Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

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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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

You can tag notable authors, artists, scientists, and other important figures who have inspired your students in your posts. According to a Pew Research Center study , 30 percent of Facebook users go to the site as their primary source of news. Consider going to Twitter or Instagram to highlight students’ work.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said. Pretty much everything that is NOT covered by the edtech trade press.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

More via a Department of Ed blog post on what it’s doing to support these students. The price-tag for this particular version of “lifelong learning” is $29.99 “ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Pledges $3 Billion for Science Research,” Philanthropy.com reports. Heckuva job. More hype via Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “3 Reasons Federal Aid for College Is Not the Same as K–12 Vouchers ,” according to the Center for American Progress’ Ben Miller. ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” ” That price tag on a weeklong class at Singularity University.

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