Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

ClassDojo automatically compiles all the data collected from each class into analytics reports, allowing teachers to monitor progress, track trends and share information with parents. The free service also operates on the Web, allowing teachers to alternatively use a laptop, desktop computer, or any smartphone or tablet via Web browser.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 9, 2012

The strapline on the official website declares that the awards are there to honour 'the best producers of short content on social media'. But if you wish to vote for your favourite tweeter, categories you may be interested in include blogger, science, video blogger and social media. They are all interesting connections.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

‘Technology in education’ has become the buzz phrase for cutting edge classes that are plugged into the latest education trends. This might include a desktop/laptop computer, Wifi, and an ereader, as well as software, apps, extensions, and bookmarked websites used to complete schoolwork.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 9, 2015

Note that desktops and laptops remain the most relied upon technology, followed by gaming consoles. Class and technology : the wealthier the teen’s family, the more likely they are to use Snapchat and, to a less extent, Twitter. The poorer, the more important is Facebook: Trend to watch: class-based anti-Facebook snobbery.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 18, 2015

After one such mocking a Twitter friend asked , “what do you favor for news?” I begin each morning with a run through a customized Google News page, on my laptop (if I’m at home or an office space) or phone (if on the run). Last stops on my morning news run are social media, mostly Twitter and Facebook.

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Philly Teacher

APRIL 16, 2019

It got me thinking about how I’ve been feeling catching back up on social media over the last month, and I reflected on how it felt when I first discovered Twitter back in 2009. Needless to say, there hasn’t been much time in my life for social media as there used to be.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

During #KyEdChat, a Twitter chat for Kentucky educators I regularly participate in and sometimes moderate, I found myself in a conversation with some members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) about the need to play, and the difficulty and resistance we often face in trying to get teachers to buy into the idea of playing to learn.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

20 years ago we never would have imagined that the position as a Social Media Manager would be an actual job, and just about every company or organization would need to have someone manage their social media accounts. The data and results that come from testing can show powerful trends about student achievement.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But over the last few years, in particular, a new trend has rapidly taken hold that stands poised to change the way we think about online education, for all-time and for the better. That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning. In a lot of ways, it already has.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. They’re amazing.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The digital generations are highly social – although not in the same way that the older generations are. Based on current trends, being able to transparently communicate and work with others in both virtual and face-to-face teams is becoming an increasingly critical skill. Follow him on Twitter @RyanLSchaaf.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 19, 2016

Simple Updates to Your Classroom Procedures and Workflow sponsored by EdTech Software From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This is important because you probably don’t want to share all of those pictures and videos on social media. And not all parents are on social media.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 26, 2015

Overall the most popular posts were those relating to research, bring your own device, and harnessing the power of social media in general and Twitter in particular. I was also happy that post #15 got a lot of attention and even inspired a Twitter chat. 19 points out my very favorite laptop device.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Handouts, infographics, and posters Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (by the Center for Social Media): An indispensable guide for educators trying to wrap their minds around fair use in the classroom. You'll need to pay for each course, but once you do it'll be in your library forever.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Using social media successfully in 2018 means more than checking your Facebook page or scrolling through Twitter occasionally. It is possible, with intention, to create a social media presence that is effective—for both you and your audience—whether that’s friends, colleagues or peers around the globe.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Predicting tech trends is a fun but fairly doomed enterprise. Humans find their own uses for technology, too, which can send trends sideways. There’s also the problem of long-term trends, with our tendency to underestimate long-term effects, and the way some developments can take a long, long time to arrive (cf ebooks).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Over the past year, we have seen a trend in districts using ESSER funds to create coaching programs to support their educators. It will be important in the coming year for schools and districts to look for trends in their communities and take steps to ensure they can meet the needs of their families and future workforce.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Related: a Twitter thread from Leo Casey about the various connections the Success Academy chain has to Trump and his wealth right-wing backers the Mercers. ” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning? .” ” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Twitter not your thing? " Tagged on: September 10, 2017.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Twitter not your thing? " Tagged on: September 10, 2017.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

A hacked school Twitter account in Florida. I delete all my old social media now on a regular and ongoing basis. This software would track and analyze the social media and digital activity of visa holders in order to identify those who might be “high risk.” million scammed from MacEwan University.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Department of State has received emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect additional information regarding certain visa applicants ’ travel and employment histories, familial connections, and social media usage in accordance with a notice it posted in the Federal Register May 4.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The image above from Google Trends helps demonstrate how popular the phrase has become in the intervening months. ” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic.

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