TCEA 2015: 7 Twitter Tips to Help Teachers Become Tweeting Pros
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Frank Smith Teachers new to Twitter had a lot to learn in this TCEA 2015 session. . Classroom Digital Content Internet Social Media'
The 2019 Honor Roll: EdTech’s 30 Must-Read K–12 Education IT Influencers
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 5, 2019
Social media influencers can help update K–12 IT leaders with timely, digestible tweets, blog posts and podcasts. This year’s Must-Read IT blogger list has grown to include a diverse group of K–12 professionals across the various media streams on the web. The 2019 Honor Roll: EdTech’s 30 Must-Read K–12 Education IT Influencers.
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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 11, 2020
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is happening at the US policy level with the coronavirus health crisis? You can connect with Tom on social media.
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The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
Trends and Topics on Twitter A subtle shift is happening in language as seen in the top education tweets this week. — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 13, 2015. Twitter Analytics. Whether you’re on Twitter or not, I hope this week’s tweets of the week give you inspiration and education. RD6aF7fQEP.
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Top Education Tweets of the Week: November 7, 2015
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 7, 2015
Trends and Topics on Twitter This week’s top education tweets of the week have lots of interesting nuggets for us busy teachers. As for “keeping” up with everything on Twitter. Twitter overwhelms me too. The informal learning on social media has a very real impact in my classroom. Do your best.
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10 Ways To Inspire Students Using Twitter
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 23, 2016
Twitter is a popular and useful social media tool. There are lots of ways in which Twitter can be used in the classroom. Here is an example my class did when learning about Charles Darwin in a Science lesson: Another example of a way to use Twitter in the classroom. Twitter template. million men. .
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10 Ways To Inspire Students Using Twitter
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 23, 2016
Twitter is a popular and useful social media tool. There are lots of ways in which Twitter can be used in the classroom. Here is an example my class did when learning about Charles Darwin in a Science lesson: Another example of a way to use Twitter in the classroom. Twitter template. million men. .
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Ditch That Textbook’s Best of 2015
Ditch That Textbook
DECEMBER 31, 2015
2015 was a whirlwind year full of change. More and more educators became connected, joining Twitter, Voxer and other social media. In education, Google Classroom was around for its first full year and became a mainstay in classes around the world. New tools like Periscope and Seesaw became more popular than ever.
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What Would Abe Lincoln’s Social Media Campaign Look Like? A New Classroom Use For Twitter and Facebook
Edsurge
JULY 20, 2016
During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. Both Twitter and the iPhone were less than a year old. I’m curious. But how do you do it?
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Making The Most Of Social Media In The Classroom
The Web20Classroom
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Social media often gets a bad wrap when spoken in the same breath as education and learning. The reality is social media (and digital learning in general ) have a place in the classroom And whether we choose to embrace it, or don't, students still will leave our buildings and use it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Kids’ Media Use Is Up. Blame the Pandemic — And TikTok.
Edsurge
MARCH 24, 2022
But, he adds, it creates an opportunity for parents, educators and the kids themselves to think intentionally about the “content and context” of their daily media use. According to Common Sense, between 2015 and 2019, screen use among teenagers (ages 13 to 18) increased by 11 percent. One platform in particular stands out.
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The 2015 Top Blog Posts of the Year
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 31, 2015
from the Cool Cat Teacher Blog From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. What a 2015! I also have another bi-monthly social media secrets email list where I’ll help you level up your social media learning if you want to know how I do it ;-). Want to read the post?
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Top 10 Education Tweets of the School Year So Far – Fall 2015
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 9, 2015
The top 10 education tweets of the 2015 school year so far include lots of sketchtnotes. When you look at Twitter, you don’t see “clickthroughs” but that is a measure of how many people click the link or interact with the graphic. Top 10 Education Tweets (August 1-October 9, 2015 on @coolcatteacher ).
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Top 10 Education Tweets of the Week: November 21, 2015
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 21, 2015
Top 10 Education Tweets of the Week: week ending November 21, 2015. — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 19, 2015. — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 15, 2015. — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 15, 2015. — Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) November 18, 2015. 8r5MxHJrTJ.
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The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of Fall Creek school district in Wisconsin, leads a social media campaign for his schools using the hashtag #gocrickets. Sanfelippo is pictured here in 2015 recording a #gocrickets podcast with his daughter Alena, then a third-grader. With Seesaw, a social media app], they get a front row seat.”.
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Top 10 Blog Posts of October 2015
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Top 10 Posts on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog – October 2015 Edition. 6 – Top 10 Education Tweets of the School Year So Far – Fall 2015. Many educators are on Twitter but even more are not. Summary posts like this help those educators who cannot or don’t join Twitter share in the goodness. #7
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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 31, 2022
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Check out @EmilyBHardeman on Twitter. 2015, September 2015). “The Economic & Social Cost of Illiteracy.” June 21, 2015. Reading stamina matters. The life long consequences when a student cannot read. Read More ».
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Graphite Blog
JUNE 1, 2016
In 2015, they partnered with Everytown for Gun Safety and launched the national Wear Orange campaign, encouraging people around the world to wear orange on June 2 each year to honor those who have lost their lives to gun violence and to raise awareness about this critical issue. Are they using it for positive social change, as you have?
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Using Social Media for Good
Graphite Blog
JUNE 1, 2016
In 2015, they partnered with Everytown for Gun Safety and launched the national Wear Orange campaign, encouraging people around the world to wear orange on June 2 each year to honor those who have lost their lives to gun violence and to raise awareness about this critical issue. Are they using it for positive social change, as you have?
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Don't Compete with Social Media. Integrate It!
The Innovative Educator
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
This week, I had some words via Twitter with Wake County Public Schools for making decisions about policies that affect students without bringing students into the conversation in a respectful way. Students were upset when they learned Snapchat was blocked and they took their concerns to Twitter. Q: Can Making compete w/social media?
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edWeb.net
MAY 3, 2017
edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I’m the founder of edWeb.net and had just started our social network for educators. Time well spent. Thank you to both of you.
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Learning Resolutions For 2015
The Web20Classroom
JANUARY 8, 2015
Learning Resolution 2-Share More Twitter has been my learning drug of choice for over 6 years now. 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. on Twitter. Resolve to talk to your colleagues about your thinking.
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Survey reveals why teachers aren’t embracing social media
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Survey reveals that the majority of classroom educators shy away from social media integration. A new survey finds that just 13 percent of participating educators have used social media as part of their classroom learning. The University of Phoenix College of Education survey of 1,002 U.S.
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Is there enough diversity in your social media?
eSchool News
OCTOBER 18, 2015
As we consume more social media, our perspectives are getting less diverse. Since then, I’ve started using Facebook and Twitter to learn about all kinds of recent events and news happening nearby and around the world. And I’m not the only one using social media sites in this way. We have bubbles that touch.”
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Brilliant or Insane
MAY 1, 2015
Last year, we made these predictions about education in 2015. Please comment below and/or share your thoughts on Twitter at hashtag #HackLearning. The post 5 Shocking Things Your Students Will do in 2015 appeared first on Brilliant or Insane. Today, we rehash them and hope you’ll take your education pulse.
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The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 28, 2018
A Global Search for Education Reflection From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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.
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Goal: Test the Power of Hashtags
Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 26, 2015
Accomplish this goal by creating your own hashtag on social media, getting your students to create their own hashtag movements, or working as a class to create a class hashtag movement. Hashtags are one of the most powerful ways to communicate and spread messages on social media. ”- The Huffington Post.
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Teacher Reboot Camp
AUGUST 26, 2015
Accomplish this goal by creating your own hashtag on social media, getting your students to create their own hashtag movements, or working as a class to create a class hashtag movement. Hashtags are one of the most powerful ways to communicate and spread messages on social media. ”- The Huffington Post.
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National Bullying Prevention Month–October
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. Examples include mean texts or emails, insulting snapchats, rumors posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing photos or videos. I am amazed by Riyadh’s strength.
Help Your Students Stand Up to Social Media Pressure
Graphite Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
I've doctored my social media sends to make me look better in the eyes of others. Growing up in the Silicon Valley, it was impossible to separate my two lives -- the living, breathing one around me and the social, filtered one I created online. Girls are especially vulnerable to use of social media.
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Social Media Mind Shift
The Daring Librarian
OCTOBER 18, 2015
Warning, this post might load slowly because of a lot of embedded cool social media! Coming up with our duct tape drivers license ideas w/ our cool 6th graders #makerspace A photo posted by Gwyneth Jones (@thedaringlibrarian) on Sep 18, 2015 at 8:40am PDT You see, we're literally the other side of the tracks of our fancy county.
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Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Additionally, more teachers are citing a reluctance to incorporate social media into classroom learning than in 2013 (62 percent vs. 55 percent).
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The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 24, 2015
On Twitter, success, teaching practices, and trying new things are topping the list. Social Media in Schools – a piece written for Cathy Rubin from the Global Search for Education top 12 Teacher Blogs answering her question of the month “What is the role of social media in classrooms?”
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National Bullying Prevention Month
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. Examples include mean texts or emails, insulting snapchats, rumors posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing photos or videos. I am amazed by Riyadh’s strength.
Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2015 Version
Educational Technology Guy
JULY 16, 2015
Here's my updated version for Summer, 2015. I love the 7" tablet size and use this for social media, web surfing, personal email (I don't check work email at home anymore), e-books and Netflix. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. I'm a huge user of Google Apps and Evernote. Without these, I'm stuck.
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Why your young students love e-learning
Neo LMS
MAY 2, 2017
Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. Everyone is online now.
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7 Global Project Ideas from a Leading 3rd Grade Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Vickie Morgado on episode 177 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I think we’ve learned how to use social media in just a really positive way, and learned to communicate and build a global audience, and shared our learning, and learned with others.
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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education
Reading By Example
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. Living and learning with new media.
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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education
Reading By Example
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. Living and learning with new media.
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4 Powerful Twitter Apps for Teachers Professional Development
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
OCTOBER 28, 2015
October 28, 2015 Twitter is absolutely one of the best social media platforms where you can access, curate and share educational content with others. It is also an effective way to build and grow.read more.
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Twitter Digest: Fostering A Growth Mindset With Students
TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 14, 2015
Twitter Digest: Fostering A Growth Mindset With Students. Below is a summary of the #reflectiveteacher twitter chat on February 10, 2015. Twitter Digest: Fostering A Growth Mindset With Students. The post Twitter Digest: Fostering A Growth Mindset With Students appeared first on TeachThought. by TeachThought Staff.
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Teaching Speaking & Listening Skills for Today’s Student
Catlin Tucker
MARCH 17, 2015
In addition to formal writing, our students need to know how to articulate their ideas in 140 characters or less and engage with a global audience using social media. KQED’s Do Now is a weekly activity that engages students in a global conversation about current issues using social media tools like Twitter.
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Kayla Delzer: 3 Ways to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 14, 2018
Kayla Delzer on episode 311 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom.
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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year
eSchool News
JULY 20, 2022
SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through?
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