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. ” Good!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

teens say they use the service, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey , and TikTok recently surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the internet. Not everyone thinks professors should be encouraging the use of TikTok, which many see as a distraction that can keep students from paying attention in class or their studies.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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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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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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Securly

APRIL 19, 2016

We surveyed 400+ students to find out just how kids ages 9-18 are using their display devices. SOCIAL MEDIA. Facebook is the most visited social media network, used even by children younger than the age restriction. Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr also have a large following of adolescent subscribers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And if you listen to social media , where teachers often express themselves freely and anonymously, Rachel is far from alone. Selena Carrión Everything Is Not OK There is a certain TED Talk that teachers on social media sometimes reach for to describe the toxic positivity mentality. And that’s not really the case at all.

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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. to create a good balance between recreational and study time.

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MindShift

JANUARY 13, 2018

At the start of the new year, parents may encourage their teens to detox from social media, increase exercise, or begin a volunteer project. While kids may bristle at the thought of posting fewer selfies, surveys indicate 55 percent of adolescents enjoy volunteering.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Of these, three-fifths said their universities and colleges reduced the grants they’d been awarded, rather than their loans or work-study hours. Social media has also given more attention to a frustration that families previously suffered in silence, with rants about scholarship displacement even making their way to TikTok.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In Utah, Governor Gary Herbert addressed his state’s teacher shortage recently with the following plea to his fellow residents via Twitter: "Consider becoming a teacher; it is a noble profession.". Schools and Staffing Survey. The perception of teaching by the American public and teachers themselves is declining. Retrieved from [link].

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Edthena

AUGUST 29, 2022

Just like technology or social media can at times be distracting for students , turn off your own Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or even email to stay on task! a short passage from a chapter, an Educational Leadership article, a summary of a research paper, or an optional book study). C ut out unproductive behavior.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 14, 2017

The news created a small stir on social media, with several educators opining about what they thought of lecture theatres, their place in universities, technology, and teaching and learning in general. Money, or league tables, or National Student Surveys - none of these should be drivers for improvement.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

To harness student passion without bogging down in partisan muck, teachers are wielding a bevy of ed-tech tools — ranging from online role-playing games and issue quizzes to social media platforms where teachers share strategies for leading political discussions and students collaborate to try to influence public policy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

Monday, April 24 9:00am Growing Global Citizens Twitter Slow chat : We will look at how we can encourage teachers to grow more global citizens. We will be hosting a twitter slow chat using the hashtag #LCPSedChat. Wednesday, April 26 4:00pm A transformational study abroad experience in Costa Rica - Start with UPEACE !

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 1, 2019

44:11] – In writing her book, Lisa did a survey of students to see which platforms they are on. Post your answer to your favorite social media platform using the hashtag #ShakeUpLearning, or share it in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook ! [51:25] Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study! Hive Summit.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Last week I laid out 3 Untapped Social Media Resources for Teachers. This week we take a look at how to leverage social networks for students. She is right in the heart of the age range for kids who use social media the most (13-18 yrs old). My sister is a senior in high school. The most popular sites?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Their study is titled, Creative Problem Solving in Schools: Essential Skills Today’s Students Need for Jobs in Tomorrow’s Age of Automation, and covers a topic on the minds of educators I meet during my travels. I recently had the chance to review the new research conducted by Adobe Education on creativity in the classroom.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 9, 2016

US Geological Survey historical topographical maps. My Notes from the Texas Social Studies Supervisors’ Association. 8th grade Social Studies Overview. Access HSTRY’s social studies content. If Timeline JS doesn’t recognize a media URL, it will use Embed.ly Digital Portfolio.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

When I was studying History at University in the late 1970s I had an eccentric, English born lecturer. To the great mirth of my colleagues, one student included the following comment in the school wide survey that I conducted. Social Media and Mobile Devices. Please get rid of my iPad, it’s so distracting.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2017

The interpretation of the study rests on how kids think about their own behavior. There have been many studies of rewards in academic contexts, and they often backfire in this way. You can follow him on Twitter at @DTWillingham. It had made kids like the markers less. Now here are the markers, but no reward.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Back in 2014, our interviews and surveys led us to a taxonomy of digital curation. Social media curation efforts can help us fuel participatory culture as we build and connect communities.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A 2013 survey of teachers conducted by MetLife suggests that many educators share Rosner’s strain. Fifty-one percent of teachers surveyed admitted to feeling “great stress” during the school week, up from 36 percent in 1985. Schlechter found a huge community of educators on Twitter with whom she could ask questions and share problems.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort. Journal of Technology Studies, 2 6(2). Education 1.0: Education 1.0

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Nonprofit organization Facing History & Ourselves , another Educator Innovator partner, also has an expansive resource section that includes lessons and unit plans with videos, interviews, photos, articles, and other sources on topics ranging from the civil rights movement to studies of the Holocaust.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. You can also follow them on social media at EVERFIK12. News and World Reports survey from August 2020 sheds more light. Welcome to the world of free financial literacy courses!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

If you want to follow those tweets, you can either track the conference hashtag #ticalsls14 or you can follow the Learning Revolution Twitter account at @learnrevproject. History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J. Susan Blakely Secondary Math Teacher Globalizing the High School U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Fred," his teacher asked while they were studying Huckleberry Finn , "what does it mean when Jim tells Huck that a storm is coming?" As a student of history, using the framework of power and control has served me well in studying the past. My dad replied, "It means it's going to rain." "No, No, Fred, what does it mean? "

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2018

Social media and social activism appear to be undeniably interwoven among Black users. People working in higher education must try to understand why Black youth see social media as viable tools to share their thoughts on social issues. Part of me is not surprised at the survey’s finding.

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Nik Peachey

JULY 16, 2008

You can embed videos or your call messages into blogs websites and a whole range of social media sites including Facebook and Blogger. Class survey - You could send a video message to your students with a class survey question that they could respond to. Students can use it privately, with groups of friends or publicly.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In a survey of college technology leaders published in April by Educause, more than half of colleges said they are using online or remote proctoring tools, and another 23 percent said they are planning to or considering using them. Yet they are quickly becoming mainstream. Hire better teachers instead.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2014

Spread the word about World Read Aloud Day on social media to help us grow the movement. Thursday, March 6th at 8pm #globaledchat on Twitter , This is a conversation of all things global ed, ranging from classroom best practices to conversations around global issues. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. Read Aloud.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 18, 2016

Students can also create and spread messages of peace through social media via a graphic, digital poster , or video. One of my favorite kids on social media is Kid President who spreads encouraging messages for other young learners to be awesome and make a positive impact on the world. Reflection. Introduce the problem.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 24, 2016

What the New Research Says cites a survey in which “… most respondents, with the exception of those over the age of 50, check text messages, email, or their social network ‘all the time’ or ‘every 15 minutes.’”. I started noticing how bad I felt when I checked social media and my email all day long.

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