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Creative Fabrica–the Perfect Solution for Teachers, Creators, and Anyone In a Hurry

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Between newsletters for parents, announcements on social media, communications for students and parents, and more, it became a challenge to demonstrate the excitement and engagement of learning through what could be boring tools. Then I got an email from the folks at Creative Fabrica.

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Here's What Happened When Students Solved Social Media Problems With Design Thinking

Edsurge

A few weeks ago, Aaron, a student in my high school elective class, mentioned he didn’t use social media very often. Meet some of the members of my Digital Literacy class, an elective course for students in grades nine through twelve. One of the units I envisioned was called “Social: The New Media.”

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Learning Transformed Course

A Principal's Reflections

We have also had the honor of co-presenting workshops across the United States. As a result, an online course was created with the help of Participate. Below you will see how the course is structured as well as learner outcomes. Anyone can register HERE. We can't stop here.

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What do Parents Ask About Technology in Education?

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Monitor Social Media Use: If your child uses social media platforms, familiarize yourself with the platforms and their privacy settings. Review Privacy Settings Together: Sit down with your child to review privacy settings on social media accounts and other online platforms.

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3 Ways To Improve Student Success With Strong Course Design

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s clear to me that the course design–how I lay out the mix of resources, homework, classwork, and more–affects how students absorb and share knowledge. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors knows a lot about how course design impacts learning. Some underestimate the intensity of the course and complain after.

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Free Course: Social Media Analytics

ProfHacker

One course that I’m interested in is Social Media Analytics from Future Learn. What differentiated this particular course, for me, is that is was short (only three weeks) and not particularly time intensive (three hours a week).

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The Summer of Social Media

Kyle Pace

One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. Social media can be used as a great communication tool for a district, school, or a classroom. Don’t forget about the hashtags! Google+ Communities.