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New Media, Old Medium
I love my laptop. I do. But I have one hard and fast rule about laptop usage. I don’t take my computer to bed with me. There is just something about slipping under the covers with a good book that helps me unwind after staring at a screen all day.
That isn’t to say that I [...]
Survey Shows Students Need Ethics Training in Social Media
A recent post by Education Week blogger Katie Ash underscores the need to educate students on how to use social networks responsibly.
According to a survey of 17-year-olds conducted by Junior Achievement, nine out of 10 teenagers use social networks every day. More than a third of respondents said they did not consider the reactions of [...]
OMG! Technology-based Formats Increase Enjoyment of Writing
A recent study out of the UK suggests that students who write regularly, even if that writing occurs on blogs or through texting, enjoy writing more and are more confident in their writing ability than their less tech-savvy peers.
The National Literary Trust, a charitable organization dedicated to improving literacy rates in the UK, recently released [...]
Social Media Engagement: Should Teachers and Students Be Friends?
Recent efforts to make Facebook safer for kids may provide more options to control who sees what postings, but they may not address affect the fundamental conundrum facing educators – whether they can or should engage with students in social media networks like Facebook…
Friend requests from students have caused quite a dilemma for teachers in [...]
Engaging Readers on the L&L Group Page of the ISTE Community Ning
It’s been nearly a year since the staff of Learning & Leading with Technology magazine started a group on the ISTE community Ning to directly engage ISTE members with what they read in L&L. Our mission was to solicit responses for our Readers Respond and Point/Counterpoint sections, host contests, and [...]
Why Are We Still Calling it “Social Media”?
“In this networked century, where access to technology is increasing exponentially, almost everybody is reachable. But more importantly, almost everybody has the ability to connect,” says Jared Cohen in a HuffingtonPost article. “This new ability to connect is leveling the playing field and breaking down previous age, gender, socioeconomic, and circumstantial barriers to who can [...]
What Has LinkedIn Done for Your Professional Goals?
Are you a member of LinkedIn? The recent tweets about the Ed Tech Start Up Group has me thinking about the potential usefulness of this networking site.
In their LinkedIn for Dummies post, Avangate describes the networking site’s benefits as:
• Networking
• Hiring
• Posting jobs
• Get business advice; expertise
• Find high-quality passive candidates (people who are not [...]
Is Facebook As Good As Face-to-Face?
As students begin spending more and more of their socializing time on social networking sites, it seems like they would have to spend less time actually talking face to face. In fact, it seems like they don’t even talk on the phone anymore now that they’ve discovered they can text surreptitiously during class. Add to [...]
What Does Internet Blocking Suggest to Students?
This morning, a student sent me a link to an article describing the Internet crackdown occurring as official China has ‘prepared’ for the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
“Looks like schools aren’t the only place Facebook is blocked,” read the text across my inbox.
As has been reported by Reuters and elsewhere http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090602/wl_nm/us_china_internet, China has [...]
