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Teaching the “Netflix Generation” #LT8keys

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. However, they do acknowledge challenges or barriers to meeting the expectations of effective technology usage.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

Accompanying the commitment to provide universal access to learning technologies for learners must be a parallel effort to ensure that all students have the age-appropriate skills to use those tools to meet their educational goals, including knowledge of basic computer operations, computer programming, and media and information literacy concepts.

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Teaching the “Netflix Generation”

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. However, they do acknowledge challenges or barriers to meeting the expectations of effective technology usage.

Survey 189
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From digital citizenship to digital leadership in a South Carolina elementary school

Hapara

Whether it be social media, school use or gaming, students are almost always on some sort of digital application. The teachers define their goals (mainly based on grade-level ages) and we have morning meetings to discuss the topic of the day either about digital citizenship or social emotional learning. .

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Common Sense Media digital citizenship refresh

NeverEndingSearch

Sexting: Common Sense Media is now aging the topic down with a new lesson and video addressing the issue for middle school. Fake news (news and media literacy): addressing the research that young people often get their news from social media rather than news outlets. How do you chat safely with people you meet online?

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Why Stubborn Myths Like ‘Learning Styles’ Persist

Edsurge

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. Warren Buffett, for example, has invited people who disagree with his investment approach to ask questions at shareholder meetings.

Learning 148
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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. Social media curation efforts can help us fuel participatory culture as we build and connect communities. What’s curation? Curation is a funny word. Curating with kids.

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