Neo LMS

APRIL 17, 2018

Mix it up: Try using different formats such as: workshops, individual coaching, just in time, drop in hours, presentations during staff meetings/department meetings, or developing a video library or channel. Create attractive courses: Use a high-quality LMS to develop a library of attractive courses your teachers can take in their own time.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2025

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.025 mini-conference (and our third mini-conference on AI and Libraries), " AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use , " will be held online (and for free) today, Thursday, March 13th, 2025, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The metaverse, as a concept, focuses on the idea that virtual or digital worlds can replicate existing forms of social interaction or create new ones. Because of this idea, companies all over the world are investing in the metaverse either as a form of social media, eCommerce, and even an educational platform. DeLeon Gray, Ph.D.,

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Social Media Gamification Trends Accessibility 370

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

In an age of digital formats, quick texts (and the associated degradation of spelling and grammar), online content, blogs and posts, many in the education, publishing and library sectors — as well as broader cultural institutions — are wondering and worrying about the future of literature. …And then back on paper.

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Trends Libraries Social Media Report 327

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Department of Homeland Security, which — through the National Initiative For Cybersecurity Careers and Studies — hosts cybersecurity-related resources for K–8 students and teachers. In addition to Common Sense Media’s Digital Citizenship curriculum, teachers can look to NICERC for online curricula.

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How To Digital Citizenship Guidelines EdTech 339

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Here is a short list of some of the changes that have been implemented and sustained: Social media use as a communications, public relations, branding, professional growth, and student learning tool implemented in 2009. Independent OpenCourseware Study (IOCS) implemented in 2012. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2017

Richard Byrne is a former high school social studies teacher best known for developing the award-winning blog Free Technology for Teachers. Free Webinar: 5 Habits You can Start Now to Help Your classroom Thrive in the Fall by Vicki Davis. See the transcript of this show with Richard Byrne. Richard Byrne.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It should be no surprise that studies show engaged students retain more of what they have learned. A six-year study of students at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State is a case in point. Outside the classroom, students love to share their experiences on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat.

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Technology Classroom EdTech eBook 418

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. This is not necessarily something you might teach in a classroom, but it’s certainly something that’s relevant to every student and every teacher in our schools, and that’s social media.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Lastly, Kinesthetic learners need a more tactile, “hands-on” approach to their studies; they learn best via the use of simulations, personal experience, and/or repeated practice. Will those media files be protected behind an institutional firewall or other security protocols?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

0:15 Big Picture Stats 0:54 Andrea Yon's story 1:24 World Literacy Foundation study of the economic and social cost of illiteracy Sponsor: Today’s sponsor, Literal is an app to help students in grades 6-12 engage with reading. Have a great classroom library. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Studies have definitely shown that students who are involved in extracurricular activities are more successful in a number of ways. Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons. Regardless of the activity.

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STEM Industry Study Report 419

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Let me hear from you on social media or in the comments if you have some awesome examples to share! Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media. Generative AI Use Case #5: AI in Curriculum Alignment and Document Accessbility: A Personal Case Study Bing Chat Enterprise is a game changer for schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. Isn’t SM where you share personal information, stay in touch with friends and families, post pictures of weddings and birthdays, and gossip? So why do students turn to it for news?

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Edmodo Common Core Digital Citizenship Video 370

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2014

Fueled by social media, collaboration, and other online/offline learning endeavors, teachers and principals have quickly become the ambassadors for technology, initiating and catalyzing conversations in their buildings. Shortly after, Eric Sheninger, (@NMHS_Principal), greeted us in the library and took us on a tour of the building.

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Libraries Social Media Professional Learning Study 275

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Studies show that this largely unwanted national experiment in widespread distance education has not been very successful thus far, with schools across the US reporting rampant online absenteeism , and mounting frustration and discouragement among students, parents, and teachers alike. Use social media and class message boards.

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Social Media Gamification Learning E-rate 195

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all. For instance, imagine a class trip to study mountain ranges.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2019

In their new book, Broader, Bolder, Better , Paul Reville and Elaine Weiss draw on nine years of research and case studies from 12 diverse communities to advocate for more and larger-scale partnerships between communities and schools. Social Media and Technology. Everyday Experiences.

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Case Study Mobility Libraries Social Media 227

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2019

Social Media: @alicekeeler, YouTube. Alice Keeler is a Google Certified Teacher, New Media Consortium K12 Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator and LEC Admin & Online and Blended certified. She has developed and taught online K12 courses as well as the Innovative Educator Advanced Studies Certificate (cue.org/ieasc).

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Social Media Adobe Conference Training 192

EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2018

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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Social Media Libraries Digital Citizenship Twitter 59

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Translated, it means that the video-based social media platform is biting into the search engine’s popularity. About two-thirds of teens say they have used TikTok with 16 percent of those saying they use it almost constantly, according to a recent Pew study of 13- to 17-year-olds.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

C3 Module Project – projects designed using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) using the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. The library has over 2,000 individual products inside performance tasks. . Like most projects, performance tasks are related to multiple discipline areas.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Alison Head and her Project Information Literacy (PIL) research team recently released the findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. They are what we are about. Recommendations.

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Study Social Media Survey Libraries 77

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. If they didn’t have a computer, they had to go to a library or a friend’s house. That trend is called m-learning , otherwise known as Mobile Learning.

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Smartphone Learning Education Facebook 247

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

You can't let somebody be on you all the time about get your books, go study, get your lesson, don't do this, don't do that, pass tests, study hard, you You can't keep doing it. Social Media Success: Easy Strategies For Schools And. You have to do this. You have to get kids to do that themselves. become a failure in life.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Audit your student’s access: Draw up a short survey, (try the one on page 11 of this study ) that your students fill in. Starting a social media account. This will give you an accurate picture of the access needs and opportunities amongst your student population. How online shopping works. The basics of online research.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Flipped Classroom Approach: Flipped classroom means a learning model where students go through their study materials at home and do their assignments in the classroom. Digital Content Libraries: A digital content library is a repository of study materials like instructional videos, audiobooks, reading materials, practice assignments etc.

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Social Media Flipped Classroom Libraries Education 117

EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 28, 2018

They can create books and put them in a private library or a shared library for you and your students. This app is perfect for social studies and history teachers. Once complete, you can download it as a PNG file, share it on your social media. It’s also an app perfect for teachers. INSERTLEARNING.

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EdTech Tools Edmodo Industry 230

Brainscape

MAY 23, 2024

But new data from a study app called Brainscape —an adaptive flashcard platform—reveals that over the past 10 years, its 6 million users have been putting in longer and longer study sessions.  Instead, a comprehensive analysis of over 6 million students has revealed that the opposite trend is true for study habits.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2017

Personal story: whenever my colleagues and I studied a new author in French class, our teacher would describe a few novels or poems by that author. She had such a gift for storytelling that we wouldn’t just remember the author for years, but we just felt the need to go to the library and find that book and read it. Closing thoughts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.

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Survey Study Data Social Media 197

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Libraries Conference Data E-rate 85

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Adams is certainly correct that teenagers aren’t reading nearly as much these days; one 2016 study suggests a third of U.S. Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. My kids are still young, but I’m always thinking of how to instill in them a passion for books, so I read on.on

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