Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage. I'll skip that class.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

Each of us spoke with passion and conviction as the discussion addressed how each of us utilize Twitter/social media in our respective positions and the implications it has on catalyzing change. From an administrative perspective I can list a variety of reasons why all Principals and Superintendents should utilize social media: 1.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

And what kind of impact data should they be tracking over the course of a season? Using half of the funds, the Texas Education Agency contracted with OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University, to write textbooks for several popular high school STEM courses. They need technology to collect and analyze the data. Powered by Pinboard.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. This learning can come in many forms. All of my learning right now, at this stage of my career, is self determined. Unported License.

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Personal Learning Network Social Media Personalized Learning Twitter 63

Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

Google and Facebook are paradigmatic here, and Zuboff argues that the former was instrumental in discovering the value of behavioral surplus when it began, circa 2003, using user data to fine-tune ad targeting and to make predictions about which ads users would click on. These technologies foreclose rather than foster future possibilities.

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Technology Education Facebook Analysis 91

TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

With personalized learning at the forefront of many school initiatives, the use of learning management systems has become a hot commodity among schools. With so many choices on where to build your digital classroom, the questions often arise: “Why do I need a learning management system? And which one do I choose?”.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 29, 2020

But with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting more traditional professional learning opportunities like in-person conferences and workshops, it's time for you to chart your own course. Fortunately, there are plenty of informal ways to learn and grow professionally on your own.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 23, 2019

Lindsey spreads her love of learning as the Personalized Learning Environments Program Manager for San Francisco Unified School District. She reimagines learning through empowering teachers and administrators as designers of flexible learning environments that leverage technology to personalize instruction.

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Gamification Game-Based Learning Classroom Facebook 67

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 28, 2014

You have taken control of your own learning You have made the decision to be a public learner, swimming through social media waters using tools like Twitter, Google+, Linked In, blogs, etc. Online Courses (e.g. But they do not send out student names on social media. Wondering about safety? Unported License.

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Social Media Learning Edcamps Policies 92

The Daring Librarian

MAY 18, 2014

When I speak to groups, I often talk about how I use Twitter as my main source of rich professional development and as a transformational PLN builder (Personal Learning Network). I don''t use Facebook personally or professionally at all. Read Dear Facebook , We Need to Talk. Geekery & Zombies, Oh My!

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Twitter Facebook Social Media Personal Learning Network 75

techlearning

MAY 21, 2018

Teacher resources include lesson plans, instructional strategies, interactive learning courses, and content collections organized around themes, as well as a collection of new STEM/STEAM resources designed to fuel a cultural shift in teaching and learning.

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Digital Learning Social Media Education Professional Learning 40

techlearning

APRIL 11, 2018

Teacher resources include lesson plans, instructional strategies, interactive learning courses, and content collections organized around themes, as well as a collection of new STEM/STEAM resources designed to fuel a cultural shift in teaching and learning.

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Social Media Education Digital Learning Facebook 40

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

If you spend hours flipping through albums at the local record shop for fun, I suggest you check out Pinterest for Teachers or Facebook for Educators ; the variety of quotes and visuals is infinite. There are, of course, more formal options available. Personalized Learning Through Gaming. Digital Citizenship.

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Flipped Classroom Conference Digital Citizenship Personalized Learning 60

EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 2, 2014

Unit 2 focuses on the development of your PLN (Professional Learning Network) and becoming a "Connected Educator". What do you see as the most important advantages of adding social media tools to your personal learning network? Each social media tool provides its own advantages to any PLN.

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MOOC Digital Learning Social Media Learning 33

Shake Up Learning

JUNE 13, 2016

It’s also the best way to promote your personal and professional brand. Haven’t yet jumped on the social media bandwagon? What do your website, blog, and social media profile say about you? For instance, when you visit any of my social media profiles, you will see a consistent message.

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Social Media How To EdTech Google 28

Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

They collaborate online, use social media to interact with colleagues around the globe, engage in conversations in safe online spaces, and bring what they learn online back to their classrooms, schools, and districts. Going from right to left, you can see how personal learning networks (PLNs) are only the beginning.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Facebook Twitter 28

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

From personalized learning to ethical analytics, what stood out amongst the conversations? But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). Tools and Courses WHO’S USING WHAT? EdSurgents captured these tidbits in our reporter notebooks—take a look below.

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 69

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In our society today, social media and digital presentation tools make it so easy to spark engaging and inviting ideas to use in our classrooms. Part of Kasey’s Dynamic Learning Framework is to go BEYOND the Walls of the classroom, giving students a global audience for their work. Want to Learn More? Self-paced.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

Of course, with this kind of access comes disruption. The lack of diversity in proficiency assessment is rivaled only by the relative apathy of many learners, perhaps aware of how little control they actually have over what they learn, when they learn it, and what they do with that information. They facebook. They tweet.

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Smartphone Khan Academy Education Mobility 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

It holds true for my work too, of course.) There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously. With Web 2.0,

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Students in a marketing course at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island check their phones before class begins. She argues for more direct dialogue with young people about technology and the need to learn how to manage its use throughout their lives. Another perused time-lapse cooking videos on Facebook. CARSON, Calif. —

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Smartphone Laptops Social Media Facebook 177

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Other programs provide a standalone workshop or course about education technology. Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ).

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 215

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Of course, when all these narratives about “social emotional learning” get picked up by education technologists and education entrepreneurs, they don’t just turn policy mandates or even into TED Talks. All these promises, if kept, would indeed make for breakthroughs in teaching and learning.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 67

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they're all competing for one thing: your attention. But we are starting to get our key players on board with understanding that you can't clear-text Social Security numbers and credit card numbers and personally identifiable information (PII).

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EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. MESA, Ariz.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 125

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

That of course is wrong. Flipped classes don’t have to be over-reliant on videos and podcasts and all other recorded media. School learning is no longer limited to a one- or two-hour class period because it can be done beyond the physical classroom, and basically leveraging technology as an enabler for learning.

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Flipped Classroom Classroom Guidelines Social Media 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). Facebook @DigitalPromise [link]. Not anymore.

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Learning with 'e's

JULY 16, 2011

and of course, I meant it. Nobody learns in a vacuum, not even Robinson Crusoe. I cannot begin to describe the amount of new things I have discovered, and continue to discover every day, on Twitter and on other online social environments. The power of this PLN (personal learning network) should not be underestimated.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Facebook Twitter 59

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

For instance, before enrolling teachers in a time management course, make sure their admin work is actually manageable in the expected time frame. Teachers’ needs vary, of course, so it’s always a good idea to start planning a PD program based on a training needs analysis. Online courses offer almost endless possibilities.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2018

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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Social Media Libraries Digital Citizenship Twitter 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

We are, of course, big fans! Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. These advances can only happen if school systems have networks in place that support the new and dynamic context of learning. Audrey is coming this year!) National Library Week. More information here and here.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Hoth brings diverse skills, including graphic and Web design and social media marketing, to his work for this critical cause. Adults tend to underestimate the younger generation, thinking that we don’t know what we’re doing, but I for one have used Facebook ads and Google AdWords to promote SSU.

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EdTech Learning Social Media Digital Citizenship 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. .” Nothing says “experts” like “crystal ball.”

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63