Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These are devices that are designed specifically for reading digital books and magazines on a screen. They support interactive and multimedia-rich content, such as images, videos, animations, quizzes, etc. Build a loyal fan base and community using social media platforms around their eBooks.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

From unencrypted browsing during a class activity to embedding videos into presentations, schools can inadvertently compromise student privacy by exposing them to tracking cookies, according to a recently issued report from the Consortium of School Networking. by Eli Zimmerman. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Test Adobe Spark, free for educators and a user-friendly tool for creating video, social media graphics and web pages. EdTech Managing Editor Marquita Brown contributed to this report. In the Beaverton (Ore.) School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As we regain some sense of normalcy, many teachers report that students are struggling to get engaged in learning. From screen-time habits to social and emotional issues, many students are struggling. Many of us have spent the better part of the pandemic glued to our screens, whether for work, school, socializing, or entertainment.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

of eighth-graders report they've vaped in the last year ? Some point to the clever, social media-friendly ad campaigns and marketing efforts of Juul in the early 2010s. The following video, discussion guide, and activity are designed to help students build these key media-literacy skills. How can you tell?

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

When Project Tomorrow surveyed students in 2015 about what they envision schools will look like in 2020, one student described school as being the place where there would be more educational videos, online class discussions, online games, and texting between teachers and students. Everyone would have their tablet or laptop. Dr. Julie A.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While many kids might play video games or just goof around when they get bored, Demirkapi decided to go poke around in some of the computer systems that his school uses. EdSurge: The student reported the security holes to both companies. Wired Magazine, which is where we first heard about the story , reached out to both companies.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Instead of focusing only on screen time, this article will cover how teachers and students can use devices and consume media in more deliberate and mindful ways -- what Common Sense calls "media balance." Simply put, media balance means using screens in a way that feels healthy, useful, and proportional.

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My Island View

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

News came from newspapers and magazines that were limited to publishing cycles and editors. The media was dominated by three networks which were limited by news cycles and strict editorial boards. Journalists used more media tools in their reporting. They have mastered social media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

Farenga worked closely with one of the founders of the modern homeschooling movement, the late author and teacher John Holt, and published Growing Without Schooling magazine ( GWS ) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. His latest project is Starting to Homeschool with Pat Farenga— [link] —a series of videos, publications, and online support.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Edtech programs that mirror video games were also brought in, building student confidence as learners won badges and advanced through the levels of the adaptive programs. Achievements are touted on social media, changing the tone of the district’s story to engage the public positively.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You may have seen her on BuzzFeed Video or HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. In an interview with Vogue magazine, Brunson shares, “It was just a world that I knew so well, like the back of my hand…[H]aving this real in-depth experience with my mom being a teacher for most of my life really helped me see the world.”

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2017

The child is choosing among competing activities: Should I read, or have a snack, or see what my friend’s doing, or play a video game? A recent survey showed that 30% of teens say they enjoy reading “a lot,” but they also say they enjoy other media activities more: watching videos, engaging with friends on social media, gaming.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 24, 2015

These tasks, more sophisticated than merely summarizing an article for a report, reflect the complex work demands of college and career. Undocumented information that students encounter online—social media postings, tweets, blogs and popular media—artificially narrows their experience to opinions and anonymous writers.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Donald De La Haye started making YouTube videos long before he joined the University of Central Florida ’s football team. ” Spoiler alert: Latinos.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

You can either search for your source by its title, URL, ISBN, or DOI and let Scribbr automatically generate all the bibliographic information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2019

Now that we have screentime reported to us on many phones, track it and work to spend less time looking at your mobile device. If you delete the apps for social media, you’re not deleting the social media service. Tweak Your Tablet for Learning My favorite way to read blogs, magazines and such is Flipboard.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries. See you online! public libraries.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Cover pages add just the right amount of professionalism for reports, poetry collections, ebooks, a magazine, or any other project that shares curated knowledge. When they’re done, the magazine can be shared, printed, or displayed on the class screen via the Presentation mode. Indigenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. ” And, I also (unfortunately) needed to update my post on the W-2 phishing scam victimizing school districts across the country.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

In this collection, you'll find hand-picked, regularly updated resources to help you better understand and practice these important social and cultural literacies. There's also a video of this strategy in action. Videos Stepping Up (by KQED): These four videos feature the stories of youth activists and how they got started.

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MindShift

JUNE 30, 2019

A 2017 article in The Atlantic magazine — “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? ” — drew a link between negative trends in teens’ mental health and the rise of smartphones and social media. Parents can’t step in and solve social problems, but they can be sounding boards for advice.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2019

They can write book reports or embed videos of characters in their presentations. The vast majority — 86 percent — of respondents to the 2019 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Report agreed that by 2025, XR technologies will be as ubiquitous as mobile devices. Students have better recall — an 8.8 by Melissa Delaney.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 19, 2015

The emphasis will be on major events, around which people are most likely to contribute and consumer tweets, photos, and video. The stuff can be embedded on websites, like YouTube videos, so non-Twitter-users can still see it. ” Like a magazine, perhaps, or Headline News. Three columns from my Tweetdeck view.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 17, 2022

After watching this moving video and reviewing examples of 6-word memoirs, students are challenged to write the story of Raimundo’s life in just 6 words. TV Weather Reporter. Please click here to check out our blog post and download our free Weather Report template that I used with my middle school students!

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .

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TeacherCast

MARCH 17, 2022

Video TV Weather Reporter Are you interested in teaching your students about the weather? Please click here to check out our blog post and download our free Weather Report template that I used with my middle school students! The students would open a WeVideo project that the teacher would assign through Google Classroom.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

But we sure saw lots of newspaper headlines and magazine covers about the MOOC revolution. The smartphone, without question, has exceeded all expectations since its release in 2007. , I find classrooms and after-school programs that focus on a cluster of digital media skills to be quite remarkable.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). Over the years, she has written for everyone from The Wall Street Journal to Mad Magazine. Yes -- Mad.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

At times 2017 has seemed like a new era for reporting, where newsrooms have had to question and reevaluate their purpose for existing. For the mainstream media, technology has been both a friend and an enemy. So how do we prepare today’s high school journalists (and tomorrow’s mainstream reporters) for such an era?

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” Via Politico : “ Trump steps up fight to keep Trump University deposition videos secret.” Testing, Testing… “ Alaska Legislature Passes Bill to Suspend Standardized Testing,” Education Week reports. Go, School Sports Team!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When it comes to reading for pleasure, students have so many other competing interests available to them – movies, games, social media, and TV shows – that we need to aim to make it an attractive, conscious choice. Students can find a video, photo, song, podcast, meme, or gif that illustrates a theme in their book.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 89

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

. “Over 1k student-issued iPads are unaccounted for” in a school system in West Virginia , The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. In the UK, “ Theresa May under fire as student visa myth exposed,” The Guardian reports. Immigration and Education. Estimates for previous years had been close to 100,000.”

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Our kids need new types of filters.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

.” “One year into an experiment allowing colleges to award Pell Grants to incarcerated students , Trump administration officials look to be even more invested in the program,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating,” says The Hechinger Report.

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