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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. Elsevier offers overs 600 fully open access journals where researchers can publish or access peer-review articles.

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Teaching students how to manage digital distractions

Neo LMS

Others claim that emotional support and social engagement are the primary drivers of using social media more often. Many articles often cite this study as solid proof for banning smartphones. banning mobile phones improves outcomes for the low-achieving students the most and has no significant impact on high achievers.

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Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future

EdTech Magazine

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers.

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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

This morning I read a great article on PBS Media Shift by Audrey Watters entitled " Why Schools Should Stop Banning Cell Phones, and Use Them For Learning." This shift in mindset can be directly attributed to what I have learned from innovative educators in the social media spaces that I now delve into on a routine basis.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

They need to learn how to protect themselves online, respect others, have a healthy relationship with devices and think critically online. They need practice with these skills to learn how to think critically. Teach them how to compose an appropriate email with the right type of tone and word choices.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

We must give pause to understand how citizens can become savvy purveyors of accurate information so that hoaxes like not friending Jayden K Smith and the countless missing children Facebook posts that travel unhindered for years after children have been found can cease. Now is the time for all of us to become savvy investigators.