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Crunch the Numbers:New Data on Student Wellbeing, the Skills Gap Crisis, and Tech Usage in Utah

eSchool News

The Social Institute , whose mission is to empower millions of students to navigate their social world — including social media and technology — in positive, healthy, and high-character ways, released its 2024 Student Insights Report: How Social Media, Tech, and Current Events Impact Student Well-Being.

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Culling Your Social Media Past

ProfHacker

Last week, I wrote about data security when crossing the border, and my own…unease about my upcoming trip to Canada (and subsequent re-entry). One of the challenges, however, is that much of my social media is pretty wide open and easily accessible through a google search of my uncommon name.

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World Backup Day March 31st: Student data security

Neo LMS

These holes within school and other institutional databases can create vulnerabilities, exposing: IP addresses, location settings & browser data. Data breaches and other hacks can cause educators to be locked out of necessary accounts as a means of defense, but that can also lead to further data leaks or lost information in the process.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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My most used/favorite Apps and how I use them

Educational Technology Guy

Social Media - Google+ , Twitter , and Facebook - Google+ is my go to for education and technology resources, connections and sharing. Hardware- HTC One Android Smartphone, Nexus 7 tablet, Chromebook -- access every app and piece of data on any of my devices, anywhere. My smartphone comes with me everywhere.

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Students Are Reading Slower and Comprehending Less. Here’s What To Do About It.

Edsurge

When we dug into the data, we noticed that a sizable percentage of kids were just missing the benchmark—they were one, two, three points below,” says Hope Langston, Northfield’s Director of Assessment Services. The study found that students in 1960 and 2011 read at similar rates in second grade.

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Reflecting on ASCD

A Principal's Reflections

The title of my session was Exploring Best Practices in Social Networking. I absolutely love to share what we are doing at New Milford High School through the lens that social media provides. Things got even better when I learned that I would be participating in the 2011 ASCD Conference Scholars Program.