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In the News: Schools Should Delete Facebook

Doug Levin

Schools Choose Not to Delete Facebook Despite Data-Privacy Worries.” A school district page or group gives Facebook “another data point” on the users who visit it, said Doug Levin, the founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC. As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Education Week. 6 April 2018.

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How to Encourage Youth Leadership on Your Campus

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He founded the www.teachlearnlead.org global edu-library in 2013 and the Center for Global Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurial Studies at Brandon Hall School [link] (Facebook @BHSglobalyouth) in 2016. Blog: [link].

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Instagram, adolescent girls, and the importance of evidence

Dangerously Irrelevant

I’ve written on this blog before about irresponsible fearmongering when it comes to technology. But as yet it is not possible to draw any firm conclusions from it, in part because very few studies have the characteristics listed above. It’s one thing to judiciously weigh the pros and cons when it comes to technology and our children.

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Disruptive Thinking: Making it a Reality

A Principal's Reflections

I have been blogging since the book was published to align updated content, ideas, and strategies to each chapter to deliver on this goal. Study guide I can’t speak highly enough about ConnectEDD as they have been a true partner as a publisher. To that end, a comprehensive study guide can be found on their site.

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Study Tips: Teaching Kids to Be Excellent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

” “Study hard.” WHAT study tips actually work? What does it mean to “study?” ” How do you study? In this episode, she shares important study tips for students. Study Tip: It is so important to reorganize notes, not just rewrite them. ” “Study hard.”

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

Richard Byrne on episode 225 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. 5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). “Two hundred, three hundred one thousand,” they probed. Keeping Up.

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