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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

In 2017, we partnered with Facebook (now Meta) to design four training modules and micro-credentials in social media marketing. Over the course of the partnership, Digital Promise collaborated with 39 organizations across the country to train 3,000 adult learners. The four modules are: Module 1: Social Media Marketing Basics.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

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This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills

eSchool News

That prompted White to shift again, developing a curriculum on social media design and content creation. With how social media, graphic design, and technology are growing into every aspect of normal living, it is super important to have students practice these skills for their own benefit,” she said.

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Liz, Aly, & Walt: Ticked Off Teens Talk about Social Media and Smartphones

The CoolCatTeacher

In a recent podcasting project, my students reflected on their opinions about social media. In this episode, three of my students share their views (with parent permission, of course.) My students speak out on episode 312 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. What do you think?

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Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice Tips

The CoolCatTeacher

Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice. So, we have, obviously — across the United States and the world — we’ve got this push for social media and schools sharing their story. What tools help us let kids have input into the school social media accounts?

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Is social media an effective tool for learning?

Neo LMS

There is this argument on whether social media and learning can coexist, because really, how can the noisy environment of social media become an effective tool for learning? A status update here, share a post there, Facebook basically owns the majority of our social media life. But that’s just the start.

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Teaching 7th Graders Social Media Literacy

MiddleWeb

Media Literacy is a new elective course at Jeremy Hyler’s middle school this year, and he’s excited to be teaching it. Hyler shares some of his 7th grade course design, includes his key resources, and reports on the first five weeks. Could there be a more urgent time?”