article thumbnail

The Ups and Downs of Social Media

Digital Promise

Watch teenagers using social media, and you witness an emotional rollercoaster: they are intermittently ecstatic, furious, envious, heartbroken, charmed, anxious, obsessive, and bored. A Study on Adolescent Social Media Use. Read the original version here. for browsing (general scrolling through feeds and apps).

article thumbnail

Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. While already aware of the effects smartphones had on students’ attention, I tried to keep a balanced approach to using technology in my classroom. However, because of the growth of online learning platforms, even the basic content has moved to a virtual environment.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

With that being said, metaverse learning is a relatively new concept and one that many educators are still getting to grips with. At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all.

Learning 327
article thumbnail

The Social Institute Expands Curriculum to Educate and Empower Third-Grade Students 

eSchool News

This gamified approach to supporting student well-being, called #WinAtSocial, empowers students to navigate their social world positively — including social media and technology — to fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Have the power to shape their everyday lives through the choices they make.

article thumbnail

AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning

EdTech Magazine

Technology helps educators give each student the attention he or she needs, through tools such as online learning modules, personal tablets and, now, virtual and augmented reality. . Additionally, attention spans of children born in the age of digital technology are decreasing rapidly.

article thumbnail

OPINION: Let’s help our middle schoolers learn from their digital worlds

The Hechinger Report

Many middle schoolers are spending as much (if not more) time online as they do in classrooms, often in spaces not designed for them. More than a third of youth under 13 are using social media , most often through apps created for those over 13. Smartphones are making it worse.

article thumbnail

How to Keep Kids Safe

The CoolCatTeacher

In this episode, Shannon Mclintock -Miller and I discuss current best practices about digital citizenship and online safety for kids. If you’ve ever taught kids who have their own smartphones, you know how quickly social media problems can escalate at school. Host: Vicki Davis.