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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

In the quickly shifting workforce, digital skills have become fundamental for social mobility. Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative works to expand equitable access to the digital skills, tools, and credentials that people need to succeed in today’s changing economy. Module 2: Marketing with Facebook Pages.

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A New Essential Formative Feedback Tool for Project Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

So, on today's show, I talk about how I introduce this tool (as an “app” in a way that doesn't anthropomorphize the tool in any way). I will release this screencast for this tech tool Tuesday on youtube so you can see everything that I'm doing. It's a tool. at all or treat it as if it's human. It's an app.

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Free Editable Facebook Templates for your Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn. Facebook Templates! Facebook templates, as their name indicates, are templates modelled after Facebook. They are mock up templates that resemble the feel and look of Facebook.

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10 quick thoughts on mobile phones in schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

A few quick thoughts… Most people realize that mobile phones are actually mobile computers. Students know that mobile phones are powerful learning devices. If we had Facebook, texting, Snapchat, and other avenues to alleviate our boredom, we would have turned to them as well. We need to call this for what it is.

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The Post-LMS World: Social, Simple, Modern, Mobile and Student-centric

Edsurge

While it’s great for instructor workflows, it has always been a course management tool, not a learning tool. The LMS succeeds as a core productivity tool for educators because it allows institutions to extend their academic capacity and transcend the constraints of time and space. It will be built by a student, of course.

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Mobile Schools: The Next Generation in Communication and Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. We envision every school benefiting from having their own native mobile application.

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Rave Mobile Safety Launches Rave Collaborate for Tactical Incident Collaboration

eSchool News

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), the critical communication and collaboration platform customers count on when it matters most , announced the launch of Rave Collaborate , a new solution for Tactical Incident Collaboration. About Rave Mobile Safety. Rave Collaborate is available now. To learn more, visit www.ravemobilesafety.com.