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Game-Based Digital Literacy with Digital Compass – From Jennifer Carey

EdTechTeacher

Common Sense Media has released Digital Compass , a new tool to teach students about navigating the digital world. The game is targeted at middle school students, an age when most children are getting cell phones and social media accounts (like Facebook and Instagram). Technology in the Elementary Classroom.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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Looking Back At 2010 And Looking Forward To 2011.

The Web20Classroom

Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Many people looked at free options like the Buddypress add in for a Wordpress blog. I think the bigger story here is the fact that social networking in the classroom really took off. The best part is that others can do the same. Very easy and lots of potential.

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The Social Learning Summit Is Tomorrow - Online and Free

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The conference theme is the use of social media and Web 2.0 Venable Social Networking for Social Good with TakingITGlobal for Educators by Kate Gatto Social Networking for Teacher Education by Leigh A. in teaching and learning, and the URL for attending is [link].

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Heutagogy and Social Communities of Practice: Will Self-determined Learning Re-write the Script for Educators?: Creating Learning Legacies Using Blogs: Robert Schuetz. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously. David Price.

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Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds With @CoolCatTeacher & @JulieLindsay

EdTechSandyK

By reading Vicki''s blog after that, she saw Vicki''s students were reading The World is Flat. Julie''s students were also reading the book, so she left a comment on Vicki''s blog and the first Flat Classroom project was born through connecting their students. Kid friendly sites are Wikispaces, Edmodo, Diigo.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tell a Friend / Colleague The conference is open to ALL, so please tweet, blog, email, or shout at your friends and colleagues to let them know about us. Yildiz, Teacher Educator 2:00pm Edmodo – An Asynchronous Métier - Ms. We have some great new features this year!