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Few Winners In Anonymous Social Networking, And Secret’s Not One Of Them | TechCrunch
This article describes how anonymous social media apps decline in use once they are mandated to sanitize their content, ie- nor more anonymous cyberbullying.
- Actually, what anonymous social networking for the most part offered was yet another reminder that when people no longer have to stand behind their words, they can say some pretty terrible things.
- Anonymous features in Ask.fm, for example, were referenced as being directly contributing to a good handful of teen suicides, and following its revamp toward more “safe” networking policies, newcomer Yik Yak appeared to be ready to pick up the slack as one of the top mobile-first anonymous networks
- On Yik Yak, which combines anonymity with location-based networking, cyberbullying became so bad this year that the company had to implement technology to block the app on school grounds around the U.S
- In short: when the trash talk dropped, so did the app’s popularity
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/26/2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/25/2015
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5 Tech Implementation Challenges for Teachers | Edudemic
I plan to apply this to our maker initiative.
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5 Ways to Make Professional Looking Google Documents | Teacher Tech
Monday, March 23, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/24/2015
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5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools | Edutopia
- Formative assessment is done as students are learning. Summative assessment is at the end (like a test).
- Good teachers in every subject will adjust their teaching based upon what students know at each point. Good formative assessment removes the embarrassment of public hand raising and gives teachers feedback that impacts how they're teaching at that moment. Instant feedback.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Two New Apps That Are Great for Recording Audio Interviews
Story Corps looks to be the most promising given that it feeds questions to the interviewer based on the relationship between the two people in the interview.
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App for interviewing purposes. Students can see the questions on their tablet or phone as they are recording. The questions are suggested based on the relationship between the two people.
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ePals Challenges | - ePals Global Community
Think about a real world problem and come up with a solution.
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Top education nation is shaking up how school is taught.
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http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7095.pdf
7 Things you should know about makerspaces
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/19/2015
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Educational Mashups Mozilla Popcorn Maker 2014 Tutorial - YouTube
Eleven minute tutorial that takes you through all of the features of Mozilla Popcorn Maker. Consider using it to teach a lesson on fair use. Better alternative to iMovie.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Educational Resources & Tech Tools 03/17/2015
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Dam and Reservoir Career Day Display - Album on Imgur
This is inspiration for a possible STEAM project, could be tied into an ancient history unit.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Five Ways Students Can Share Videos Without YouTube
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See weather as it's happening around the world.
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Math and Science Apps and Extentions
These apps and extensions work with Google Chrome for enhanced lessons in the math and science classroom.
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