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MAY 13, 2020

You turn on the TV, open your laptop, or scroll through social media, and it appears that the world is constantly in a state of turmoil. Studies have shown that watching negative news can increase anxious and sad moods and increase worry in areas unrelated to the negative content we’re consuming.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

Now with the help of Facebook and the Ravenswood Education Foundation, he’s come close to reaching that goal. By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Districts looking for long term sustainability by purchasing high quality devices at an affordable cost should take a hard look at both laptops and tablets for solutions. Commit to Leveraging Social Media and Telling Your Great Story! Every day across our nation, great things happen in every school.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes, but there are some critical caveats." Tagged on: August 17, 2017 Do Laptops Help Learning? Tagged on: August 18, 2017 Is classroom technology good for learning or wasting time?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Most alarmingly, a recent study found that as little as one to four hours of daily screen time among children aged one is linked with higher risks of developmental delays in communication, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal and social skills by the age of two.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. Starting with social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the two make it a priority to celebrate the accomplishments of students and teachers in their school on a daily basis. Jessica Torres.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The closest it comes is something called “Internet Gaming Disorder,” and that is listed as a condition for further study, not an official diagnosis. There are brain-imaging studies of the effects of screen time, he says. Then, there is a group of mostly girls who misuse and overuse social media.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Since a recent Stanford study showed that students at practically all grade levels can’t determine fake news from the real stuff, the push to teach media literacy has gained new momentum. NPR Ed put out a social media call asking how educators are teaching fake news and media literacy, and we got a lot of responses.

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Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Social networking sites such as facebook or linkedin allows faculty to maintain that relationship which can be a reciprocal relationship for graduate school and employment. For example, there are different designs for smartphone use, tablets, and laptops. Smartphones require a different format than computer based content.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

When I was studying History at University in the late 1970s I had an eccentric, English born lecturer. In my own school there is a significant change underway as we abandon our four-year iPad program for a return to students using laptops. Social Media and Mobile Devices. Digital Literacy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 21, 2011

Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs.” After a few years working independently in web video and a stint in Canada studying fine art, she went to New York to host, write and produce at Rocketboom.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

I can keep up with their work peripherally through the web , facebook, and linkedin. The mobile phone allows group members to access knowledge and social networks, but either publicly (i.e. A third culture that superseded their physical environment(s) can be created through mobile interaction within their social networks.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

According to one recent study conducted by Pew Research Center , nearly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind – up from just 35% a few years ago, in 2011. Where they’re located, or whether a desktop or laptop computer is around, is now irrelevant. More than that, there were 2.1 billion by as soon as 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

I’ve spent my free time socializing with other educators and participating in Twitter chats and Facebook groups about teaching. I was a double major in college actually — early childhood education and art, with a minor in women’s studies — that all fits the trajectory of my journey, right?).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As a teacher, you’ll want to provide the following: digital devices–such as laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, or desktops, for daily use. Social media. Social media has the reputation as a gossip column–where people meet to chat. Over a billion people use Facebook and Twitter every day.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 23, 2016

This post from NPR titled, “Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away”, was shared multiple times on social media, and I shared it was well. Reading this piece Via @NPR – Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away https://t.co/s8KHExBDE4. In the study published in Psychological Science , Pam A. .

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 24, 2016

But you don’t need me to tell you that, and you don’t need stats and research studies, because you already know it’s a problem from watching your own life or the lives of people around you. I started noticing how bad I felt when I checked social media and my email all day long.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Use our free add-on for Google Slides to create and display live polls and Q&A right within your presentation, while your students can vote on their laptops or smartphones using just a single event code – no need to download or install any app. 20+ PDF Downloadable Study Material. Private Community & Study Group.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. million laptops to all public primary schools. ” The Other US Clown Crisis.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. And on and on and on.

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

First Lady Melania Trump launched her “Be Best” campaign this week, encouraging people to be nicer on social media. ” The alleged cheating involved study materials posted to Quizlet. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Adds A.I. National) Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” “An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg : our child died at** Sandy Hook** – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?” Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Department of State has received emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect additional information regarding certain visa applicants ’ travel and employment histories, familial connections, and social media usage in accordance with a notice it posted in the Federal Register May 4.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

How social media and search engine algorithms shape our thinking about what’s true. So, we’ve seen white supremacists target disaffected teens on video game discord surveys, or anti-vaccination activists targeting people in wellness and natural health communities on Facebook.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Ofsted to 'snoop' on parents' and pupils' social media | iNews → Its like Klout, but for school accountability. The bank also declined to reimburse any funds, but did issue her a zero-interest loan to pay it all back. " But, wait, there's more.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Ofsted to 'snoop' on parents' and pupils' social media | iNews → Its like Klout, but for school accountability. The bank also declined to reimburse any funds, but did issue her a zero-interest loan to pay it all back. " But, wait, there's more.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. Should you ban laptops ? They struggle with facts about social studies. Is ESP real ?

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