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SEL & Well-Being

Four ways schools can boost authentic peer connections this fall

August 13, 2021August 5, 2021 by Chelsea Waite, Research Fellow, Education, The Christensen Institute
After a tumultuous year, educators can use these strategies to facilitate community-building and help students develop deep bonds and peer connections
This past school year, researchers Justin Reich and Jal Mehta asked over 150 teachers to interview their students about pandemic learning and what they think should happen next…
eClassroom News

The New Librarian: How to build a face-to-face PLN in 3 easy steps

July 19, 2018 by Ge-Anne Bolhuis, Ed.S.
By now the term professional learning network (PLN) is used very often, but much of the time it refers to the virtual type, meaning our online colleagues and…
District Management

How school districts are leveraging Twitter to become rock stars

April 3, 2017March 30, 2017 by Amy Jenkins
Twitter
When a student tweets at their school’s Twitter handle, chances are they don’t expect a response--it’s like tweeting at Starbucks, or the Office of the Comptroller of the…
District Management

ISTE seeks your opinion on its Standards for Teachers

December 1, 2016 by ESchool Media Contributors
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The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE®) announced that it is seeking public comment on the first draft of the refreshed ISTE Standards for Teachers. More than…
IT Management

#withMalala campaign giving away 20k He Named Me Malala DVDs to classrooms

February 11, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
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A social media campaign, Students Stand #withMalala, is making 20,000 DVDs of He Named Me Malala available for free to teachers across the U.S. to use in their…
District Management

What makes a great education tweet?

January 13, 2016January 5, 2016 by Thomas C. Murray
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Writing an education tweet that adds value and gets noticed takes some practice. Here are one Twitter savant's top tips.
Teaching Trends

TWITTER: #Chromebooksineduction

December 22, 2015October 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
Open Twitter
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A helpline for schools tackling cyberbullying

May 16, 2019August 24, 2015 by By Bridget McCrea
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First-of-its-kind pilot gives schools a new tool for combating cyberbullying on social media -- a helpline with close ties to Facebook and Twitter.
IT Management

Posting PARCC exams on social media is copyright infringement

March 31, 2015 by By Marc J. Weinstein
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District Management

20 ed-tech leaders to watch

March 18, 2015 by Laura Ascione
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The National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Technology Leadership Network (TLN) recently announced its “20 to Watch” honorees for 2014-15. These education leaders from across the country are being…
District Management

7 tips for teachers building collaborative, fearless PLNs

March 16, 2015 by By Randy Hansen and Nicole Zumpano
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Collaboration is a process. Try these best practices for networking with colleagues in your building and around the globe.
District Management

8 great ways to jumpstart your Google+/Twitter PLN

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>
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Twitter and Google+ may not have been designed for educators, but every day thousands of teachers, school leaders, and learners of all sizes take to social media to…
District Management

The when, why and how of PD for iPads

January 7, 2015 by By Stephanie Tow
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ipad-pdType “professional development for teachers” into any search engine and numerous results fill the computer screen. Type in “professional development for iPads” and the results are more narrow…
IT Management

30 education innovators worth following on Twitter

February 5, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Yesterday, we wrote about the latest Forbes list of ’30 Under 30′ in the education field, noted Edudemic.
IT Management

10 rockstar teachers on Twitter

January 13, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
More and more teachers are turning to the rapid-fire world of Twitter as a platform for professional development and sharing philosophies, Mashable reports.
Featured on eSchool News

11 amazing Twitter chats for educators

December 17, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>
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Social media is one of the top ways educators and students interact and learn from one another. Students in Florida can collaborate with students in Minnesota, and administrators…
Featured on eSchool News

Once blocked, Twitter becomes a classroom tool

December 3, 2013 by From wire reports
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IT Management

How (and why) teachers should have multiple Twitter accounts

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
Connected educators are learning, sharing, and connecting on Twitter, Edudemic reports.
District Management

Best Connected Educator Month tweets-Week 5

October 31, 2013 by Meris Stansbury
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
IT Management

The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter

October 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
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…
Curriculum

National writing event trending on Twitter

October 21, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
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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…
District Management

Best Connected Educator Month tweets

October 3, 2013 by Meris Stansbury
Here are the Connected Educator Month tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week. #CE13
District Management

15 Twitter tweets for amazing Common Core resources

January 2, 2014September 17, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
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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.…
IT Management

Fresh iPhone apps for Nov. 15: UberTwitter, Target for iPad, Demotivational Creator

November 15, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Heading up today’s Fresh Apps is a cool new Twitter client that makes checking out links from your Twitter feed a little easier, reports appolicious.
IT Management

Firefox add-on can hijack Facebook, Twitter logins

October 26, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports
Secured logins have been one of the most crucial issues pertaining to web security today. Eric Butler, a freelance web application developer showed how vulnerable current day websites…
District Management

Social networking your way to a new job

August 26, 2010 by Maya Prabhu
The job-search process has undergone a revolution since the advent of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites, reports the New York Times.
Curriculum

Oceanographer touts deep sea web surfing

November 5, 2013July 2, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
Bob Ballard, the explorer best known for the discovery of the Titanic and other wrecks, has not only made deep-sea exploration more accessible for K-12 and college students,…
District Management

Don’t take chances with information

January 20, 2012May 26, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel
While Twitter delivers quick messages, mass notification systems have several key advantages that make them invaluable to school administrators in an emergency.
IT Management

Colleges click the ‘like’ button on social media classes

November 5, 2013May 25, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
From public relations in social media to the potential marketing power of “mommy bloggers,” colleges and universities are offering graduate-level certificates focusing on the business side of Twitter,…
District Management

Are today’s students addicted to social media?

November 5, 2013April 26, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
University of Maryland students who went 24 hours without TV, cell phones, MP3 players, and laptops reported symptoms you might expect from someone struggling with substance abuse, including…
District Management

Social media: Colleges’ newest battlefield for students, alumni donations

November 5, 2013April 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
Colleges’ unending campaign to attract more students and alumni donations has higher-education officials looking to two technologies that consume a growing chunk of people’s free time: social media…
District Management

Site asks social networkers to rethink revelations

November 5, 2013March 1, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
As more people reveal their whereabouts on social networks, a new site has sprung up to remind students and others that letting everyone know where you are --…
District Management

TCEA uses social media to share resources

November 5, 2013February 12, 2010 by From staff reports
Educators who couldn't make it to every session during the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) annual conference in Austin this month turned to the TCEA Twitter page and…
IT Management

Teens’ social media use on the rise, but fewer are blogging

February 5, 2010February 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports
The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…

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