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How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing

Edsurge

For all the hype Millennials get, nearly every K-12 student today is part of its successor generation—Gen Z—a group more plugged in and social than ever before. The internet is awash in surveys touting the inseparable connection between kids and technology. Naturally, social media plays a big part in Hyler’s writing instruction.

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5 Aspects of digital citizenship students must be aware of

Neo LMS

Young people fall more readily into this trap, and designing an exercise where they perhaps review their feeds from the last sic months, and identify when they have taken this type of risk would be a helpful exercise. One thing the survey discovered is that 37% of employers use social networks to screen potential job candidates.

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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. Today, social media plays an outsized role in how people get their information. Take a News Literacy Quiz.

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Preventing Digital Eye Strain: How Eye Care Monitors Can Help

ViewSonic Education

No matter if you’re working on a computer, browsing social media, or reading this post, your eyes are constantly exposed to the glare of digital devices. According to a GWI survey , individuals aged 16 to 64 spend an average of 6 hours and 37 minutes daily on their screens.

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5 ways tech helps create calmer learning environments

eSchool News

Hallway passing time can also be filled with stressful social interactions or glances at social media. Simple online tools that let you survey your class – like Pear Deck, Google Forms, or Kahoot – can be used to support these emotional checks.

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OPINION: Our college students are struggling emotionally. We need to understand how to help them

The Hechinger Report

Some 44 percent of students reported that they experienced symptoms of depression during the 2021-22 academic year, a Healthy Minds survey of 96,000 U.S. That’s why at Lewis & Clark we incorporate resilience-building practices, using research-based belonging exercises as well as intentional peer-to-peer support.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We Hyperactive kindergarteners and those exhibiting aggressive behaviors, such as hitting, were also more likely to become frequent users.

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