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Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice Tips

The CoolCatTeacher

Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice. So, we have, obviously — across the United States and the world — we’ve got this push for social media and schools sharing their story. What tools help us let kids have input into the school social media accounts?

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Catching Up With Our Earliest EdTech Influencers 

EdTech Magazine

The premise: Curate a list of the most active, helpful and engaging educational technology specialists and teachers and yes, what are now commonly referred to as influencers to help EdTechs readers keep tabs on the latest best practices, trends and technology coming online in an era when classroom tech was evolving rapidly.

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Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School

Edsurge

(Its common for popular social media creators to get brand deals with companies that use influencer marketing ). The Newport Institute wrote about the phenomenon and negative outcomes of brain rot, categorized by scrolling on social media for long periods of time. The more you do it, the more you want to do it.

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10 Awesome Courses To Improve Your Online Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Social Media Tools in Teaching – Using Them the Right Way I’ve seen social media used in ways that aren’t very safe or effective. For example, when teachers post their video conferencing links publicly on social media, they are unknowingly allowing unwanted attendees to enter their online classrooms.

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The Skinny on Hashtags

A Principal's Reflections

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Before Twitter I referred to this as the “pound sign” on the telephone and only used it as such. Let’s start by defining what a hashtag (#) is in the sense of social media.

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How Social Media Can Help Teach Good Writing

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Jeremy Hyler According to one Common Sense Media report , on any given day, around 60 percent of teens use social media, spending an average of two hours on platforms like Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, all of which are having a big impact in the way they engage with the written word. Is it quality writing?

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Stop Ignoring Google+

A Principal's Reflections

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Comments also live in the update so you can go back and reference them at anytime. Take Twitter for example. Nor should it be considered the best learning option for all.

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