EdNews Daily

JANUARY 14, 2017

Social media has become so influential in young lives; we can now assure it is a source of addiction for many (kids and adults). Communication is Key : The moment your child comes to you and asks to join a social media network, set the stage for open communication immediately. .” Smartphones are dopamine devices.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

He looks specifically at the way TV news is primarily entertainment and journalism is secondary at best. Although I didn’t have the context I made a similar argument about social media. The places (Twitter mostly) I valued as a place to get to know people has turned into a dumping ground for soundbites and flawed opinions.

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EdTechSandyK

JUNE 8, 2012

I have networked on Twitter and on this blog with one of the podcast hosts, Dave Roy ( @UBCMET ), a Senior Program Assistant for EPLT, and it was Dave who asked me for an interview after hearing me in another recent podcast appearance. How important of a resource are various social media for doing this?

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education. Tweeting AAC&U.

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MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” When the board is finalized, encourage the attendees to take a photo of the grid with their phones for their reference, and then set them free. He was joking, but sometimes the answer is yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Every school has a vibe, a culture, a feeling. They're going to be putting it in the newsletter and on their social media. So I come from a secondary system back home in Florida where we had teachers that it was project -based, team -based learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter If you want to know how to start an eSports program in your school. And we have grade checks every three weeks in every secondary school in the state. We see our kids do TikTok dances on their phones and posts from social media on their phones.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2018

Todd Finley on episode 325 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She says one of the problems that kids have when they are reading textbooks… Textbooks, particularly in secondary, are super-complex. Twitter: @finleyt. Blog: [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

You can also follow the event on Twitter @GlobalEdCon and using the hashtag #globaled19. this CNN The Daily Show where Trevor Noah interviews Greta Thunberg: [link] and this screen shot from the interview, which is trending on Facebook: [link] Reference Stevens, V. , follow the directions here. Interactive tutorials are here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Just a disclaimer though, I am a high school math teacher, so a few of the tech-tools I reference in this post belong mostly in a secondary math classroom, but with a little elbow grease and ingenuity, there are ways to fit them into any K-12 math curriculum as well.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

She was recently chosen to be a Teacher of the Future by the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), and she has also been named a Top Education Influencer on Twitter. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. ” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Don’t mess with her on Twitter. I’ve already made references to for-profit higher education in the second and third articles in this year-end series – on the “ innovation gospel ” and on the business of student loans. Watch Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Daily Show. Listen to her on NPR’s Fresh Air.

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