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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition). These signs may not just be a phone call, but also WhatsApp messages, emojis and Facebook posts." Strong opinions may be weakly held. Is it ethical to market and sell technology that leaves consumers and their homes vulnerable to hackers?" and Marion L.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries.”. They are all into it. Darren Ellwein.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition). These signs may not just be a phone call, but also WhatsApp messages, emojis and Facebook posts." Strong opinions may be weakly held. Is it ethical to market and sell technology that leaves consumers and their homes vulnerable to hackers?" and Marion L.

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From Banning to Embracing Social Media: #GovTechLive Names #NYCSchoolsTech Facebook Group & Twitter Chat Best in NYC

The Innovative Educator

The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning. For us that was Facebook.

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How to Start a High School Esports Team & Benefit Your School

ViewSonic Education

These include big-name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. Esports is also big business, making money from investments, branding, advertising, and media deals. This includes creating tools like text groups, email lists, and social media sites.

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How Teachers Can Just Work 40 Hours a Week?

The CoolCatTeacher

When the year is up, they will never be charged again and will have continued access to the Facebook group and all club materials. We’ll first start talking about target number of hours to work for the 2016-2017 school year in October. They get an email when new content is added to the membership library.

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12 Insta Easy Instagram Library & Literacy Promotion Ideas

The Daring Librarian

That’s right, for the amazing low price of FREE, each Instagram post can cross pollinate to your Twitter, Facebook (:-P), Flickr, Tumblr, and that thing called Swarm that kinda took the place of the annoying Foursquare? Using social media for library, literacy, book, and program promotion is all about storytelling.