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. Independent OpenCourseware Study (IOCS) implemented in 2012. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2017

A team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has been digging deeply into social media data to examine the roots of the public dialogue around Common Core.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

One key selling point: It helps schools counteract some problems exacerbated by social media—including a spate of school vandalism incidents inspired by viral TikTok posts—by allowing better tracking of hallway activity. asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2018

A few studies have begun to emerge that show that over-parenting can be associated with anxiety and social anxiety in children, and a soaring mental health epidemic on college campuses reveals that today’s young adults are increasingly ill equipped for the rigors of campus life, a fact often associated with overprotective parents.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And if you listen to social media , where teachers often express themselves freely and anonymously, Rachel is far from alone. Selena Carrión Everything Is Not OK There is a certain TED Talk that teachers on social media sometimes reach for to describe the toxic positivity mentality. And that’s not really the case at all.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The study points to estimates from LinkedIn that suggest “between 2010 and 2013, the growth of liberal arts majors entering the technology industry from undergrad outpaced that of computer science and engineering majors by 10 percent.” The parallel trends are caused by a mismatch between job seekers and employers, the study argues.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 29, 2013

Mobile and social study platform, StudyBlue today announced the launch of its annual teacher appreciation program “Thank a Teacher a Latte.” The 2013 Thank a Teacher a Latte program is open to everyone, including students, former students and parents. Related: StudyBlue - create and share flashcards, quizzes, and study guides.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, Canva’s AI study revealed that most teachers (93%) don’t know where to start with these tools. The study, which surveyed 1,004 teachers in the United States, shows the majority to be enthusiastic and eager about the potential of incorporating this technology in the classroom, but remain unsure of where to start.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. Social media continues to be a contentious space with murky boundaries between what’s public and private. “Is The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 22, 2013

High school student Courtney Gressman made a powerful public service announcement as part of her social studies class titled “ Learning is NATURAL. We use tools such as social media to gain knowledge, perspective, and to have diverse conversation where anyone can be included.” The Way We Learn Should Be OPTIONAL.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A recent study sponsored by Reading Plus , an adaptive literacy intervention platform, found that by the time they finish high school, today’s students read 19% slower than their counterparts of 50 years ago. The study found that students in 1960 and 2011 read at similar rates in second grade. Reading Plus Resources.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2015

Researchers track tweets to determine how social media plays into Common Core and educational debates. A new study endeavors to uncover how social media can impact education politics and how people view those issues, especially as they relate to the Common Core State Standards. Tweet topics included testing (7.1

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Nabeel, who was the first in his family to go to college, was working overnight shifts as a behavioral health associate while also studying full-time at the University of Arkansas. Credit: Image provided by Faris Nabeel “This met my needs,” Faris Nabeel, 26, said. Micro-internships like Nabeel’s are another relatively new option.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

It deftly, artfully captures just how inundated children — specifically, three girls over the course of one year — are these days, thanks to social media and all the other byproducts of carrying a small computer in your pocket everywhere you go. Pairs well with: the recent film adaptation of Judy Blume’s 1970 (but timeless!)

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 5, 2019

Even before the 2016 election, only 28% of social studies teachers reported that they thought parents would strongly support teaching about elections (Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, 2013). It is not surprising then that low youth voter turnout is not new to this generation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

One of those scholars is Jennifer Golbeck, a professor at the University of Maryland's College of Information Studies, who has been talking about the privacy risks of Facebook data for years. EdSurge: How did you get into studying issues of data privacy and social media? Or watch a video version.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Five million dollars — that’s a lot,” said Turner, who hopes to go into nonprofit work, as she took a break from studying outside the student center. “I A Gallup poll found that the proportion of Americans who consider college to be very important had fallen from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent by 2019. I mean, wow.” billion in 2019.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2019

A study by Northeastern University researchers suggests that schools are safer than they were in the 1990’s. One in 3 parents surveyed in a 2018 PDK Poll say they feared for their students’ safety—nearly three times the percentage in 2013. But headlines about cyberbullying and school shootings have communities understandably on edge.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Of these, three-fifths said their universities and colleges reduced the grants they’d been awarded, rather than their loans or work-study hours. Social media has also given more attention to a frustration that families previously suffered in silence, with rants about scholarship displacement even making their way to TikTok.

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MSEDTechie

APRIL 24, 2014

Audio Boo is a social media platform that allows you to combine audio and social media to create podcasts called "boos". (It''s It can be a great resource for test study guides, and end of course exams. link] com/2013/03/its-all-about- time-mobile-projects-in.html# links' Document class activities.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 7, 2019

Learning Counsel Research has been studying two things: 1) what technology can do and is already doing in many industries as well as state-of-the-art software for learning, and 2) where public education has failed, areas of success in public education and the rising demand for choice. And Technology changes everything. Sources: N.

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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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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort. Journal of Technology Studies, 2 6(2). Education 1.0: Education 1.0

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

They also take part in study groups and attend school all year, supported by industry mentors, community college professors and one another. I have to figure out how to get to my goal: attend NYU and study medicine. If students do falter, we make adjustments and they try again,” Rothman said. Credit: Liz Willen. None are. “We

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Before I look at social media or my email, I have made it part of my daily routine to make sure that I go to the gym or go for a run. January 26, 2013 5 Characteristics of a Change Agent January 1, 2016 Be a Change Agent December 19, 2016 Just Ask August 22, 2012 Is “failure” an option?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

Whatever happens to the economy, shortages will remain not just in phlebotomy, but in many other professions, and some may even get worse as a result of the pandemic; social distancing and changes in behavior following the massive shutdowns will likely increase the already strong demand for digital and social media marketers, for instance.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #librarymentalhealthandwellness on their social media posts about the event. We look forward to gathering online with you for this event! This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #librarymentalhealthandwellness on their social media posts about the event. We look forward to gathering online with you for this event! This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 28, 2019

Even before the 2016 election, only 28% of social studies teachers reported that they thought parents would strongly support teaching about elections (Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, 2013). It is not surprising then that low youth voter turnout is not new to this generation.

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edWeb.net

MAY 22, 2019

Using charts, sixth-grade students collected cell phone usage data and recorded every time a student received a notification from social media apps and texts from family and friends. Of the 20 students who participated in the study, there were recorded 7,800 notifications, averaging one notification per student every eight minutes.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Throughout the pandemic, the American public has struggled to be scientifically literate enough to separate well-grounded scientific findings from social media-driven fiction. Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Related: How the science of vaccination is taught (or not) in public schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

Farenga’s books include The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling (Holt, 1998); Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling (Perseus, 2003); The Legacy of John Holt: A Man Who Genuinely Understood, Trusted, and Respected Children (HoltGWS, 2013); and his latest publication, How to Report Unschooling to School Officials (HoltGWS, 2015).

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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. Dr. Cooke’s research and teaching interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #virtualrealitylearning on their social media posts about the event. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, SPECIAL GUESTS, AND ORGANIZERS: Sara Jones State Librarian, Washington State Library Sara Jones previously served as the director of the Marin County Free Library since July 2013.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 8, 2015

In this article a study from Harvard Business School is cited which showed that when participants were allowed to reflect on a test, did remarkably better the on the next assessment. That might mean sharing all my notes from the conferences I am lucky to attend in Evernote, to mentoring new teachers who are using social media to connect.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

Andrew Joseph, Agarwal's cofounder, went on to join the Amazon Education team as VP of Strategic Relations after TenMarks got acquired in 2013. But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). Agarwal isn't the only TenMarks founder to have left the Seattle-based tech giant.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013.

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