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What Would Abe Lincoln’s Social Media Campaign Look Like? A New Classroom Use For Twitter and Facebook

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During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. But Obama’s use of mobile devices and social media changed political campaigns forever.

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Can Marketing Automation Bring College Enrollment Numbers Up?

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Getting students to graduate remains a greater challenge: In 2014, 60 percent of students seeking a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college in 2008 completed their degrees by 2014, according to the U.S. And increasingly, colleges are shifting to digital marketing strategies, social media outreach and mobile platforms.

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Learning on the move

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It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today. The university has quite a strong research group in this area, and my talk, presented online via Adobe Connect had to be on point. Mobile learning is going to be very big indeed.

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Video, Apps, Newsletters and Portals—Four Ways Technology Can Boost Parent Engagement

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A 2008 study , for example, found that parental involvement in middle school boosts both students’ engagement and performance. How to enable mobile learning. Both Google and Adobe offer communication platforms that have free video chat capabilities. Allison’s tip: video recording is easier with Adobe than Google.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” From the Republican National Convention: TurnItIn was pleased , I’m sure, to be invoked many times following Melania Trump ’s convention speech, which plagiarized passages from Michelle Obama ’s 2008 speech. The company, which helps universities build mobile apps, has raised $17.4 trashes U.S. million total.