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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

In the quickly shifting workforce, digital skills have become fundamental for social mobility. Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative works to expand equitable access to the digital skills, tools, and credentials that people need to succeed in today’s changing economy. Module 2: Marketing with Facebook Pages.

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Free Editable Facebook Templates for your Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

An increasing number of our students use social media and especially Facebook to socialize, connect, and (hopefully) learn. Facebook Templates! Facebook templates, as their name indicates, are templates modelled after Facebook. They are mock up templates that resemble the feel and look of Facebook.

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7 Ways to Close the Access Gap

Tom Murray

Over the past few years, districts have been working diligently to close the access gap (coined in D.C. The statistics regarding the need are clear and I believe that equity in access is one of the main issues facing school leaders today. EveryoneOn.org is a non-profit that works to support families in obtaining access at home.

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Preserving ‘Academic Mobility’ for Afghan Students and Refugees

Edsurge

Soon all over Afghanistan, Instagram and Facebook accounts were being scrubbed, papers shredded and cellphones buried to hide them from Taliban searches. And it points to the need to preserve academic mobility for those in crisis. And the fear continues: Testifying before the U.S. military withdrawal on Aug. evacuation efforts. “So

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Mobile Schools: The Next Generation in Communication and Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. We envision every school benefiting from having their own native mobile application.

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See What Facebook (Thinks It) Knows About You

ProfHacker

For example, Lee highlighted a ProPublica report on just this topic a couple of years ago, and eight years ago Mark documented how to archive your Facebook data. Anyone can download their data (on a computer, not on mobile) in a pretty straightforward way. If you use Facebook, why not take a peek at what The Machine knows?

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Quick List Of Mobile Apps For Administrators

The Web20Classroom

When it comes to mobile learning there are loads of great sites for apps for kids and teachers. The app gives you access to all your files stored in the cloud so you can retrieve them, email them, view them, and show them, again, no matter where you are. And you can share what you read via Twitter, Facebook and email.

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