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Digital Learning Day: Social Media PD Best Practices #DLDay

The CoolCatTeacher

For Thought Leader Thursday , social media researcher Laura Pasquini explains three defining aspects of effective social media powered professional development.In The lessons learned from effective social media PD. The lessons learned from effective social media PD. Laura Pasquini.

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. online information. sharing digitally to build knowledge. social media. online information. sharing digitally to build knowledge. social media.

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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. Bard : Research and Information Gathering: Bard, developed by Google, is designed to assist with research and information gathering. Hemingway Editor : Focuses on making your writing clear and bold.

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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

It means that when you have questions, you trust them to inform your thinking, guide your research, and provide answers and directions scaffolded from their personal experience. The engine of a PLN is social media. refer to it in your social media. Keep your social media focused on those topics.

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Do It Right the First Time: How to Maximize Your Edtech Investment

Edsurge

Prioritize early evaluation With so many options being showcased at trade shows and conferences or on social media, it’s tempting to make your mind up before the search has even started. Let’s explore the four principles that schools and districts should follow in order to maximize the potential of new classroom technology.

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How Culturally Responsive Education Affects Student Engagement and Learning

MindSpark

rather, it's more about what themes, references, and experiences - individual and shared - inform peoples' perceptions. Finally, students are practicing future-facing skills like video editing and social media engagement AND they get to create something that’s fun for them and they want to share with their friends.