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achraf Touati

Education Week: Parents See Social-Media Benefits for Children - 0 views

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shared by achraf Touati on 31 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • More than half of the 728 parents surveyed thought social media made their children more open-minded.
  • Of the parents surveyed, 71 percent believe that 13 is the right age to let their children use Facebook. Christophersen said that’s usually the right choice.
  • Lynch ruled out Facebook for her children until they hit high school. Internet browsing is restricted to G-rated sites and cut off altogether after 9 p.m. and on Sundays. Cell phones cannot charge overnight in the bedroom. That keeps her children from texting in the middle of the night. “I feel like I’m alone,” she said. “There aren’t many people that have a plan like this in place.”
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  • Parents often falsely assume that schools monitor their child’s social media accounts daily. “With nearly 29,000 students,” said Olathe School District spokeswoman Maggie Kolb, “that would be nearly impossible.”
  • Parents have been surprised to learn that school districts are greatly limited in how they can respond to complaints. Often, the offending Tweet or Facebook post happens outside school. The district will get involved if a threat is made that could disrupt or directly impact the school day.
  • achraf Touati on 31 Aug 12
     
    "Many parents think that social media made their children open minded" according to a very recent survey. This article also discusses a very important issue: online bullying among children)and are the schools doing enough to prevent this issue.
Tara Peters

The Tech-Driven Classroom Is Here, But Grades Are Mixed - Forbes - 1 views

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      Tara Peters on 28 Aug 12
       
      I love this idea! My MSN was through WGU, which is online and competency based. This is for me the best way to learn. I can spend as much or as little time as I need to master the material and then move on. I was not limited by others pacing or forced to drag a course out to fill a prescribed time period. If only all education could be like this! *gazed wistfully off into space, dreaming...
  • the top-down model of instruction isn’t working in 21st-century classrooms.
    • Tara Peters
      Tara Peters on 28 Aug 12
       
      This may be true in many settings, but I teach nursing and I cannot imagine trying to be too flexible with the nursing education. Some aspects of it can be online, simulations, and so forth, but information must be delivered from the top down in this instance for the most part. Students must master certain skills and concepts, and they must meet a specific timeline in order to graduate. In addition, they must pass the NCLEX in order to become licensed. Our students must perform on the job or our grads will not get hired. So, I completely support the idea of open entry open exit, non time based, competency based education! But, as with all things, we must recognize the limits of different models and technologies and apply them wisely to get the most possible out of our efforts.
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  • In a similar way, education technology now personalizes learning by enabling students to learn at their own pace, in their own way.
Megan Jacobson

10 Reasons to use Diigo - 6 views

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shared by Megan Jacobson on 28 Aug 12 - Cached
  • you're less likely to lose all your bookmarks in the event of a hard drive meltdown: you just move on to a different computer.
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      Megan Jacobson on 28 Aug 12
       
      Wish I would have known about this before! Starting over on a new computer since my old one crashed. This would have been useful to save all of my bookmarks. Very good reason to use Diigo!
    • Megan Jacobson
      Megan Jacobson on 28 Aug 12
       
      In addition to the benefits of saving your bookmarks on the internet I like the idea of having the ability to highlight specific content. Very useful to quickly access the information you want and bypass the information you don't.
    • Kathy Strickland
      Kathy Strickland on 31 Aug 12
       
      Thanks, Megan. This is a good overview of bookmarks. The problem I'm having in trying to use the bookmark, highlighting, and other tools is that they are not readily visible on my screen. I can see them when I save "Diigolet" in my Favorites, but then I have to scroll all the way to the top to access them. Do you know of a way to get them to stay on the right or left of your screen? Thanks, Kathy
    • Sherri Harrelson
      Sherri Harrelson on 31 Aug 12
       
      Hi Kathy! When I open Google Chrome, I have a little icon at the top right corner that appears. It has all of the features I need (i.e. sticky notes, highlighting, etc.). Maybe if you try installing Google Chrome it will be more effective for you? I think I even saw a taskbar under the "tools" section in Diigo which may be helpful if you're planning on extensive use. I can honestly say that if I had to go through all the trouble you described, I would probably never use the features!
    • Megan Jacobson
      Megan Jacobson on 04 Sep 12
       
      Kathy, I chose to use the Diigo toolbar which is very helpful. You just sign in and all of the Diigo tools are right there!
Jeremy Kemp

Culture Freedom Day - Free Culture? - 1 views

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  • Jeremy Kemp on 27 Aug 12
     
    since all creative work can be considered as a derivative of something an author has experienced (studies, reading, traveling, his friends' lives, etc); Free Culture is really just acknowledging it and providing society with the same rights.
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