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Mobile Schools: The Next Generation in Communication and Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. We envision every school benefiting from having their own native mobile application.

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EdTechSandyK's Top 5 Posts of 2013

EdTechSandyK

Because this was a helpful exercise for me at the end of 2012 / start of 2013, I thought I''d give it another go as 2013 ticks away its final hours and 2014 looms on the horizon. 10 Killer iPad Projects Students Will Love , 6/24/13 - This post is comprised of notes I took at an ISTE 2013 concurrent session. Much like 2012.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

Social media has not shown an ability to “self correct” perhaps because by its very nature, the responses can only be positive and thus, there is no self-correcting mechanism built into its algorithm. Below are some of the ads that you may have seen on social media that were released as being traced back to Russian origin.

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Boosting Digital Literacies for a Purpose

Digital Promise

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. Tech Team members learn to navigate livestreams on social media such as FaithLife , for example.

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The Vital Role of Digital Leadership in Transforming Education

A Principal's Reflections

Here are some of my thoughts from 2013 , which have aged nicely: Digital leadership considers recent changes such as ubiquitous connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization. Public relations : How are you sharing remote learning successes and forging relationships with the mainstream media?

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SLPs Make Great Showing (AGAIN) among 2013 Edublog Finalists- VOTE!

SpeechTechie

The finalists for the 2013 Edublog Awards were just announced, and voting is now open. The Edublog Awards is an annual initiative to promote the value of social media in education and share some great resources. Please, if I forgot any speech-language people, let me know in a comment, it''s all a bit confusing to navigate.

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Nominations for the 2013 Edublog Awards

wwwatanabe

The purpose of the Edublog Awards , or Eddies, is to raise awareness of educational blogging and social media for learning. Without educational uses of social media and blogging, students might not realize the power of their voices, nor would they have the opportunities to learn with other beyond the four walls of the classroom.