A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

The exponential evolution if the Internet and social media tools have allowed for the quick sharing of knowledge, ideas, images, videos, and opinions. In one respect everyone with a smartphone has instant access to information at any time and from anywhere. Digital literacy is more important now than it has ever been.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

Email is also an option accessible to most. Social Media This method for connecting with families continues to grow in popularity. Schools can enact strategies to help families overcome systemic barriers like lack of transportation, long or irregular work hours, lack of access to childcare, so they can become more involved.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. The good news is this doesn’t mean teachers need to be intimately familiar with every new form of tech or social media platform. Couse, L.J.,

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. Benefits of Using Tech and Digital Media in Education. 17] If you’re unable to go on a field trip, for example, you can access plenty of virtual field trips at no cost.[16]

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We Department of Education database that tracks a large group of students who started kindergarten in 2010.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

For decades, researchers have tried to capture a national picture of youth well-being by combining a number of social indicators, such as obesity rates, rates of tobacco use, family access to health insurance, academic proficiency on state tests, graduation rates, drug use and teen birth rates. What happened then?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. The conversation has quickly shifted from whether technology should be used in learning to how we can use it to improve learning and ensure that all students have access to high-quality educational experiences. Consider this: 1 in 4 U.S.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Low-income students are most likely to use screen time excessively, in part because their families may not have access to non-digital educational resources.[6] 6] Additionally, older children are more likely than younger children to use too much digital media each day.[7]. Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, 2010, 164(3), pp.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

The document notes gaps in privacy laws surrounding the use of one-to-one notebooks, which allows school officials to access computers without notice or consent from students or parents. Social media continues to be a contentious space with murky boundaries between what’s public and private. “Is Yes, that is very important.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010 ). Davis and Nixon, 2010 ). It includes not only websites, but cell phones, Nintendo, and Wii, as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites. Right to digital access. National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015 ).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Among college students who graduated between 2010 and 2016, 61 percent visited their institutions’ career services office as students, the highest percentage in any decade since as far back as the 1940s, according to Gallup , a research and analytics company. Related: What if we hired for skills, not degrees? percent.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Here is a short list of some of the changes that have been implemented and sustained: Social media use as a communications, public relations, branding, professional growth, and student learning tool implemented in 2009. Online courses through the Virtual High School implemented in 2010.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. Computing devices and 1:1 programs are far more prevalent now than in 2010. Students are stressed out. Open digital badges.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

So when the university chancellor eventually released a public statement condemning the killing of George Floyd, after being repeatedly called out on social media for remaining silent, Torrey saw it as performative. “I The university has a hashtag it uses on social media, #ThinkAndDo, he noted with a chuckle.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 12, 2017

I truly believe that although there are many fears of technology (especially social media), the access we have to one another is a powerful opportunity to bring parents into our classrooms. Speaking to parent groups is always a pleasure. Instead of asking, “What did you learn today?”,

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2017

For libraries looking to take control of their social media strategies, Michelle recommends using Buffer. Buffer is a way to merge different social media accounts for easier and faster posting. Michelle created a digital photo album that can be accessed online so students can plan their projects from anywhere.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. Shirky, 2010: p.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 4, 2015

Actually, not all time, just since analytics started in 2010. Jul 15, 2010, 26807 The Ten No Nos of Teaching with a Projector or Int. May 10, 2010, 24876 Cure ADHD without Drugs with These Resources. You can check em out below. Post Page views Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Schoening’s First Grade Class.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

Jane recommended keeping the library open during hours that the public library isn’t available, so students always have access to books. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

More social media platforms,” a girl said. If you told someone a decade ago that you could have a career as a social media influencer, they wouldn’t have believed you.”. “What do you think the future job market will look like?” A whole bunch of robots,” one boy suggested. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 9, 2018

Equitable digital access is the foundation for ensuring that teachers can personalize learning and provide students with the educational opportunities they need to be prepared for college and a career. This is true even for students who do not have computer access at home. Do you think of your students as digital natives? Absolutely.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

This article, “ Unintended Consequences ,” was first published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 Jamie Glenn, chief executive of a once-hot social media startup, was between a rock and a hard place. In 2010, the potential of social media was not widely understood.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

EPORTFOLIOS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: THE TRIALS 2010 (THE AUSTRALIA SERIES) Mon 29 Nov 08:30PM New York / Tue 29 Nov 01:30AM GMT / Tue 29 Nov 11:30AM Sydney Coach Carole. Data and results will be shared from the 2010 Eportfolio Implementation Trials. Thanks for your attention, and see you online! Webinar will be held in Greek language.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. She coordinates the work of the Communications unit, User Experience, Accessibility, Outreach and Engagement and Organizational Development. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Julius C. Jefferson, Jr.

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edWeb.net

MAY 22, 2019

With the influx of diverse and multimedia instruction technology software and 1:1 programs, students have access to technology both in and out of school settings. Laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, and even cell phones are providing students with opportunities to access the internet for researching, communicating and social learning.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

A PLN isn't just composed of people you interact with online, but online communities and social media platforms allow for an infinite number of possibilities and combinations depending on your interests. The members of this group can constantly be in flux because you choose whom you want to interact with or reach out to.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Social media has become central to their (and our) everyday lives. The Digital Edge - Watkins is trying to understand role of digital media in lives of kids on the margins of digital access - second language homes, low socioeco environments, etc? What happens when we block social media in schools?

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Learning Confluence

JULY 1, 2018

According to McLoughlin and Lee (2010), pedagogical change requires knowledge of appropriate teaching methods and awareness of the learner experience while using Web 2.0 technologies and social media. Kuit and Fell (2010) found that constructivism underpins the use of Web 2.0 tools (Koehler, Newby & Ertmer, 2017).

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2017

Having such conversations with students can be helpful to understand the kinds of prices that are paid for access to information. In today’s world where so many people get their news through the internet, the news one sees on a daily basis can easily be filtered through clicks on a social feed. Michelle asked.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Considering that community college students oftentimes have access to fewer resources, it seems at first that this would be counter-intuitive. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership. Cochrane, T.,

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Edublog Awards were started about 7 years ago to counteract the trend of blocking social media in school districts and celebrate the educational power of these resources. Obviously social media has been transformative for me and my practice and I wanted to participate for that reason again this year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #edi20 on their social media posts about the event. She coordinates the work of the Communications unit, User Experience, Accessibility, Outreach and Engagement and Organizational Development. OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL: Julius C. Jefferson, Jr.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 18, 2020

But social distancing is crucial, and for some perspective, check out this tweet from Matt Pearce gives some valuable perspective. With this being said, we are lucky to live in a time where we have access to tools that my parents wish they would have had when they were my age.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 1, 2013

Whether this occurs as a direct result of access to technology and greater opportunities for networking, is yet to be established. In his most recent edition, Keen turns his ire specifically onto user generated media such as blogs and YouTube (Keen, 2010). But, intuitively this seems to be a reasonable proposition.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. As part of the conference he was one of the first recipients of the NOW Award, recognizing the "Movers and Shakers" in the world of Social Media. Connected Classroom blog.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Here social media were used to connect people, enabling them to collaborate together in project work, small group learning and online discussions. Their mentor was able to read the student’s posting and then comment directly to the blog with their own observations, guidance and support (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2010).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. It impedes access to institutions they might be qualified for, because it’s not being accepted.”. How is it going to be accessible?

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