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8 Ways for Teachers (and Parents) to Use Twitter

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Unless you’ve been living in a box at the bottom of the ocean since 2006, you should know about Twitter, the social network that lets users read and send “tweets” no more than 140 characters long. According to the Pew Research Center , Twitter is the fourth most popular social network used by teens.

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Livestreaming and Podcasting in the Classroom

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For instance, TwitCasting lets users stream video while commenting via Twitter. He retired from Mobile County Public School System in December 2005. He began working at Freed-Hardeman University (FHU) in January 2006. You can follow Dr. Tatom on Twitter @drmmtatom. Will you be collaborating with someone else?

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Strategies for Surviving All Types of Assessments

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Newsletters that highlight classroom test prep, test guidelines and expectations provide parents and guardians with valuable test information. She then began teaching in 2006 at Airways Middle School as a 7th-grade science teacher. He retired from Mobile County Public School System in December 2005. Join the Community.

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The Challenge of Teaching News Literacy

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Today on the podcast we’re talking about news literacy, and the challenge of teaching students to navigate the relentless flow of information they get through social media and websites and YouTube and. Really with the advent of the first iPhone, around 2006, everything changed, and social media really took off.

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10Q: Helen Keegan

Learning with 'e's

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. We are fortunate to have many innovators in education. What does social media mean to you?

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

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Filter information coming into buildings and to school email addresses. School leaders should have a plan for each system: how the information is backed up, how to shut down the affected system and disengage it from the network, and how and what recovery will look like. Aiken now resides in Lancaster, PA, with his wife and three kids.

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Essential Elements for Moving to a 1:1 Environment

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During an edWebinar for the Empowered Superintendent series, “Leadership for Mobile Learning: Creating a Shared Vision,” the presenters said school leaders, though, often miss key parts of the planning process and end up with useless “hunks of plastic.” Gather stakeholder information every way possible.