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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. If you’re a digital leader, ask yourself: How are we archiving resources?

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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. sharing digitally to build knowledge. social media. sharing digitally to build knowledge. social media. Sounds simple. backchannel device.

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The Journey to Becoming an Author

A Principal's Reflections

This should never have happened either as I was convinced that any and all social media tools were a complete waste of my time and would not lead to any improvement in professional practice. Social media not only gave us the inspiration but also empowered us to take action. My first thought was, “Heck no! I am no author.”

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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

Johnson (2013), a PLN is: “a self-created set of experts, colleagues, and resources…that meet one’s daily learning needs.”. More simply, it’s: …an extended group of knowledgeable people you reach out to for answers, and trust to guide your learning. The engine of a PLN is social media. What is a PLN.

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

Edsurge

For administrators deciding which solutions to invest in, time and resources are limited. For administrators deciding which solutions to invest in, time and resources are limited. This makes implementation a critical—occasionally daunting—step to take. But it’s best to try before you buy. Get ready for implementation.

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Top 5 Plagiarism Checkers for Students and Teachers in 2023

PlagiarismCheck

Quality of Support These five plagiarism checkers offer customer support through email and comprehensive knowledge bases and FAQ sections on their websites to help users troubleshoot issues independently. Conversely, a personalized library can also be helpful for identifying potential self-plagiarism.

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How colleges are adapting to the future of education

Linways Technologies

If that seems too far fetched, just think about the number of jobs that was created in the last few decades, like social media manager, drone operator, mobile app developer, system admin etc. Most of the jobs that today’s students will do in the future does not even exist yet.