The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2011

Since that time so much has gone on in the world of Social Media in Education, I decided it needed some updating. With all of these external pressures there is little time for school leadership to encourage teachers to take risks in their classroom and be creative in terms of technology. Which qualities do you exhibit?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2011

The title of my session was Exploring Best Practices in Social Networking. I absolutely love to share what we are doing at New Milford High School through the lens that social media provides. Things got even better when I learned that I would be participating in the 2011 ASCD Conference Scholars Program.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig. Sometimes, they’re a canvas for artists, sources to build community, paths by which people find a higher calling.

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The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They are banning the use of social media as a means to communicate with students and parents. It is misguided foolishness to think that social media is magically turning teachers into predators, preying on our nation''s children. Social media is here to stay. Blaming the medium for the problem never works.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Depending on how we use it, technology can be either a priceless tool or endless distraction. Today’s children are digital natives, which means that they’ve grown up surrounded by technology from the time they were born. Finally, set clear rules and limitations with your child on how much digital media they can access.[5]

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

With the help of technology you can connect with families from the comfort of their homes. Social Media This method for connecting with families continues to grow in popularity. 2011, March). 2011, June). Use these strategies to facilitate parent-teacher relationships in a setting that works best for them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. Jon has served as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction and Director of Technology at the county level.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The use of technology in an educational environment is certainly nothing new – teachers have been relying on computers and similar devices for decades now. According to one recent study conducted by Pew Research Center , nearly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind – up from just 35% a few years ago, in 2011.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 16, 2015

In the past, I've written about the technology I use on a daily basis (see bottom of page for links). I love the 7" tablet size and use this for social media, web surfing, personal email (I don't check work email at home anymore), e-books and Netflix. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Best Edtech/Resource Sharing Blog : Free Technology For Teachers What Richard has created here is the model of what resource sharing is and should be. The fact that the folks that organize this every year do it through just the use of social media is astounding.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The shortlist of nominees for the 2011 Edublog Awards was announced this weekend. Best Individual Blog- iLearn Technology (not an SLP but a great source of visual resources for our kids) Best Group Blog- TherapyApp411 (whoo-hoo!) Tipscast and the folks at all4mychild for the shout-outs. Your support means a lot. Click here to Vote!

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The classes are a product of RIFLI’s plan to create a 1:1 classroom computing model that, according to RIFLI’s Director Karisa Tashjian, “blurs the lines between language/content learning and using technology.” At the end of each course, RIFLI staff award digital badges to the students.

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Edublog Awards were started about 7 years ago to counteract the trend of blocking social media in school districts and celebrate the educational power of these resources. Obviously social media has been transformative for me and my practice and I wanted to participate for that reason again this year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I got to know Cator in the early days of EdSurge when she was director of the office of educational technology at the Department of Education in the Obama administration. She was steadfast in her conviction that the role of public education was to give students who didn’t have much an equitability opportunity to learn with technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

He has worked as a technology training specialist and a Director of Educational Technology. Bellow was honored by ISTE in 2010 as an emerging leader and then again in 2011 when he was named Outstanding Young Educator of the year. ” Want to learn about another technology? See contest rules below. Listen on iTunes.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. How should people approach information online or in social media? And in reality it’s like, ‘No, you're looking at a 2011 photograph, something that happened in Germany, not the U.S.’

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wwwatanabe

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Thank you Edublogs for providing this opportunity to acknowledge amazing educators around the globe, and for raising the awareness of the awesome impact social media and web 2.0 This blog gets my vote for best new blog of 2011. I appreciate all the ideas for integrating technology and resources. He gets it.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Alexandra Spichtig, Reading Plus Using materials and methods comparable to a survey study conducted in 1960, researchers measured the comprehension-based silent reading efficiency of US students in grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 in 2011. The study found that students in 1960 and 2011 read at similar rates in second grade.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Lead Learner Process Facilitator Safe Environment Manager Normalizer of Ambiguous Problem Finding and Solving • Resource Provider Technology Tutor Relationship Enabler and Builder Feedback Facilitator. Technology Tutor. Technology can dramatically enhance maker experiences since it provides access to resources and tutorials.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

More than a million cases of child identity theft are reported every year and, as school districts continue to introduce students to new technology and advanced digital curriculum, Internet safety education is becoming an increasingly essential tool when preventing cybercrime. What are the risks. Identity information and personal records.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

Bluford (Blu) Putnam has served as Managing Director and Chief Economist of CME Group since May 2011. He most recently served as Managing Partner for Bayesian Edge Technology & Solutions, Ltd., a financial risk management and portfolio advisory service he founded in 2000.

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edWeb.net

MAY 3, 2017

edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I’m the founder of edWeb.net and had just started our social network for educators. Time well spent. Thank you to both of you.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 29, 2015

If all educators publicized the accomplishments they had in their classrooms using technology, hands-on activities, global collaborations, project-based learning; then an informal qualitative research project would result. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/every-educator-has-a-story-just-tell-it/ ).

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

There will be 1 billion members by Christmas 2011. Young people adopt technology much faster than adults. pogue tcea tcea 2011' Today''s E-Book readers are from the Cro-Magnon Era Web 2.0 Audience is the creator of the material - Example Facebook with 500,000,0000 members as of December.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 20, 2015

Social Media - Social Media is an excellent resource for administrators. Related: My Favorite Resources for Teachers and Students Technology I''m using daily as a School District CIO Technology I use on a Daily Basis - updated for 2011 --. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Notes from TCEA 2011 Panel. Pleasant, TX Mr. Scott Floyd - Technology Specialist - White Oak, TX Ms. Jennifer Faulkner, Director of Instructional Technology, Alamo Heights ISD (Moderator) Question #1: What is your vision for the use of digital content in Texas schools for the next five years and how will that content be delivered?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. But true multitasking is a myth. To ban, or not to ban.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. The following year, Knewton was bought in a deal that has become a poster child for education technology hype.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

2011) Evolving the Virtual School Library, Part 1: Deconstructing My Own Interface. For more inspiration, check out these posts: We Are Teachers: Teachers are Creating Virtual Bitmoji Classrooms Bitmoji Classroom Tutorials (Jenny Murphy) How to Create a Virtual Bitmoji Scene in Google Slides or PowerPoints (Shana Ramin). Valenza, J.K.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. 2011, Nurmi et al., Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

Principles of learning: 7 principles to guide personalized, student-centered learning in the technology-enhanced, blended learning environment. The following text provides a summary of Rogers’ major themes about learning and education from Freedom to Learn and comes from Weibell, C. Retrieved from [link].

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JULY 21, 2013

It''s informative and entertaining and it was created by blur Group , a global technology company that specializes in ecommerce. Tumblr followed later that year, Instagram started using hashtags in 2010, Google Plus hopped on the bandwagon in 2011, and Flickr barely beat out Facebook to avoid last place in 2013.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2014

Along with Alison Le Cornu, White published an article in 2011 that countered the Digital Natives and Immigrants ideas of Marc Prensky. The legacy of this theory is that many teachers continue to trot out the same old line that students are ''natives'' whilst they, being older and less familiar with technology, are ''immigrants.''

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Tech Helpful

MAY 23, 2019

I feel very strongly about the importance of all educators that have technology in their classroom speaking into appropriate usage- with rights come responsibilities. Let your technology teachers spend extra time on it but every teacher should be speaking into digital citizenship issues because we are all stewards of it.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2018

They project a slide on a topic of near-universal interest to teenagers – social media. Social media and technology are not agents of change. Social media and technology are not agents of change. A lively discussion soon erupts over the pluses and minuses of social media.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

Get Your House in Order In Allen and Kusky’s 2011 book, “The Little Book of Leadership Development,” they wisely suggest a preliminary step before designing, managing, evaluating and refining a new system: get your shop in order. Limitations: Technological interruptions can break up the flow of dialogue. Administrators / Area Leaders.

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