10 digital citizenship resources
Students may be able to operate technology tools and navigate resources without a problem, but students don’t always realize that what they post or make public online, and…
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Developing and deploying Facebook for school districts
The Norris School District has deliberately cultivated a combined social media brand over the last several years by deploying multiple official district-managed Twitter feeds, and primarily by deploying…
Leveraging Pinterest for administrators
Pinterest, a social networking site in which users “pin” websites and resources to a virtual pinboard, has grown in popularity among the education community. While the site is…
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 5
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
How administrators collaborate and connect
Ed-tech leaders gathered for a Connected Educator Month webinar to explore what it means to be a connected administrator; how connected administrators empower teachers, students, and parents; and…
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 4
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter
The only way to tell whether kids today are really less coherent or literate than their great-grandparents is to compare student writing across the past century, The Globe…
Teacher vs student: How each actually uses social media
At some point in my life, a few years back, Facebook became much less…interesting to me, Edudemic reports.
National writing event trending on Twitter
Today, students, educators, administrators, and writers will take to Twitter to celebrate the National Day on Writing by sharing ways they use writing to connect with family, within…
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 3
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 2
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
Best Connected Educator Month tweets
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
U.S. school district monitors kids’ social media
A Southern California school district is trying to stop cyberbullying and a host of other teenage ills by monitoring the public posts students make on social media outlets…
Social media can help educators improve learning
Teachers hear it all the time: Using social media will help increase professional development opportunities, it will engage students, and it can help students make real-world connections between…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
15 Twitter tweets for amazing Common Core resources
More than just a virtual message board for what your superintendent had for breakfast, Twitter is always packed with information that can be crucial to every educator’s job.…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Google Helpouts will connect experts, info-seekers
A new Google service, called Helpouts, connects people who need help with those who can give it in virtual, real-time tutoring or advice sessions. While not open to…
eBooks could be the future of social media
In the future, eBooks will act just like social networks, Co.LABS reports.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
U.S. leads the way in requests for Facebook user data
The U.S. leads the world—by far—in requests for Facebook user data, the social network reported in its first Government Requests Report, which covers the first six months of…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Five follow-worthy ed-tech Pinterest boards
As social media continues to influence how educators collaborate and teach, more educational social media sites are available to help educators use ed-tech in the best way possible.…
7 ways teachers use social media in the classroom
Millennials live and breathe on social media, so teachers are learning how to incorporate the medium into the classroom successfully, Mashable reports.
Teen convicted for sending Facebook friend request
Over the past few months, Facebook has either been the pointed cause for murderous acts of violence being committed, or it has been on the other side, helping…
Teens largely self-reliant when it comes to online privacy
In the age of social media, online privacy concerns are a consistent issue. A new survey reveals where teenagers, who often don't realize the impact a digital footprint…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Dartmouth foreign language classes embrace Twitter
Foreign language professor Tania Convertini is thrilled to catch her Dartmouth College students complaining about homework or upcoming tests. She’s not eavesdropping—she’s reading their tweets, written in Italian…
I’m 13 and none of my friends use Facebook
I’m a teen living in New York, Mashable reports.
Social media’s impact in schools
When it comes to social media in schools, most students don't hesitate to collaborate with one another. But some schools and districts still worry about safety and responsible…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Why every teacher should join Twitter
Are you on Twitter? You should be, says Jordan Catapano for TeachHub.com.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Social media is a must for America’s STEM future
Over the last several decades, the United States has declined as an economic and educational global leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). To regain economic success…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Six ed-tech tips for district CIOs
Technology is essential for today’s students to succeed in a mobile world—few, if any, would argue that. But how can school administrators, and district CIOs in particular, adapt…
A trip to camp to break a tech addiction
There was a phantom buzzing in my shorts, The New York Times reports. I had carried my iPhone in my left front pocket for so many years that…