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

Edsurge

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. Both Twitter and the iPhone were less than a year old. I’m curious.

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Helping Strangers May Help Teens’ Self-Esteem

MindShift

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. You can find her on Twitter @dr_fraga.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

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.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

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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Library in Your Pocket

The Daring Librarian

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. I''d also recommend to follow her Twitter.

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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

The CoolCatTeacher

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. News and World Reports survey from August 2020 sheds more light.

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Helping Parents Guide Kids' Media Use #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

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.