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Chris Ruether

Social Media in Higher Education: A Literature Review and Research Directions | Charles... - 0 views

  • Given this insight
  • SMTs are reshaping theway students communicate
  • They utilize wall posts, event notifications, and tweets to inform students about upcoming
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  • events and
  • activities, athletic games and competitions, deadlines, reminders, general college
  • announcements, school closings due to inclement weather or other reasons, alerts, and
  • emergencies. The use of social media in recruitment, marketing, or managing the college’s brand
  • image (mostly through one-way communication) was the next most frequent purpose listed.
  • These young media consumers are more connected than
  • any previous generation, and they have an expectation to remain that way in all aspects of their lives (Prensky, 2005).
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    This article indicates the increased usage by universities and other higher education institutes of social media. It seems to imply that the more integrated a teacher is with social media such as Facebook and YouTube in the class room the better the students respond.
Alyssa Griffin

NAGC Homepage - 0 views

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    This is the website for the National Association for Gifted Children and it has many resources available. It incluldes a Frequently Asked Questions page with general questions about gifted education. The site also includes information for families and a variety of teacher tools.
Jaime Lemmer

Educational Leadership:Multiple Measures:Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards - 0 views

  • What the Research Found
  • The study results indicated that, in general, using interactive whiteboards was associated with a 16 percentile point gain in student achievement. This means that we can expect a student at the 50th percentile in a classroom without the technology to increase to the 66th percentile in a classroom using whiteboards. In addition, three features inherent in interactive whiteboards have a statistically significant relationship with student achievement. The first is the learner-response device—handheld voting devices that students use to enter their responses to questions. The percentage of students providing the correct answer is then immediately displayed on the board in a bar graph or pie chart. Using voting devices was associated with a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement. A second feature is the use of graphics and other visuals to represent information. These include downloaded pictures and video clips from the Internet, sites such as Google Earth, and graphs and charts. Use of these aids was also associated with a 26 percentile point gain in student achievement. A third feature is the interactive whiteboard reinforcer—applications that teachers can use to signal that an answer is correct or to present information in an unusual context. These applications include dragging and dropping correct answers into specific locations, acknowledging correct answers with virtual applause, and uncovering information hidden under objects. These practices were associated with a 31 percentile point gain in student achievement.
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    Robert Marzano's research on the effectiveness of interactive whiteboards in the classroom.
mary gnozzio

Effects of Violent Video Games On Agressive Behavior, Agressive Cognition, Agressive Af... - 1 views

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    This pdf shows a more specific study done on effect of video games and aggression. It also shows that it not only increases aggressive behavior but also aggressive thoughts. School violence is becoming a problem so it is important to understand things such as video games impact on children's aggression because it can help us better prevent classroom violence.
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    This pdf shows a more specific study done on the effect of video games and aggression. It also shows that it not only increases aggressive behavior but also aggressive thoughts.
Katie Savinski

7 Ways Teachers Use Social Media in the Classroom - 0 views

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    This article explains seven effective ways that teachers can incorporate social media into their classrooms. It says that social media can serve as a tool or simply a way to connect people together.
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    This article is great for generating ideas for unique ways to use social media to enhance the classroom experience for students.
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