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How Hashtags Can Empower You in 2016

Teacher Reboot Camp

“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- Hashtags are now used on other social media sites, like Facebook, Instagram, and GooglePlus. GAFE, #edtech, #edapps, #ipaded, #mlearning). ”- Neil Patel, Forbes.

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Summer Reading Suggestions from Social Media

The Daring Librarian

10 Best Novels for Summer Reading | Kirkus Review 28 Best Beach Reads of 2019 - New Beach Books to Read Best summer reads 2019 - Today Show The 9 Best Beach Reads to Toss in Your Bag This Summer These Books Are Making Waves On 2019 Summer Reading Lists FWIW: Here's my public Kindle List on Amazon started in 2007. Some I did buy & read.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

When you scan the cube with your mobile device — it will work with an iPhone, an iPad, and it works with Android, but you have to have the Merge Cube app on it. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. Karen: About a month ago, I started seeing stuff on social media.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Students will receive iPads.

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3 Apps to Prioritize Your Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Started in Israel in 2007, feature-packed Waze was purchased by Google about a year ago which means it can share features with–and from–Google’s in-house Google Maps. What a great lesson for students to learn about the power of the internet, social media, and one person. Availability: 4/5 (iOS, iPhone, iPad).

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Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking

Hack Education

Bush ), and the invocation of facts, evidence, and expertise in political arguments (particularly those arguments on social media) is now interpreted as bias rather objectivity. Take iPads , for example. But facts, evidence, and expertise have taken blow after blow in recent years ( at least since President George W. Hype wanes.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. Bill Gates wouldn’t let his kids have cellphones. Green Imperial Pigeon.

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