Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. Others caution against taking the “digital native” concept too far. Be sure to introduce your students to Internet safety and elements of digital citizenship as a key focus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In fact, according to StopBullying.gov, 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and over half of them don’t report it to their parents. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. She’s not the only one.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In fact, according to StopBullying.gov, 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and over half of them don’t report it to their parents. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. She’s not the only one.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Gaggle Speaks

APRIL 5, 2017

” This is certainly true of the Stories feature on social media—made popular by Snapchat—which has recently been implemented by Facebook. On Facebook, users now can post updates that are only visible to other users for 24 hours , at which point they’re gone forever (or so it seems).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2019

Now, there are dozens of channels, hundreds of newspapers, thousands of bloggers, and tens of thousands of social media journalists — all trying to get your attention with the latest apocalyptic news flash. Don’t look for unbiased reporting in an op-ed and don’t look for opinions in the news.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of Fall Creek school district in Wisconsin, leads a social media campaign for his schools using the hashtag #gocrickets. Parents can follow the Twitter feed, and say, ‘Don’t you have that paper due soon in social studies class?’ ” Terrill said. Photo: Cindy Kolpien.

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WJU EdTech

MARCH 17, 2015

I thought most teachers understood social media do’s and don’ts. While many some people feel they can post anything on social media that they want, don’t do it! Don’t use your brain and post your uncensored thoughts or pictures to social media. We call this the digital footprint.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 28, 2017

When your Sway is finished, add it to any site that accepts embed codes, send it out as a link, or share it to a variety of social media outlets. My concern is that if students use Sway to write reports, it may (may not) be difficult to determine what is their research and what is Sway’s automated process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In fact, according to the anti-bullying website NoBullying.com, 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and over half of them don’t report it to their parents. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Digital Citizenship. Each year, add a few more from this list of nineteen digital citizenship topics including cyberbullying, digital footprint, digital law, fair use and public domain, copyrights, plagiarism, social media, and digital commerce. The lesson is an even, stead pacing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Teach digital citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In fact, according to the anti-bullying website NoBullying.com , 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and over half of them don’t report it to their parents. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

“This is an arms race for attention,” says James Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that provides media reviews for schools, about the way big technology companies like Apple and Facebook have designed their products. Then you don’t have a choice, you have to use Facebook.”. Tristan Harris.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Instagram, a social networking app for sharing photos and videos, counts more than 400 million daily users. Approximately three out of every four tweens and teens are on some type of social media platform these days. As Kayla Delzer says in a recent EdSurge article , “social media is happening—with or without you.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In fact, according to StopBullying.gov, 52 percent of young people report being cyberbullied and over half of them don’t report it to their parents. Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. She’s not the only one.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2015

It uses a simple statement that will turn all the social media mavens into engineers—IF THIS THEN THAT. Activate and connect your Channels — services like Facebook, Dropbox, and Gmail as well as devices like Nest Thermostat, Fitbit, and Philips Hue — for limitless ways to automate and empower your life. Insider tips.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Here is a scenario which played out for me earlier this fall: A friend posted an address on Facebook where people could send cards to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington D.C. Any report of a scandal Stories/photographs that support a specific political point of view. Anyone ever heard of Photoshop?)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Post-quiz reports show how close users are to mastering each state’s information and what skills they developed during the game. While I found a lot to like about this set of education apps, it trampled on one of my pet peeves: Its social media accounts weren’t up to date. landform or landmark exists.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 9, 2017

Oh absolutely, I can’t say– any day I log on to Facebook, I see something that’s been showed or shared with other people that’s absolutely false news. I honestly think it’s the proliferation of social media. We all see that Facebook status update or Twitter tweet. JENNIFER: 00:18.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 1, 2013

Trying to Ban Facebook is Not the Answer , February 22, 2012 - After seeing a news story about a Florida charter school which had sent a letter home to parents encouraging them to get their children off of Facebook, this post flowed out of me like no other post I can remember. This post is currently my personal all-time favorite.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 17, 2017

The goal is to provide early warning detection of harmful situations and to help you decide where to direct resources to address digital citizenship, bullying prevention and mental health issues. Web filters focus on prevention and content moderation more than student safety. Breadth of Service.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Like it feels like it’s on every social media platform, everywhere they go at school, and they don’t feel like there is an escape. If I couldn’t have gone home and petted my dog and been away from it, I don’t know how I would have made it — with social media and not being able to get away from it.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2020

However, now administrators are focused on how they can properly report on attendance numbers, support, grades, etc. Privacy and safety for our students and families have become a hot topic among schools and the media. Digital Citizenship. Digital citizenship is more important than ever. Curate and share!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

Pilot program lets schools tap into a helpline with close ties to Twitter and Facebook. Collier, who is co-creator of the recently-launched iCanHelpline.org , teamed up with #iCANHELP to develop a social media helpline for schools. If it does, then Collier and Soeth will request that the abusive content be removed from the site.

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MindShift

AUGUST 30, 2018

Ubiquitous social media platforms—including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram—have created a venue for people to share and connect with others. Opponents searched for that student’s name and identified their Facebook profile — where he was wearing his school colors — and won. Courtesy of Paul Darvasi).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As more of our lives are consumed with digital technology — social media, texting and smartphones — is it any wonder that our children are growing up with electronic gadgets as companions? Their daughters use iPads, but ”they don’t have access to Facebook … and they can message us,” Mr. Friess said.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 20, 2015

Wednesday, March 25th at 4pm Common Sense Media Webinar: Chat and Digital Citizenship , Join us live as we review the newest Remind feature, Chat, and strategies to implement it in your classroom and school community. What are my state’s requirements for homeschooling and how do I meet and report them?

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Educator Innovator

MAY 17, 2013

The Project:Connect hackathon — hosted by the MacArthur Foundation, Facebook, the Family Online Safety Institute and Mozilla — kicked-off this year’s Digital Media and Learning Competition. On May 9, programmers, designers, educators and learning innovators came together in New York to hack for a better web.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2019

When preteen kids see parents and older siblings thumbing away at social media accounts, they want to do it. There have been a few efforts to extend social communication tools to younger kids but mostly, kids don’t like them so end up on apps designed for teens or adults, like Snapchat or Instagram. It is a messaging app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Project templates include social memes, mini websites, narrated tutorials, presentations, reports, posters, how-to videos, and more. Older students can log in via Facebook, Google, or with Gmail credentials. Spark Post is intended for students old enough for a presence on social media. OK, I can do that.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Wednesday, April 29th at 4pm Common Sense Media Webinar: Helping Students Make Good Digital Decisions with Digital Compass , Join Common Sense Education for a webinar to celebrate the launch of their newest free education resource, Digital Compass. Register for free at [link]. Register for free today at [link].

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