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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

Edsurge

Started in 2008, Edmodo boasted tens of millions of users. It was originally considered a competitor to Schoology and Google Classroom, and it was popular with teachers. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter. That’s just a few weeks away. It's so sad!” wrote one educator on Twitter.

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5 Ways To Use Social Media as Time Saver at Work

The Innovative Educator

I am a power user of social media. My main spaces for work are Google Communities, Facebook, Twitter, and my blog. I have maintained a blog since 2008 and moderate more than a dozen online communities. I have time for it all because for me, social media saves me time. social media in education'

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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. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. Living and learning with new media.

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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. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. Living and learning with new media.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

From Zoom to Skype to Webinars and even live streaming on social media itself, video is perhaps the most visible and common form of technological innovation in K-12 and higher ed. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. We shall see. An example?

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

The Hechinger Report

Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. The Google campus in Mountain View, California. Businesses like Google, IBM, and Accenture have also made high-profile moves to boost skills-based hiring and remove bachelor’s degree requirements.

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Slaying the Email Beast

ProfHacker

I know that google is mining the sh*t out of my emails. Audrey Watters wrote about her own practice now of deleting social media posts and emails. I used google’s own advanced search features to target emails for deletion. I know the privacy risks. So what did I do? shipment notification. order confirmation.