The explosive growth of social media, smartphones and digital devices is transforming our kids' lives, in school and at home. Research tells us that even the youngest of our children are migrating online, using tablets and smartphones, downloading apps.
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Digizen - Home - 71 views
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"The Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours. "
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This site has been revised and provides valuable resources for classroom instruction on digital citizenship.
PLN: Personal Learning Network for Educators - 74 views
ISTE Community - 57 views
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The ISTE Community Ning is a year round social network for ISTE Members, affiliated organizations and groups, and educational leaders.
Personal Learning Network - 4 views
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"An important part of learning is to build your own personal learning network -- a group of people who can guide your learning, point you to learning opportunities, answer your questions, and give you the benefit of their own knowledge and experience."
Is the Internet hurting children? - CNN.com - 61 views
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All adults know that the teen years are a critical time for identity exploration and experimentation. Yet this important developmental phase can be dramatically twisted when that identity experimentation, however personal and private, appears permanently on one's digital record for all to see.
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Howard Gardner, a professor and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who developed the concept of multiple intelligences, calls kids' use of digital media and technology "epochal change." He compares the revolution in digital media to the invention of the printing press because of its extraordinary impact on the way we communicate, share information and interact with one another. As a society, we have no choice but to engage with this new reality and work to ensure that it affects our kids in healthy, responsible ways.
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'Amid the buzz over the Facebook IPO, the ever-evolving theories about how Twitter is reshaping our communications and speculation about where the next social media-enabled protest or revolution will occur, there is an important question we've largely ignored. What are the real effects of all this on the huge segment of the population most affected by social media themselves: our children and our teens?'
21 Signs You're a 21st Century Principal - SimpleK12 - 180 views
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Are you a 21st Century Principal? Find out!
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LOVED this article! Wish our principal was on board. We move forward with or without her - mostly without her!
TweetMeme - Search and Retweet the Hottest Stories on Twitter - 0 views
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Twitter research
Dipping into Social Media in the Classroom | EdSurge News - 33 views
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"Once the group moved past testimonials of the power of social media, co-moderators Susan Bearden, Sharon Plante, and I helped everyone dig in to discuss how social media should be used effectively in the classroom and how to encourage more colleagues to drink from the river. Bring out your buckets and spoons! "
Why Learning Through Social Networks Is The Future - 67 views
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"Learning to create, manage and promote a professional learning network (PLN) will soon become, if it's not already, one of the most necessary and sought after skills for a global citizen, and as such, must become a prominent feature of any school curriculum. "
100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom | Online College Tips - Online ... - 68 views
A Teacher's Guide to Twitter « Once a Teacher…. - 39 views
20 Ways to use Twitter in Teaching - 0 views
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Examples for K-12 students
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Academia.edu | Home - 2 views
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