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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

Video clips, educational games, and virtual simulations are just a few examples of technology resources you can use to engage and educate in the classroom. This practice provides better flexibility, plus the opportunity for you to provide audio or video clips alongside homework assignments. They may just teach you something new![8].

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The Scientific Debate Over Teens, Screens And Mental Health

MindShift

But some researchers argue that this theory isn’t well supported by existing evidence and that it repeats a “moral panic” argument made many times in the past about video games, rap lyrics, television and even radio, back in its early days. “Social media invites comparison,” Twenge says.

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Playing at Orientation: Interview with the Designers of “The Parasite” at University of Chicago

ProfHacker

Since 2011, I’ve been fortunate enough to work on a series of ARGs with several collaborators including Melissa Gilliam, Ashlyn Sparrow, Katherine Hayles, Patrick LeMieux, Sha Xin Wei, Peter McDonald, Ainsley Sutherland, and myriad students at the University of Chicago.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Communicating with Generation X, Y, and Z Parents

Waterford

They are generally comfortable with technology and navigate smartphones or social media platforms with little trouble. In fact, 68% of all Millennials report they text “a lot” every day, in comparison to 47% of Gen Xers.[9] Additionally, Millennials spend an average of six to seven hours per week on social media.[2]

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. They struggle with facts about social studies. This too has been a long time in the making.