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4 Ways to Use Social Media for Education

EdTech4Beginners

billion users globally , social media has revolutionized how we communicate and connect with one another. Social media has also made its way into the world of education. With the help of social media, teachers can authentically engage with their students. Surveys have shown that 86% of U.S.

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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).

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12 Ways to Update Your Online Presence

Ask a Tech Teacher

But, if they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog doesn’t attract visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why we aren’t being contacted for networking. If you have active social media, employers will check it out. That includes our online presence.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

edWeb.net

The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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The Summer of COVID-19 Presents a Unique Opportunity for Education Companies

Edsurge

How to Reach Teachers This Summer Be social : According to the 2014 Teachers Know Best survey by the Gates Foundation, teachers find out about products largely through word-of-mouth. This means that teachers are largely relying on social media for inspiration.

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Technology is Here to Stay: Now What?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Although the pedagogy of utilizing technology was not readily available in the early 1990s for educators, it is ever-present today. Not only was I involved in the process, but I utilized student input via a brief survey. I surveyed my students twice a year about instructional delivery and the use of the product.

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A Teacher’s Best Evaluator

Ask a Tech Teacher

“Students are evaluating teachers; they do that on social media and Rate your Teacher. If a teacher wants a good picture of how teaching impacts students, I suggest using a Google Form survey or Microsoft forms. And it is ugly.” Acknowledged, it can be ugly. Here the students could constructively use images and stickers. .

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