Tech Helpful

MARCH 4, 2019

You have probably also seen a number of reports of things being a hoax that should be ignored. As always, the truth lies somewhere in between, and we wanted to help you sort things out along with giving you some practical advice on how to deal with these types of reports in the future. Case Study: What is the #MoMoChallenge?

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Digital Citizenship Social Media Internet Safety Report 89

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

Rather, they are digging through social media and other more ambiguous forms of data to predict and apprehend students who could potentially become threats in the future, and the work may be spreading. Also in May, local media reports from Corpus Christi, Tex., Also in May, local media reports from Corpus Christi, Tex.,

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Social Media Policies Data Report 107

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

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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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2016

In the fall of 2008, Ted Gonder was studying economics at the University of Chicago as the world economy melted down around him. “We Now a nonprofit called Moneythink , it has with 30 university chapters in 10 states, Moneythink takes a blended learning approach, by mixing personalized mentoring with the power of social media.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was 2006, and Miller—then an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times—had just spoken to 175 sixth graders at his daughter’s middle school about his job as a journalist and why it mattered. I could see it resonated with them,” he says. “It It was the seed of an idea.”

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Classroom Social Media Course Analysis 133

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. The Burning Glass “degree reset” report, which Fuller co-wrote, found that between 2017 and 2019, the number of positions requiring a B.A. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Training Google Report Coursera 129

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2016

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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MindShift

MAY 16, 2018

New research, published Wednesday in Pediatrics, finds children ages 5 to 17 visited children’s hospitals for suicidal thoughts or attempts about twice as often in 2015 as in 2008. It’s not clear what has contributed to the increase, but the study noted the 2008 financial crisis may be one factor. Such visits represented 0.7

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

And as you surely know, TurnItIn became a huge business, bought and sold several times over by private equity firms since 2008: first by Warburg Pincus, then by GIC, and then, in 2014, by Insight Partners — the price tag for that sale: $754 million. TurnItIn was acquired by the media conglomerate Advance Publications last year for $1.75

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MindShift

JANUARY 13, 2018

At the start of the new year, parents may encourage their teens to detox from social media, increase exercise, or begin a volunteer project. The researchers found that adolescents who assisted strangers reported higher self-esteem one year later. Between 2008 and 2011, the researchers surveyed the study participants yearly.

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Survey Social Media Study Advocacy 65

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 But after cutting assets ranging from the company’s stake in The Economist to PowerSchool, a student information system, Pearson finally reported a profit again in 2017. The digital era has rocked the once-steady foundation for education kingmakers like Pearson.

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 120

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. Jon was the co-designer of Minarets High School , which originated as a GAFE, 1:1 Macbook and PBL based high school in 2008 and has been named an Apple Distinguished School three times.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 378

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously. 2008, March 8).

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

So explore the site, sign up for my weekly tips, or follow along on social media. Since 2008, Richard Byrne’s ( @rmbyrne ) FreeTech4Teachers has been one of my absolute go-to folks for keeping up with free resources. You can energize and enhance teaching and learning — and I’m here to help you get started!

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eBook Libraries EdTech Blended Learning 64

Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

My role as Project Director was mostly administrative: financial approvals, budgets, report writing, communicating with the funding agent, writing contracts, making travel arrangements outside of Paraguay. The mobile phone allows group members to access knowledge and social networks, but either publicly (i.e. Campbell (Eds.),

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Mobility Groups Technology Handbook 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Some are reversing declines that date to the economic downturn of 2008. But although HBCUs drew 80 percent of all black college-goers four decades ago, that number had been hovering at just over 10 percent, according to a 2013 report by Gasman. Alversia Wade, Spelman College freshman. and Oprah Winfrey.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 28, 2012

One report suggests that as many as 8 out of every 10 people now having access to some form of mobile communication device. Digital Futures: Innovations in Mobile Learning View more PowerPoint from Steve Wheeler There is no denying that at its heart much good learning has a social component. David Crystal (2008) says it doesn't.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Learning Adobe 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

William Skilling, a retired superintendent of Oxford Community Schools in Michigan, developed the first Chinese student recruitment program in Michigan in 2008. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Photo: Tiffany Lew. By law, U.S.

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Secondary System Groups Social Media 110

Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

First, I included danah boyd’s new book It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens now that (a) I have read it and (b) it’s available for purchase and download (for free!). by reading the reports produced by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 71

Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

There has been an explosion of research in this area in the last decade especially concentrated on youths’ use of social media e.g., Facebook, MySpace. by reading the reports produced by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Youths’ use of CMC : Although the majority of students enrolled in U.S.

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Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 49

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Founded in 2008, it's a trusted resource for 15 years. You can also follow them on social media at EVERFIK12. News and World Reports survey from August 2020 sheds more light. In addition, a recent August 2023 report from the Council for Economic Education brings more news. But they offer many more free lessons.

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Course Comparison Academic Standards Social Media 269

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. The company has raised some $77.5 There’s no way to opt out apparently.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Adolescents report more daily experience of negative affect from ages 10 to 18 (Larson, Moneta, Richards & Wilson, 2002) but have more difficulty identifying and sorting out their feelings of anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and upset compared to younger children and adults (Nook, Sasse, Lambert, McLaughlin & Somerville, 2018).

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Secondary Comparison Study Examples 51

Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2015

First he dwells on New York University as an exemplary case, starting with a review of a recent NYU faculty report from earlier this year, “The Art of the Gouge” (which FTTE readers know well). Next Masciotra touched on another report, “The One Percent at State U,” published this year by the Institute for Policy Studies.

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Facebook Policies Social Media Twitter 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. In addition, schools of education are reporting a steep decrease in student enrollment. For example, as reported in Education Week, California lost 53 percent of its school of education enrollment between the 2008–2009 and 2012–2013 school years.

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Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Photo: Avis Thomas-Lester for The Hechinger Report. She first brought students to the Proctor Institute in 2008. Photo: Avis Thomas-Lester for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Avis Thomas-Lester for The Hechinger Report. Jackson remembers her first visit to the Proctor Institute as a middle schooler in 2008.

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Learning Advocacy Report Social Media 79

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Investigation Finds Phillips Andover Faculty Engaged in Sexual Misconduct With Students,” The New York Times reports.

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lenore Skenazy President, Co-founder, Let Grow A journalist by trade, Lenore spent 14 years at The New York Daily News as a reporter-turned-opinion columnist, and two more at The New York Sun. In November of 2012, Chris was named one of Dell’s #Inspire100 – one of the 100 people changing the world using Social Media.

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

There are (at least) six powerful motivations fueling learning socially. Clay Shirky (Shirky, 2008) identified the rise in mass online collaboration, speculating that, in the future, such collaboration would extend from “knowing about” into “taking action.” DO IT YOURSELF. ” He did not have long to wait.

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Social Media Learning Comparison Personal Learning Network 28

MindShift

MARCH 23, 2015

There are (at least) six powerful motivations fueling learning socially. Clay Shirky (Shirky, 2008) identified the rise in mass online collaboration, speculating that, in the future, such collaboration would extend from “knowing about” into “taking action.” DO IT YOURSELF. ” He did not have long to wait.

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Social Media Learning Digital Citizenship Comparison 28

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 27, 2016

Last week I mentioned reports of some people working in tv “journalism” coming forward (anonymously) to share a sense of self-loathing at what their enterprise has done to the 2016 US presidential election. Horror at tv “news” seems to be building this month, which has some implications for information literacy.

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Social Media Company Report Education 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

On December 12, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce took its first meaningful steps toward reauthorizing the Higher Education Act since 2008. Before the bill was introduced, speculation about provisions and their impact started flying on social media channels, conference calls, and in sidebar conversations between colleagues.

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Policies Industry Social Media Data 90

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Department of Education has withdrawn a proposal that could have fundamentally changed the flow of federal dollars to schools that serve low-income students,” NPR reports. It was a disaster. ” “The U.S.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. with Pigeons.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

It is tempting to want to return to the days when our social media feeds were mostly pictures of babies and puppies, when we collectively questioned the popularity of the Kardashians, and the most controversial nationwide debate was whether that dress was blue or gold. This…did not happen. And it’s tiring. I know this.

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System Social Media Report Facebook 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 16, 2016

The New York Times reported over the weekend that, despite a growing number of women who’ve come forward in the last week claiming that Donald Trump has groped or assaulted them, billionaire investor Peter Thiel will be making his first donation to the Republican Party candidate’s presidential campaign.

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