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Is Technology Bad for the Teenage Brain? (Yes, No and It's Complicated.)

Edsurge

Social media, contrary to its reputation, actually seems to improve certain prosocial behaviors—empathy, to name one—in teenage populations. Researchers in one study followed a group of 10-14-year-olds for a year, tracking their use of use social media, primarily Twitter and Facebook. I ask, “Xbox? Then I pause.

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New Posted Resources 06/09/2010

The Web20Classroom

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What's new in Testpress Learning Management System - Oct 2020

Testpress

This can help you in assessing your costs and the impact your videos are creating for your students. With this all your users can attend online class from their iPhones and iPads. Feel free to follow us via social media using the links below Twitter LinkedIn Facebook. This is available in the settings page.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

It’s about mobilizing the learning experience, from being merely seated in a classroom discussing matters with your teacher or stuck with a laptop at home answering online assessments, to taking an assessment while in a cab. The pros The most obvious reason is that almost everyone owns a mobile device.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Researchers have pointed to the introduction of smartphones — the iPhone was introduced in 2007 — and the rise of social media as the culprit. Or are they exposed to information via social media that is leading to a greater sense of anxiety and depression? But teasing apart what’s actually happening is difficult.

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

Screenflow (for capturing Mac screenshots, iPhone and iPad). It will even capture iPhones and iPads using the lightning cable. You can see how my students used film from their iPhones in their Bullyproof video. I use it on my Mac or I use remote control on my iPhone to control things on my Mac.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage. I'll skip that class.

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