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Communicating and Connecting With Social Media (An Excerpt)

A Principal's Reflections

The book is entitled Communicating & Connecting With Social Media: Essentials for Principals and will be available from Solution Tree on May 19, 2011 Using Twitter to Build Your School’s Brand The good news is that open-communication practices in a social media world don’t have to be intimidating.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. 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

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Children face increasingly packed schedules, so they’re more likely to multitask—by frequently task-switching and/or using different kinds of media at the same time. 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].

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Social Media Is Here to Stay: Get Out of the Way or Become Roadkill!!

The 21st Century Principal

They are banning the use of social media as a means to communicate with students and parents. They are banning the use of social media as a means to communicate with students and parents. It is misguided foolishness to think that social media is magically turning teachers into predators, preying on our nation''s children.

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Richard Byrne’s Most Exciting Edtech Tools

The CoolCatTeacher

Facebook Live. Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. In 2010 he was a finalist for ACTEM’s (Association of Computer Teachers and Educators in Maine) educator of the year award. I hope you enjoy this episode with Richard!

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

Edsurge

In 2010, Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia was caught— and successfully sued when it was discovered that school officials were taking photos of a student through a school-issued laptop. Social media continues to be a contentious space with murky boundaries between what’s public and private. “Is

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‘A Deal With the Devil’: NPR Reporter Anya Kamenetz On Teaching With 'Addictive Tech' Like Facebook

Edsurge

I was watching a video that you did from a Ted Talk a while ago, back in 2010, and you were talking about transforming higher education institutions by getting conservative institutions to embrace technology. Harris: Is Facebook designed to maximize your concentration and focus on the goals that you care about? You land there.