Using Social Media in the Classroom by Megan Poore is an essential guide to Web 2.0 sites and services, providing both an overview of different types of digital technologies as well as constructive guidance on how to safely and intelligently use them as tools for learning. This comprehensive, accessible textbook combines practical information on using all forms of social media for educational purposes and provides indispensable advice on how to tackle issues…
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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October 30, 2012Mashable expertly guides teachers through the world’s largest social network with this Facebook how-to organized by the following topics: Understanding Facebook’s Atmosphere Teaching Students about Social Media Considering Your Own Privacy Using Facebook Pages Promoting School Initiatives and Communication Setting Boundaries
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October 17, 2012The MacArthur Research Network on Connected Learning has launched a website focused on connected learning, a new MacArthur Foundation-supported approach to learning. The site features a weekly webinar series with experts in the field addressing issues like democratizing education, game-like learning, and other opportunities for digital media to help open doors to achievement and opportunity. Additional resources include videos, case studies, and infographics.
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October 10, 2012The rapid expansion of Twitter, blogs, wikis, and virtual worlds has dramatically transformed the landscape of education. Through highly accessible networks, these new media can integrate students into a learning community by enabling them to create, customize, and share content online. Using Social Media Effectively in the Classroom by Kay Seo shows educators how to: Use social media to best support learners Resolve potential problems Create a powerful sense of community within…
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October 4, 2012Uniquely addressing the needs of academics and demonstrating how to use social media to benefit their teaching and research, this book is edited by Diane Rasmussen Neal, a professor librarian with an extensive background in social media teaching, consulting, research, and everyday use. It provides an overview of social media technologies in the context of practical implementation for academics, guided by applied research findings, current best practices, and the contributors…
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October 3, 2012ZDNet ponders: “Should social media be used as a learning platform and tool in education, or are the ‘risks’ too high? … Social media provides quick and effective communication but perhaps is a ‘too-open’ channel that schools and parents might not be able to regulate. In a minority of cases, the teacher-student relationship line has been crossed, but is this really enough of a reason to ban an effective teaching…
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October 1, 2012Edudemic shares 10 emerging education technologies designed to make it easier for online teachers, students, and researchers to connect and collaborate. The list includes: Knowledge Transmission for social learning Moodle for course management Scholrly for online research Skitch for sketching The SNAC Project for social archives
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September 28, 2012School leaders may be familiar with social media in their own lives, but many still need help in using social media effectively in their professional practice. In Social Media for School Leaders, author Brian Dixon has created a comprehensive guide to getting the most out of Facebook, Twitter, and other essential Web tools. The text contains detailed descriptions of the best online tools available today as well as step-by-step instructions for…
