Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 13, 2015

This one is about some general guidelines and principles for school districts to consider as they formulate their social media policies. Districts everywhere are doing everything they can to put digital tools into the hands of students and staff because of the powerful learning opportunities that they enable.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It helps prevent students from accessing inappropriate content while learning online and is administered by the Federal Communications Commission. This is increasingly important as school 1:1 device use becomes more common in classrooms with younger learners. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Each year I like to explore different digital tools in my classroom to see what kind of an impact they will make on students and learning. When I look to use technology in my classroom, I always start with the purpose behind it. How can it help students to learn in more personalized or authentic ways?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 31, 2020

Early lessons can be learned on how to do this successfully where this has already happened abroad. Even though remote learning might continue in some form preparations for in-person learning have to be made. Also, consider creating polls or using tools such as Google Forms and social media to elicit input.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2023

We should consider which jobs should be automated and which should remain under human control (Ahem, content moderation, something social media receives a resounding F on lately.) We should have independent review and agreements to limit growth as we develop the guidelines under which AI is required to operate — worldwide. (If

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Neo LMS

JULY 27, 2021

Teachers and parents joined forces to ensure learning occurred in normal parameters under extraordinary conditions. Read more: Best practices for supporting parents with remote learning. However, parents nowadays are more into social media, so the solutions mentioned above will help teachers reach parents easier.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2018

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. If nothing else, the experience of learning online can alter a teacher’s perspective, which is a crucial first step toward improving practice.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Additionally, more teachers are citing a reluctance to incorporate social media into classroom learning than in 2013 (62 percent vs. 55 percent).

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 30, 2014

In case you missed it, the webinar was called “Social Media: An Essential Tool for Today’s Classroom.” Below are the people behind the stories I mentioned, how to learn more and a way to reach each of them via social media. social media in education'

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Editor’s note : This story on how to manage academic integrity as generative AI moves into classrooms originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. By making it a focal point, we reinforce the notion that authentic learning experiences and personal growth come from genuine effort and creativity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Survey reveals that the majority of classroom educators shy away from social media integration. A new survey finds that just 13 percent of participating educators have used social media as part of their classroom learning. The University of Phoenix College of Education survey of 1,002 U.S.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

These were not promising guidelines, but did make me think: Should we stay away from Wikipedia? This is especially true for those interested in how students are navigating sources and what teaching information literacy may look like in the classroom. The responses mainly echoed, “just Google” and “stay away from Wikipedia.”

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. What is a digital native?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2021

It’s halfway through the academic year, and schools across the United States are still wrestling with how to keep students enthusiastic about learning through a computer screen. According to a recent survey of high school students, more than half ( 54 percent ) reported being less engaged during remote learning than during in-person classes.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 20, 2012

In their new book, Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age , authors Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes write: “Skill in communication is a key ingredient for school leaders’ success in today’s complex education environment, and this communication now includes social media.” Why should I care?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

One reality of the increasingly connected K–12 classroom is even the youngest students are routinely going online, using email and engaging with mobile apps that collect their information. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn ways K–12 schools can better prevent phishing attacks. . Online Resources Offer Guidelines to Reach Younger Students.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2017

Here are eleven of the top classroom blogging tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Can We Eliminate Blogs–Teachers Hate Them! What Are Good Guidelines for Younger Bloggers? How to Use Blogs in Your Classroom. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. 6 Tips I Wish I’d Known When I Started Blogging.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 17, 2010

Since then I have done a lot of thinking about and talking about social media policy. I repost it now because we are heading into that time of year when people are starting to ask me and the rest of the members of their PLN''s about their best example of social media policies. I originally wrote this post in Sept.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Here are three ways I build a culture of respect in my classroom. Set guidelines. It’s no secret that this generation’s students are comfortable with communicating via social media. From day one, I explain to students that respecting different viewpoints—even when you don’t agree—is part of building maturity.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is the perfect contest for classrooms across the United States. Entry Guidelines The U.S. Post on Social Media to enter to win some art supplies! Show us the cool cars that your students are drawing in your classroom on social media! This post is sponsored by U.S.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more. Share Out: A goal of the design thinking process is sharing learning out to a broader public.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2021

Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. Here are websites addressing this topic that I use in my K-8 classrooms and with my high school-level grad students: How Secure is Your Password? Read their paper here.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With remote learning in full swing for a little over half of American elementary and high school schools, students are spending even more time in front of a screen: By some accounts, students are getting up to 5 or 6 hours of additional technology use per day. or “Does this technology engage my students in active learning?”

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning. Working in isolation benefits no one.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Each week, Ann Vinson ticks off the items one-by-one on the voluminous remote learning checklist her school requires. First, she schedules two class meetings for social interaction, where her 22 second graders read aloud and play games. In traditional classrooms, time is constant while learning is variable.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I’ve been asked by a wonderful parent organization called Konstella to serve as an expert for parents on topics of technology in the classroom. Your role as a parent is critical to preparing your children to go online before using social media platforms. Read the parental guidelines all social media platforms offer.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2020

colleges plan to resume at least some online teaching in the fall, details are beginning to emerge about what classroom teaching might look like in a time of social distancing. Those that will be in classrooms will be at what I’d say is an extra-protective distance, probably behind plexiglass and so forth,” he said.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

More specifically, they wanted to know what state guidelines had to say on the matter. While it seems to Mandinach that institutions have historically played hot potato over who is responsible for teaching educators about data privacy, the pandemic and its supercharged push to digital learning have brought new awareness to the issue.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

How to power through a difficult parent-teacher meeting comes to mind, but there are many challenges that teachers learn how to handle in time. It can help schools create an active learning environment that is sustainable, collaborative, coherent, focused on specific subjects, and that allows for educators to learn throughout the year.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

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. Students will get to learn how target vocabulary items are being used in real life contexts to create meanings.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It is a body of research from multiple disciplines that helps us understand how people learn to read. The Reading League remains hopeful as we hear of publishers using resources, such as our Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines , to refine their materials. They did it through a comprehensive overhaul of their approach to literacy learning.

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