The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter With so many things grabbing the attention of administrators, AI seems to be taking a back seat in the minds of many. Even moreso, 90% of businesses report large improvements in the speed of complaint resolution using AI Chatbots.(

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Qustodio today released their 5th Annual Report, offering valuable insights into children’s digital habits across 2023. Some of the key findings from 2023’s report include: TikTok continued to captivate with children spending a global average of 112 minutes daily on the app – up from 107 in 2022.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Pew has a new study , based on surveying nearly 4,000 scientists, and the results are important for higher education and technology. The long version: there are many observations about science and communication in the study as a whole, but I’ll focus here just on implications for education. Pew researchers presenting to AAAS.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Alison Head and her Project Information Literacy (PIL) research team recently released the findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. Please share this study broadly.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of Fall Creek school district in Wisconsin, leads a social media campaign for his schools using the hashtag #gocrickets. The rural district of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, has only 850 students and one school building, but it has 13,300 Twitter followers, and that’s just for the superintendent, Joe Sanfelippo.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Ted Cruz on social media. Stanford has said it’s reviewing the complaint and hasn’t decided whether to open an investigation, according to news reports. You’re basically hung, drawn and quartered by the court of Twitter,” she said. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. Check out @EmilyBHardeman on Twitter. ” The Nation’s Report Card. Reading stamina matters. Stream by clicking here.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2022

There is a robust agenda for academia’s future, including code sharing, registered reports and accessibility. But it’s often individuals from outside of academia who construct topical questions of interest for scholars, serve as study participants, and fund organizations producing such work. The answer is likely to be “yes.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Survey reveals that the majority of classroom educators shy away from social media integration. A new survey finds that just 13 percent of participating educators have used social media as part of their classroom learning. The University of Phoenix College of Education survey of 1,002 U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Provencher shared the moment on Twitter last week, and it went viral, with nearly 2 million views. A study published in the journal Nature in 2021 analyzed millions of social media posts by students before and after active-shooter drills and found that anxiety, stress and depression increased by 39 to 42 percent following the drills.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 7, 2013

Social media sites such as Twitter span huge distances to connect people around the world. There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. He''s having a whale of a time. The stories go on and on.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. Everyone is online now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Additionally, more teachers are citing a reluctance to incorporate social media into classroom learning than in 2013 (62 percent vs. 55 percent).

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

With virtual reality headsets, students are forced to interact with their studies by excluding all else, making the technology ideal for educators who work with kids who have varying levels of ADD/ADHD. . Additionally, attention spans of children born in the age of digital technology are decreasing rapidly. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Karalee Wong Nakatsuka ; Noreen Naseem Rodriguez ; Betina Hsieh ; @ericaintheclass ; Whitney Aragaki ; Virginia Nguyen , Michael Ida ); talking to each other through listservs or social media; or participating in digital conversations and programming (e.g., after COVID-19.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 8, 2015

Yes, the risks of social media are real. As a parent, you can help nurture the positive aspects simply by accepting how important social media is for kids and helping them find ways for it to add real value to their lives. Both producers and performers can satisfy a need for creative self-expression through social media.

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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. For Chromebook users, Google has similar information available. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. Website: www.theaieducator.io Twitter: @ danfitztweets Amanda Fox Amanda Fox, is the Chief Content Officer for Teachergoals.com and currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. Is it helpful?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2020

Using social media to amplify their voices and their experiences, Black men and women across the country courageously began to speak up and speak out about their experiences with institutionalized racism and hatred. Related: On Twitter, ‘#BlackInTheIvory’ exposes racism on campus.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Gitanjali Rao talks about her learning journey on episode 556 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter She was named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017 by the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, with a patent-pending device to detect lead in water faster than any other current techniques.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills. And I, over the last five years since I joined Twitter, it's maybe even more than that, becoming part of a PLN has totally changed everything for me.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 4, 2019

When the MOMO Challenge reared its ugly head last week, I reached out on Twitter to other technologists to find out what they were hearing and what their thoughts were. You have probably also seen a number of reports of things being a hoax that should be ignored. Case Study: What is the #MoMoChallenge?

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Securly

APRIL 19, 2016

Students from around the world reported using their devices for the following activities (time allocation in descending order): Social Media, Schoolwork, Entertainment, Gaming. SOCIAL MEDIA. Facebook is the most visited social media network, used even by children younger than the age restriction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. Data Analytics.

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ProfHacker

JANUARY 24, 2017

At this year’s MLA Convention, I was invited to give a workshop on getting started on social media, namely, Twitter. I’ve written recently for ProfHacker about why I still find Twitter valuable. Twitter is only as good as the people you follow and thus populate your timeline. Now, what do I mean by that?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Approximately three out of every four tweens and teens are on some type of social media platform these days. Cathie Norris and ElliotSoloway, university professors studying how much time today’s youth spend with text-based materials vs. image-based materials, “ estimate that 90 percent of K-12 classroom time in the U.S.

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Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

Most students find web filtering to be unnecessarily inhibitive, citing that it blocks perfectly acceptable web pages due to one keyword or denies access to social media pages. Federal law doesn’t specifically require schools to block Facebook, Twitter, etc. according to a Cyberbullying Research Center report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. C3 Module Project – projects designed using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) using the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. Take a look at the Task Plan.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Half of responding students who got private scholarships reported having their institutional financial aid affected. Of these, three-fifths said their universities and colleges reduced the grants they’d been awarded, rather than their loans or work-study hours.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2011

One of the best parts of the month for me is compiling the monthly Principal''s Report. Social media now makes it even easier to get all of this exciting information out to my stakeholders via our Twitter account and Facebook page. History 1 class’s study of the Bill of Rights. technology into a U.S. Perna and Ms.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

It’s also vital that school leaders take a hard look at access once students leave the school doors, as five million of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband while at home according to a Pew Research Center report. Commit to Leveraging Social Media and Telling Your Great Story!

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Perry Hewitt

JULY 24, 2015

Social media success is about much more than mastering the platforms and tools. Quartz reports how NASA developed a smart social media strategy that fueled its global reach. Strategy, not technology, drives business transformation, according to this recent report from MIT Sloan.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 30, 2020

Leveraging social media to teach students has been a huge win for me in the classroom. Several teachers recently reported overhearing my morning students sharing with afternoon students, “Mrs. I’m forever grateful that Tara Martin taught us all how to annotate text through social media. . Click To Tweet.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In fact, nearly half of the US population reported feeling some degree of math anxiety when confronted with unfamiliar math problems. If the weekly average is above 60 minutes, take a screenshot and tag @STMath on Twitter or Instagram. Fall ST Math Challenge @STMath @EarlhamSchools pic.twitter.com/1Kf3qN323k — Brian Becker (@44BBeck).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For example, a common concern among participants is how social media is transforming the kinds and sources of information students brought into the classroom. I was particularly disheartened to learn that many teachers turn to sources like Google, Edutopia, Twitter, Teachers Pay Teachers, and Pinterest for information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Anne Collier on episode 169 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. So they looked at a whole range of research – lots of different studies – and that was the range of kids who were affected by it, in both cases. ’s new social media helpline for schools.

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