Tech Helpful

APRIL 5, 2018

Recently I attended an e-parenting workshop at a local school here in Chattanooga and the speaker shared a great social media rating guide: This can be found at www.safesmartsocial.com. The green apps are made by companies that are working to look at for underage users. Follow your kids on social media.

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The PL2C Blog

JULY 24, 2017

Social Media: every students’ obsession and every teacher/principal/district’s nightmare. But what if educators reshaped their perspective on Social Media, and created more intentional uses of these communication platforms that bear calculated weight? By Douglas Price, 6th Grade Teacher at Voyager Academy.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2022

In the product management work-based course that I helped to create, students spent a semester designing products to solve real, strategic problems that a well-known social media platform faces. While working, students receive industry exposure and mentorship from senior product managers and other stakeholders from the company.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The parallel trends are caused by a mismatch between job seekers and employers, the study argues. Companies specializing in this area focus on connecting talent to opportunity, and startup accelerator LearnLaunch estimates more than 240 such companies have already been funded. billion industry around “workforce technology.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. ’ The company saw the metaverse as the future of online social interactions and as the evolution of existing social media.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

Innovative educators understand the importance of being in touch with the latest trends in ed tech. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) helps us by sharing what the organization sees as the next big trends. Dr. Curran explained that she and her son have a joint social media account.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 17, 2019

Virtual and augmented reality have become a trend more recently due to advances in artificial intelligence. For example, companies can make use of simulated interviews and best choose candidates for the job when recruiting and training. Social media filters are a good example of this.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

SchoolNow combines ADA-compliant websites, mobile apps, social media, text, voice, and email into an all-in-one system created to broaden and deepen the school experience with families. Users of the SchoolStatus platform will be able to easily create and update their website—the most important owned communication asset for districts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Think of the giant digital companies formed by founders who met in a dorm (most notably, Facebook and Microsoft). The giant financial services company, Citicorp, for example, is among hundreds of big firms that have opened opportunities for students and college graduates.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. Those organizations are well-resourced and they fan the flames of dissonance by focusing on areas of misconception.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

One key selling point: It helps schools counteract some problems exacerbated by social media—including a spate of school vandalism incidents inspired by viral TikTok posts—by allowing better tracking of hallway activity. Proponents of the approach say it’s an easy win to help prevent students from abusing more-informal paper systems.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Cambridge Analytica was able to take that quarter million accounts that it had permission to look at from Facebook and mine fifty million accounts to look at trends and how people thought about politics and then potentially use that to move the 2016 election in different ways. You and I have both been in social media now for a decade.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Friends and social media users began alerting her that images and material from one of her children’s books, “I Am Not a Number,” about a young Indigenous girl sent to a residential school in Canada and based on the experience of her grandmother, had made their way into paid lessons on the site that she had never seen before.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

I was already aware of concerns around teens’ social media use, but this struck me as very different. Social media and other platforms are tunnels. Tech and social media companies excel at marketing every advancement related to them as positive and cool must-haves.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After witnessing companies and organizations renege on their commitment to DEI after the police murder of George Floyd, I promised myself that I would not work with an organization or a company that treated DEI as a trend or an item on a compliance checklist. You’ll be called where you’re meant to be.”

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Digital Promise

MARCH 22, 2019

In our video “ A Visit to Chartmetric “, leaders at a real start-up company explain why musical artists and their producers use data dashboards—for example, to plan a tour that promotes the artist in regions where they have followers. How teachers can use the music industry to engage students with data.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Some point to the clever, social media-friendly ad campaigns and marketing efforts of Juul in the early 2010s. As Robert Jackler points out , these ads reworked and updated versions of tried-and-true -- and since banned -- techniques used by old-school cigarette companies. Why do you think that is?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Research and Impact Framework : Launching impact studies to measure trends and progression of sustainability attitudes. The need for comprehensive sustainability education has never been more pressing,” said Amy Nakamoto, Discovery Education General Manager of Social Impact. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

He has become a leading guru of virtual environments, learning with mobile devices, social media, and digital textbooks. He has monitored the work of thousands of students through his long-term leadership of the California state student media festival, the nation’s oldest.He

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

For example, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls not only empathize intellect but also social skills in their mission statement. This school recognizes that there is a gap in Millennials and Generation Z’s social skills fueled by growing up on mobile phones, social media, and online chatting.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 13, 2019

They offer over 200 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The good news is that corporate leaders don’t need to look far for inspiration, as some companies have already gotten started, including Microsoft’s partnership with the Norwegian Refugee Council to deliver technology for education projects, or Google’s push to expand technological access for underserves communities.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 21, 2023

Students should be mindful of the information they share on social media platforms, avoiding publicly sharing sensitive details like home addresses, phone numbers, or financial information. Indeed, it’s become a standard practice in companies and institutions.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Pillar #6 - Rethinking Learning Spaces and Environments Digital leadership looks at societal trends as inspirational elements and potential catalysts for change in the structure of the schools themselves as well as the designs of programs. To view the entire series click HERE.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Public data breaches, such as the massive compromises at Equifax , Target and other companies, have increased awareness, Abshire said. Finally, leaders must be mindful of students’ digital footprint , helping them to set the right privacy settings on social media and avoid oversharing. .

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced the launch of GO Math!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. It’s high energy.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2019

They offer over 200 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

The course was developed by experts in the cybersecurity industry and in partnership with CareerNet , an employment, training, and education solutions company. The benefits and risks of social media and steps students can take to protect themselves. To learn more about the Cyber Citizenship Course, visit novusgroup.co/cybercitizenship.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

Safety One of the most alarming concerns I’ve noticed trending this past year is pushing headsets on young children. Facebook owns Oculus, and just like age restrictions on social media accounts, the devices are intended for students that are old enough for a social media account.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 21, 2021

As Joe invited her to the stage, she shared a story of how her sister was launching a company and was discussing potential brand color and logo designs at a family get together. In 2018, “ Future of Jobs Report ,” the World Economic Forum predicted their list of trending skills for 2022, many which are arguably necessary now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

I’ve been published in Leading and Learning with Technology , and I’m currently co-authoring a book on how teachers can develop a personal learning network using social media and other digital tools. IDbookGreen ), The Educator’s Guide to Producing New Media and Open Educational Resources (Routledge – bit.ly/green

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

Here were the three biggest trends they identified (in no particular order): Tech Addiction Rich media—gaming, VR, mixed reality—can be so powerful that they distract us from the offline world. This theme keyed into addiction concerns, as social media and gaming become ever more effective in giving us dopamine hits.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2023

Teacher quitting was at a 10-year high in 2021, consulting firm McKinsey & Company reports , and increased again in 2022. It’s an example of a trend that Danna Thomas observed while she was still a teacher in Baltimore. We have to take care of the human being who is holding it together — or it’s all gonna crash.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

In an online press conference May 27, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said that while the state has worked with companies and foundations to distribute more than a 100,000 hotspots and 21,000 computers, “there’s a gap in supply.” By the end of May, the problem had not been resolved. Subscribe today!

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