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"...a little chart explaining social media through donuts." Great to use when explaining the various tools to educators.

"Social networking may have been born in a dorm room. But when it comes to equipping students with the social media skills demanded by today's jobs, colleges are failing miserably."

"The New Learning Institute delivers engaging, personalized, project-based digital media programs to young people and educators. We work in classrooms, after-school centers, museums, and cultural institutions, or wherever learning takes place. Using the latest mobile technologies and digital media practices and tools, we help young people explore their interests, direct their own learning, and better prepare themselves for living and working in the 21st century."

"One of the most common questions we get is, "But where do we find the time to use all this new technology?" To answer that question, we developed this infographic - A Day in the Life of a Connected Educator to show that using social media in your classroom and in your life can be integrated, easy, and fun."

Post from Open Thinking by Alex Couros By putting on blinders or say that technology and social media are "out there" do we do our students a disservice by not teaching them how to navigate or take hold of their own media persona 

"Social media analytics can be a boon for businesses that use it wisely. Two founders of social data start-ups explain what they've learned so far."

Comprehensive list of Renee Hobbs' publications on Media Literacy

Getting teachers to think about using social media for learning requires that they participate in social media for professional development.

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So how does each of the words in the blog post title - scouts, community, camping and social media - relate to each other? Let me tell you the connection.

video about our world and the power of social media.

A fascinating analysis of the evolving role of journalism in the age of social media. Clear writing, engaging infographics. Great for lessons in MANY high school classrooms. 

An excellent post with resources on developing and building a personal learning network.

Media Literacy NAMLE

What is Project Look Sharp? Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College that develops and provides lesson plans, media materials, training, and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels.

Nice collection of resources from the National Archives shared through social media.

"For teenagers these days, social media is real life, with its own arcane rules and etiquette."