Participants are encouraged to use #library2017 on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Media Literacy Week is November 5 - 9 , spearheaded by the National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). I want to urge you to join the NAMLE email/membership list (free) to get information and resources around media literacy and Media Literacy Week. How do we discuss that?

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 4, 2015

We’ve championed equitable access and unbanning critical resources. We’ve introduced and become cheerleaders for Creative Commons resources, encouraging young creators to assign licenses to their own work. We’ve leveraged social media to connect themselves and their learning communities, often globally.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

All agree, however, that media literacy is an important component of learning -- whether as its own focus or a cross-curricular literacy woven deeply into every classroom. In this collection, you'll find hand-picked, regularly updated resources to help you better understand and practice media literacy. Media Manipulation.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

I just gave them to the teachers I was coaching and shared them on my blog or put them on TpT, and it became part of how I made a living and supported my family, but making curriculum resources still felt like a hobby. I was creating resources for virtual and hybrid teaching, but hoping I wouldn’t have to much longer.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

We have already achieved much of this through mind tools such as social media, which according to Karen Stephenson enable us to store our knowledge with our friends. 2003) Natural Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies and the Future of Human Intelligence. Do we really need a post-human future? iThink not.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

“We hope by highlighting the views and values of today’s students, especially those students who are living a digital learning experience, this year’s report stimulates new discussions around the effective use of digital tools, resources and content to support student learning,” said Julie Evans CEO of Project Tomorrow.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

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. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Records obtained from 16 districts in 11 different states show just how broadly schools block content, forcing students to jump through hoops to complete assignments and keeping them from resources that could support their health and safety. Some of the censorship inhibits the ability to do basic research on sites like Wikipedia and Quora.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer.org, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. In 1989, he founded the Alternative Education Resource Organization and since then has served as it’s Director.

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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.

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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. ” Still more student loan news in the legal section above.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And in another post, I will look at the administration’s efforts to promote STEM and CS education via the Computer Science For All initiative launched in January ; in yet another I’ll look at its efforts to encourage schools use open educational resources via the GoOpen initiative which it launched last year.

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