Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Think of the giant digital companies formed by founders who met in a dorm (most notably, Facebook and Microsoft). But are those who study at all-online programs making the same connections—or are they finding other ways to connect to the job market after earning their diploma?

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. Facebook demands its potential users to be at least 13, but a lot of school kids say they never or rarely use Facebook anyway. E-learning is mobile.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The broader social-media environment is different now than even a few years ago, though, as the nation struggles with a national reckoning about the role of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, especially after the recent violent riot at the U.S. It’s not that I hate the thought of social media.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it. There is a full web console to control and monitor things and you can either create a Celly login or login with Facebook or Twitter. Today, Celly is announcing a new service.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2019

In their new book, Broader, Bolder, Better , Paul Reville and Elaine Weiss draw on nine years of research and case studies from 12 diverse communities to advocate for more and larger-scale partnerships between communities and schools. Social Media and Technology. Everyday Experiences.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. This study found that in 2017, 71% of teens claimed to either own or have use of a smartphone.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Newspapers, as Reading Rockets stated, "can be used to enhance skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, math, social studies and science. Flipsnack provides a special educational plan and is also available as a mobile app for iOS and Android. Create on both web and mobile. 2GB of storage.'

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

And all that mobile computing has turned us into a nation of multitaskers who do nearly everything while gazing at one or more screens. A growing pile of studies finds that the more students multitask, the lower their grades. It’s not just young people who are smartphone obsessed. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Facebook (for the two teens who still use it?)” Social media, contrary to its reputation, actually seems to improve certain prosocial behaviors—empathy, to name one—in teenage populations. Scores actually improved the more the kids used social media. By “digital” I mean mobile devices, primarily texting.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Phonto is a free mobile app that allows you to easily add text to photos. You can change the theme and background image the way you want and once done you can save the image to your camera roll and share it on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Source: Phonto How much does Phonto cost?

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning. 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. In a lot of ways, it already has.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 20, 2023

This could include social media, email, websites, mobile apps, and learning management systems (LMS) amongst others. Leverage Social Media and Other Online Platforms This is where most people involved in education are divided. Use popular hashtags that match your content and your target audience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2018

We inadvertently learn from our daily social interactions, with most of our informal learning happens through online sources of information. For example, YouTube, social media, news websites, even self-help videos/blogs which are present in every possible genre. What makes your LMS a social learning platform?

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2015

A good example would be how Facebook and Twitter have incorporated common like/favorite and share/retweet buttons. Mobile apps and/or responsive design It’s standard nowadays for any platform to have an app that’s downloadable from the major app stores. And of course, features are also based on market trends.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 16, 2016

According to a Pew study , 78 percent of teens own a cell phone and almost half own smartphones. What kinds of social media do students use? Instagram, not Facebook. However, influencing when and how students engage with ed-tech should follow a path of least resistance. What hardware do students use?

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Perry Hewitt

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Mobile-first design is not mobile-only, according to a study from Nielsen Norman Group. Designing solely for mobile can result in reduced utility of desktop navigation. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Facebook privacy settings in one long infographic.

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Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Mobile Technology is here to stay. Many of us may try to resist integrating mobile technology into our classrooms. What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? It is a fact of academic life. This is true of all majors.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I love that this works with their individual mobile phone cameras. Additionally, even if we are only working on mobile devices, students can make a full video with b-roll and music on any of their devices. In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

One of the things that he told me was even teachers who want to meet students where they are are pushing them in a negative direction by hopping on social media, in his opinion. Harris: Is Facebook designed to maximize your concentration and focus on the goals that you care about? You land there. That's very compelling.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

How has mobile technology affected distributed groups? I can keep up with their work peripherally through the web , facebook, and linkedin. In a recent chapter I wrote about mobile technology, researchers (Ladner, 2008; Julsrud & Bakke, 2009) found that there is a blurring of the lines between work and home life.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Picting by the Numbers Snapchat, a mobile app that allows users to capture video and pictures that disappear after a few seconds, has over 173 million daily users and the average number of Snaps per day hovers around 2.5 Approximately three out of every four tweens and teens are on some type of social media platform these days.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 27, 2012

I’ve been using Netvibes for quite some for this, but on my mobile devices I also use Flipboard for more general information and Zite for more professional things. Both these are very easy to browse when I have a moment spare and have great integration with both Twitter and Facebook. My social network for professional development.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 25, 2019

According to a study done by Symantec , apps with the most cybersecurity issues are lifestyle apps, which account for 27 percent of malicious apps. They intuitively know how to use all sorts of software, from mobile apps to online platforms for learning, and everything in between. Music and audio apps account for 20 percent.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It must be something that is constantly evaluated and refined to meet the ever-changing needs of a more mobile society. I often will look and the district calls and emails and texts, uses their website and social media and see simple things that could change. And don't forget about social media. there were 327.6

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Here''s a few ideas for you to consider: 1) Lecturers can make sure they maintain dialogue with their students through participation in social media sites. That never worked in the student bar and it won''t work on Facebook. When I''m invited in to a Facebook group or Google Hangout, I tend to lurk until asked a direct question.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 13, 2018

Classloom - A fun social network where students and educators can share resources and view resources that works on any mobile device. Edudemic - Is an online community, magazine, and social network that has lots of information on technology, education, and integration. Facebook -nuff said!!

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Consider this a case study in evolving social media. Maybe because Twitter and Facebook took up some of our desire to jot down short observations from life. Mobile services have taken up some of this need. I asked around social media for feedback. Here’s the story. Well, my interest flagged.

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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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EdNews Daily

MAY 23, 2017

But, as an observant traveller, I notice mobile phones and these fad-like toys to be an obsessive distraction to children who could be socializing and using their own brains to orchestrate creativity. How necessary is it to be preoccupied with a gadget, be it a phone, the latest app or social media fix, or a simple fidget toy?

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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. Social Media and Mobile Devices. There is no doubting that students love their devices and social media in all its forms. Digital Literacy.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. What is the extent of the capability of social software to encourage a culture of sharing and collaboration? The web is constantly changing.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2014

With the advent of social media and networked technologies, anyone can join informal CoPs such as those found on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, to share ideas, ask questions of peers, seek advice, solve problems and collaborate in learning together to enhance and extend specialist knowledge.

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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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