For the past several weeks, I have been preparing a series of workshops for school and community leaders who are ready to embrace social media and explore the powerful ways new social technologies and platforms can be used in classrooms and schools.
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Google has made it possible for us to have instant information gratification. Just start typing the first letters of your search word and the site intuits your question and offers you the smartest choice of answers. Via Nik Peachey Delete the scoop?
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Many educators are explicitly teaching online research skills, such as how to evaluate a website's credibility, how to use precise keywords, and how to better mine search engines. Via Andrea Zeitz Delete the scoop?
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There is a strong chance you will wind up miserable with no sense of purpose if you don't figure out one very important thing. Delete the scoop?
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On this short video you will see a group of 3 years old children doing the thinking routine "step inside" A routine for learning to see things from different... Via Kim Muncie Delete the scoop?
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March 31, 2:09 PM
Help kids develop skills in visual literacy by using picture books, apps, websites and other media. Delete the scoop?
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Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends. Delete the scoop?
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Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends.
Key findings include:
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on their social media profiles than they did when we last surveyed in 2006:
- 91% post a photo of themselves, up from 79% in 2006.
- 71% post their school name, up from 49%.
- 71% post the city or town where they live, up from 61%.
- 53% post their email address, up from 29%.
- 20% post their cell phone number, up from 2%.
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May 22, 11:28 AM
Youth are sharing more personal information on their profiles than in the past. They choose private settings for Facebook, but share with large networks of friends. 
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May 22, 6:29 PM
Educators should be aware of this. Will there be issues or concerns down the road? Delete the scoop?
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The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their online habits. Via Reijo Kupiainen 
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May 22, 6:36 AM
I'm not sure if I should Tweet or post on Facebook or what. Delete the scoop?
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Emaze vision – to change the way people create presentations through a simple, fully automated process that generate powerful and engaging showcases. Via Baiba Svenca, Lynnette Van Dyke 
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May 22, 7:32 AM
Zeozer aurkezpen tradizionalak eta prezi bitartean. Oraindik beta fasean (frogak egiten, baina itxurosoa..... Delete the scoop?
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In case you haven't seen this...great column by Jesse Gainer in JAAL on Pop Culture and Digital Literacies ... http://t.co/lRDJ55msYv Via Manuel Pinto, Les Howard, Lynnette Van Dyke 
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May 21, 8:49 AM
Interesting connections to Critical Literacy, Voice & Strategy Delete the scoop?
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Critical thinking and analytical thinking are not the same thing. To clarify the difference between these words, let's look at their etymology (word origins). According to the dictionary, "analyze" means to break apart into essential elements. The opposite of analyze is synthesize, or put together. "Criticize" means to evaluate or make a judgment regarding the merits or faults. The opposite of criticize in one sense would be praise, or in another sense absence of judgment. Simply looking at the two definitions, it is glaringly obvious that two different skill sets are required. So why are they often lumped together? The dictionary definition of this answer would be a stupor of thought, or the condition of not thinking. Via Mel Riddile 
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May 22, 6:04 AM
There are many types of thinking! It's extremely important to first recognize a variety, whether through Multiple Intelligences, Bloom's Taxonomy or another lens. Then students need opportunities to practice, practice, practice. Delete the scoop?
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Education Week News Q&A: Pew Researcher Analyzes Students' E-Research Skills Education Week News That upside is tempered by concerns that students' digital literacy needs to improve—in today's world, students need to know how to judge the quality... Delete the scoop?
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I get asked this question often every spring, so I'd thought I'd offer a few thoughts here on the blog. This list sticks to the (relatively) current, the books I've read or encountered since last M... Delete the scoop?
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"During the digital age, the potential for technology tools to help change the products generated during class work are unparalleled. The SAMR framework helps to flesh out a pragmatic definition of how technology changes learning. Many programs are starting to implement tablet or BYOD initiatives with exciting, transformative results. This wonderful article from Jeff Dunn at Edudemic also highlights how an iPad game can promote competition and collaboration with the use of mobile devices; generating real-time data to help teachers with instruction." Via EDTC@UTB, juandoming, Lynnette Van Dyke Delete the scoop?
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Projects vs Project Based Learning: What's the difference? http://t.co/z9JxHAZmpq #PBL Delete the scoop?
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Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Delete the scoop?
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Infographics are interesting–a mash of (hopefully) easily-consumed visuals (so, symbols, shapes, and images) and added relevant character-based data (so, numbers, words, and brief sentences). The learning application for them is clear, with many academic standards–including the Common Core standards–requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency... Via Baiba Svenca, BookChook 
LucaVanin's curator insight,
May 17, 2:38 AM
Un modo differente di presentare all'interno di un Webinar: usare direttamente le infografiche! Ecco un po' di tools utili! 
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May 23, 10:36 AM
Format: infographic Author: Andreas Link Target: teachers, learners, researchers Topic: This learning application is clear, with many academic standards - including the Common Core standards - requiring teachers to use a variety of media forms, charts, and other data for both information reading as well as general fluency.
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According to a new study, we really don't have to worry too much about the nearly 1 in 4 children without access to FarmVille at home. Delete the scoop?
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Karl was a presenter at the VizThink Conference, MI.http://www.vizliteracy.com/conference/
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"Having essential questions drive curriculum and learning has become core to many educators' instructional practices. Grant Wiggins, in his work on Understanding By Design, describes an essential quetion as: A meaning of “essential” involves important questions that recur throughout one’s life. Such questions are broad in scope and timeless by nature. They are perpetually arguable – What is justice? Is art a matter of taste or principles? How far should we tamper with our own biology and chemistry? Is science compatible with religion? Is an author’s view privileged in determining the meaning of a text? We may arrive at or be helped to grasp understandings for these questions, but we soon learn that answers to them are invariably provisional..." Via Beth Dichter, Karen Compton, Mary Perfitt-Nelson 
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March 28, 11:35 PM
Why should we teach students to develop their own essential questions? Perhaps because they may be able to develop questions that are engaging and of interest to them. In addition there is information on how to help students generate their own essential questions (additional information in the post): * Begin a New Unit with Students Developing Questions * Create a Taxonomy of Questions * Ask Students to Create Questions as Homework She also shares information on the QFT (Question Formulation Technique) which has six steps, beginning with "Teacher Design a Question Focus" and immediately moves to "Students Produce Questions" and then to "Students Improve Question" and finishes with "Students Reflect on What they have Learned." For more information (and steps 4 and 5) check out the post! 
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May 22, 12:31 PM
Remember the saying, "Children come to school as question marks and leave as periods (Neil Postman). Let's help students learn the value of questioning and being a questioner. Delete the scoop?
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He has the most viewed TED Talk of all time. Now, Sir Ken Robinson talks with us about creativity and finding your “Element.” Via juandoming Delete the scoop?
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Turns out something as simple as tweaking the color of a button changes user behavior or endears people to your product. Buffer's Leo Widrich explains... Delete the scoop?
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Gamification, digital storytelling, virtual classrooms…it’s not easy to keep track of all of the new buzzwords in the booming edtech sector. At Boundless.. Via Maggie Verster Delete the scoop?
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Theories of Learning. Connectivism: A new type of learning for the digital age Via Susan Bainbridge, juandoming, Bryan Hartsig 
Marci Segal, MS's curator insight,
May 23, 8:15 AM
Not sure I like this idea as it shows how we are building on the past. My preference would be to shift the paradigm to embrace a whole person educational orientation. Your thoughts? Should education be only about knowledge? 
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Today, 2:01 AM
We can't escape reality... learning with a permanent access to knowledge will change methodologies. Delete the scoop?
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