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A social-media guide for public broadcasters targets the skeptical and the ambitious Until now, hundreds of independent NPR and PBS affiliates have had no common resource for best practices in social media. By Andrew Phelps Even though NPR and PBS have social media policies (while other news organizations choose not to and still others debate their value), hundreds of independent public broadcasters have shared no common resource for social-media best practices. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting wants to fill that gap with a newly released social media handbook for stations, which is hosted at the National Center for Media Engagement website. CPB commissioned the marketing firm iStrategy Labs to write a guide that targets a broad audience: not just the stations who need guidance, but the stations who still need convincing of social media's value."

How do we prepare students for work that hasn't been invented yet? While it's difficult to predict what the social and economic climate will be like in the years to come, we can analyze trends and extrapolate future scenarios.

This teaching and learning blog from the NYTimes has questions for students along with links to related NYTimes articles. 

Doug Bradshaw's blog excellent ideas on Digital lLiteracies

This article outlines how subtitled educational videos provide the ideal Visual Learning and curriculum teaching environment for children with Dyslexia, and dyslexic students generally. Published by Zane Education this article discusses the ways and techniques in which their comprehensive library of online educational videos can be used by students with Dyslexia to effectively study 11 curriculum subjects without being held back by textbooks, and can at the same time be used to improve their reading skills.

This is the third article in a series published by Zane Education on Visual Learning and the use of subtitled educational videos. This article looks at the benefits of using subtitled educational video by the average child or student that does not suffer from any difficulties or disabilities. Very useful information for teachers and parents alike!

Why the cloud's important for education

Shopping is not an easy task. When it comes to buy a gadget for your work related needs, you need to be very specific and attentive. In this tutorial, we are highlighting business features among the different operating systems as well as the best specs for business which you should keep in mind while purchasing your smartphone.