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Is Technology Bad for the Teenage Brain? (Yes, No and It's Complicated.)

Edsurge

Social media, contrary to its reputation, actually seems to improve certain prosocial behaviors—empathy, to name one—in teenage populations. Researchers in one study followed a group of 10-14-year-olds for a year, tracking their use of use social media, primarily Twitter and Facebook. I ask, “Xbox? Then I pause.

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Protecting Student Privacy on Social Media: Do's and Don'ts for Teachers

Graphite Blog

Social media is an increasingly important part of students' lives; in fact, the average teen spends over an hour a day using social media. To be true digital citizens, our students need teachers who model pro-social, creative, and responsible social media use.

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Testing Giving You The Blues? Get Creative with EdTech Formative Assessments

MSEDTechie

There are so many ways that kids can creatively show you their learning in a timely and efficient manner, and ways teachers can conduct assessments that take away the testing anxiety that plagues so many kids. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students. Now, Information is literally at our fingertips.

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Creative Lessons with Fake Texts, Tweets, Facebook Pages and More

Fractus Learning

Students love social media, and virtual impersonation tools provide an opportunity to bring some fun into assignments. iFakeText let’s you make a fake iPhone text in 3 steps (four if you want to select a specific service provider); just type a name and a message, click “Create Your Screenshot.”

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Top Web Links, Tweets & Instagram Posts from 2017

Learning in Hand

I share helpful links for educators on Twitter and Facebook everyday. Let's see what resonated on social media in 2017. In addition, Twitter Analytics provides me all sorts of statistics about my tweets. A Visual Guide to Formative Assessment Tools. I also post graphics on Instagram each week. Emoji Prompts.

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Appy-Picking Month: Speech4Good

SpeechTechie

In addition, I have been attending a workshop focusing on fluency assessment and therapy in which the application was recommended as one way to visually/auditorily practice fluency techniques. You can also share files to e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook from the Library. The Library shows saved recordings and notes for sessions.

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5 Fab Ways to Animate Your EduLife!

The Daring Librarian

You can use Bitmoji stickers as your Twitter avatar, on Snapchat stories, within Seesaw and Google Apps for Education, rubrics, within Gmail, on your blog, or for classroom or library signage. A couple years ago one of my amazing MHMS Social Studies teachers, Ms. which is then automatically inserted into all kinds of colorful cartoons.

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