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. While kids may bristle at the thought of posting fewer selfies, surveys indicate 55 percent of adolescents enjoy volunteering.

Survey 65

Survey Social Media Study Advocacy 65

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.

Social Media 60

Social Media Adobe Software Survey 60

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2017

Helping Parents Guide Kids' Media Use SXSWedu 2017 Panel tinyurl.com/ParentsGuidetoKidsMedia What makes for effective parent engagement around media and technology? Parents and caregivers are looking to schools for advice on their kids' media use. Got lots of questions about filtering and social media.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Social Media LMS Guidelines 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.

Policies 77

Policies Industry Social Media Data 77

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

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).

Education 268

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! by Terry Heick.

eBook 64

eBook Libraries EdTech Blended Learning 64

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

When I got connected on social media, my lens grew and I became aware of more organizations, as well as some of their supporting tools and resources. The organization also organizes the Speak Up survey each year. Technology Leadership. Organization: Consortium for School Network (CoSN). URL: www.cosn.org.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

A few years after John Boyer began teaching world geography at Virginia Tech , a survey revealed that 58 percent of college-aged Americans could not locate Japan on a map. Sixty-nine percent could not find the United Kingdom. Boyer raced ahead undaunted. He loved the scope and implications of his subject. The great thing about geography is.

Twitter 124

Twitter Course Video Moodle 124

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!). It covers many of the topics mentioned in this list and the introduction alone is a good summary of many of these issues.

Technology 71

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. Youths’ use of CMC : Although the majority of students enrolled in U.S. by reading the reports produced by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

Technology 49

Technology MOOC Industry Social Media 49

The Daring Librarian

MAY 5, 2010

Today''s blog was inspired by the amazing Meredith Farkas, Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University, columnist for American Libraries, lecturer at San Jose State University’s SLIS program, author, speaker and consultant on social media and managing change. Source: Pew, Dec. I''ve been saying for a few years now.(prolly

Libraries 41

Libraries iPhone Smartphone Mobility 41

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 17, 2016

The first part of the presentation surveyed the state of inequality through macroeconomics and a touch of sociology. I asked academics to use social media to explore these issues. This was the theme for a talk I gave last week, where I put several years of research together for the first time.

Education 40

Education MOOC Social Media Exercises 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Employment and Debt of 2008 College Graduates.”

Education 44

Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44