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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Those parents are most likely to respond to reminders and notifications over digital channels, like emails, SMS messages, Facebook groups, or app notifications.[10] Teachers should remember that not every family may be able to afford Internet access, so old-fashioned printed notes and bulletins still have a place in the student’s backpack.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with 'e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. Connected technology not only gives us access to existing knowledge, it encourages and enables us to create new knowledge and share it widely to a global audience. 2008) Tribes.

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Students as citizen archivists and scientists: The new community service?

NeverEndingSearch

The Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Smithsonian offer parts of their collections to be organized and made accessible by employing the services citizen volunteers. These human intensive efforts will improve access to documents computers cannot accurately read, for instance, letters the public wrote to Abraham Lincoln.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with 'e's

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. 2008) Connecting distance learners and their mentors using blogs : The MentorBlog Project, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 10(4), 3-17. Wheeler, S.,

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Your Future Self May Thank You: Tidy Up Your Online Presence Over the Holidays

EdTechSandyK

Most concerning was the fact that this young woman had fairly tight "friends only" privacy settings on her Facebook account; someone copied this information from her profile and anonymously submitted it to her principal. I can see some Facebook users thinking this is no big deal. It''s extremely simple.

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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education

Reading By Example

I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. But there is a cost to this access. My initial response is panic (“What if someone is trying to get a hold of me?”). Bittanti, M.,

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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education

Reading By Example

I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. But there is a cost to this access. My initial response is panic (“What if someone is trying to get a hold of me?”). Bittanti, M.,