Tech Helpful

MARCH 4, 2019

When the MOMO Challenge reared its ugly head last week, I reached out on Twitter to other technologists to find out what they were hearing and what their thoughts were. Case Study: What is the #MoMoChallenge? A friend posted the following article online after a long discussion by a number of us on twitter regarding the whole situation.

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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. And according to a recent study, when it comes to helping others, teens may benefit psychologically from spending time helping strangers. You can find her on Twitter @dr_fraga.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort. Journal of Technology Studies, 2 6(2). Education 1.0: Education 1.0

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. Social networking and social bookmarking for health librarians.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 1, 2013

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Michael Fullan is Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. Eric has emerged as an innovative leader in the use of social media and web 2.0

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

As educators we all study the importance of giving students the time to play during the school day. Studies show that playfulness can increase performance on the job and stoke creativity by breaking up the mental set that keeps us stuck. Our #KyEdChat Twitter Talk. Play can break you out of that straitjacket. Gray, Peter, Ph.D.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 28, 2012

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. Earlier today in a meeting with one of our training staff, I argued that e-learning needs a social learning element. David Crystal (2008) says it doesn't.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Some are reversing declines that date to the economic downturn of 2008. Officials at Virginia State University and Ohio’s Central State University underlined similar efforts, as well as increased social media activity by VSU’s president and increased contact with high school guidance counselors at CSU. “We

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The Principal of Change

JULY 7, 2017

In one of my favorite experiments, a group of Vanderbilt University researchers in 2008 published a study in which several dozen 4- and 5-year-olds were shown patterns of colored bugs and asked to predict which would be next in the sequence. I’ve connected to some of these “bloggers” On Twitter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. Founded in 2008, it's a trusted resource for 15 years. You can also follow them on social media at EVERFIK12. Welcome to the world of free financial literacy courses!

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The latest national data from the American Library Association shows that library visits and circulation climbed nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2008. But it still maintains a Twitter account and texts patrons when items are about to become overdue. As more libraries log on to social media, their lexicon is changing, replacing "Shh!"

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2015

Next Masciotra touched on another report, “The One Percent at State U,” published this year by the Institute for Policy Studies. Traditional-age students voted for Obama in 2008, but stepped back in 2012, most likely because of the awful economy. Until recently neither political party represented tuition relief.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

BIO : Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. In 2008, after her column "Why I Let My 9 Year Old Ride the Subway Alone" landed her on every talk show from The Today Show to Dr. Phil, Lenore founded the book and blog “Free-Range Kids.” in Social Studies from Brown University.

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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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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

DECEMBER 21, 2022

What makes our book different, in my view, is that we don't stop there: We give stories of real-life faculty who use alternative methods -- a large portion of the book consists of case studies -- and blueprints that give faculty the tools to build their own alternative systems.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Indeed, DonorsChoose.org expects teachers to leverage their social media presence in order to fundraise for supplies for their classrooms. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Explore the World Regions course file , with links to notes, quizzes, and study guides. And there are a variety of alternative assignments, like the Twitter World Leader assignment. Tell us about the Twitter World Leaders. Boyer's Twitter World Leader Assignment; full size image here. More timely than ever.

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