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Top 10 Tips for Using Social Media for Administrators & Other Educators

The 21st Century Principal

According to Andy Beal and Judy Strauss, authors of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online , “Shifting from traditional to social media requires new skills, new tools, and an understanding of social media platforms.” Top 10 List for Using Social Media for School Leaders & Other Educators 1.

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Best Apps for College Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s a valuable tool for refining essays, emails, and even social media posts. If you leave the app to check Facebook or play a game, the tree withers. Writing Enhancement and Assistance: Grammarly : Offers grammar and spell checking, but also style and tone suggestions.

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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

Having people who understand how you think, have your back in emergencies, and serve as a virtual knowledge base will help you to handle difficult colleagues, adapt to challenging principals, address tricky parents, and differentiate for varied student needs. The engine of a PLN is social media. Post to it regularly.

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Hyperconnected

Learning with 'e's

almost a million logins on Facebook, and more than 150 million emails would be sent. It resonated, with many people sharing and liking the update (itself a measure of interest in the social media age). The caveat is that we need to know where to click to access these interactions and knowledge bases.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching.

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