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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LMS Gamification Social Media Learning 162

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I've probably then added another layer of social responsibility. It's using technology and social media for social good, for solving real problems in local, global and digital communities. I created a first-year seminar for my incoming freshmen called, “Pleased to Tweet You. It needs to be an action.

Digital Citizenship 95

Digital Citizenship Social Media EdTech Course 95

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. We have to stop giving screen time and column inches to the social media horror stories.

Technology 40

Technology Social Media iPad Mobility 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Simmons: Part of my school’s curriculum is a required first year seminar to make sure you're not just drowning in 400-person lectures. It was very social media-like in its interface. I think students would sometimes share more honest or more raw opinions through social media.

Social Media 94

Social Media Course Examples Learning Analytics 94

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

You purposely take a brain break before the social studies lesson, but students are calling out before you can get to the main idea. I got this idea from a trauma-informed teaching seminar I went to as part of my professional development. Then, I let students decorate the outside with paper and hot glue objects onto it.

Strategy 102

Strategy Classroom Meeting Exercises 102

Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook and is ranked on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business and as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. This information-packed resource from digital experts Anderson and Whitby makes it easy to build a thriving professional network using social media.

Maker Movement 40

Maker Movement Social Media Strategy Handbook 40

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

While whole-brain teaching has taken off on social media, education and neuroscience experts have yet to take the model very seriously. We didn't start growing until we started putting videos on YouTube and learned little by little how to use Facebook,” Biffle says. And as you're having a good time, that's the limbic system.”

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Training Video Study Social Media 154