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Social Media and Kids - what you should know - guest post

Educational Technology Guy

According to new research by the Pew Research Center, 95% of teens say they have access to a smartphone, and 45% indicate that they’re online “almost constantly.” They should also consider how the “like” feature on Instagram can become a comparison tool for teens and a way to measure popularity or self-worth.

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Blended Learning – How to Make it Work in the Classroom.

EdTech4Beginners

In comparison with a traditional classroom-based learning, a blended learning offers a teacher much more flexibility and shifts a teacher-centered classroom toward the student-centered one. As you see, the blending learning has a bunch of benefits, but only when it is applied wisely.

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What Students Are Actually Doing Online

Securly

This of course varies by age group: we found that younger teens (aged 13-15) spend the most time in front of their screens in comparison to other age groups. Facebook is the most visited social media network, used even by children younger than the age restriction. SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Why a Web Filter Isn’t Enough To Keep Your Students Safe

Gaggle Speaks

A web filter is software designed to restrict or control the online content that a user is allowed to access. A school or district, for example, might block access to pornographic websites so students cannot access them. Finally, a web filter is only effective when students attempt to access blocked sites on the school network.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

NeverEndingSearch

Interactive digital tools will allow us to easily make comparisons. On Facebook and Twitter. Data Speaks: Addressing Equity of Access to School Librarians for Students. Thanks to SLIDE , we now have tools to bettter understand staffing issues at the national, state and district levels. Poster rom Kachel, Debra E.,

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Scientists and social media: an important new study

Bryan Alexander

By comparison, just 17% of those ages 65 and older say this… Younger scientists, more so than older ones, say that promoting their findings on social media sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook is important for career advancement. ” Good! Several thoughts. The gender difference is important.

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Our Grammarly Review – Is It the Perfect Grammar Checker?

Fractus Learning

Writers don’t always have access to a human editor, and any writer will tell you it is not easy to edit text written by themselves. Facebook, Twitter, and other social media posts people write for family, friends, or business. A grammar checking tool will help you identify these mistakes. What I’d Change.