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Here are a few tips for creating your social media profile. Simple, but effective.

Some interesting lesson ideas that could be used in a variety of disciplines. Math, Science, Social Studies, RLA - take a look.

danah was apparently on a roll today, here's another great article "The United States can only function as a healthy democracy if we find a healthy way to diversify our social connections, if we find a way to weave together a strong social fabric that bridges ties across difference."

Great list of websites for media sharing, digital storytelling, managing/organizing, social networking, content resources, and curriculum collaboration.

"A noted Harvard social scientist documents the pitfalls and promises of computerized technology in business life."

Some great resources for building lessons based on inquiry in your classroom.

"After gathering their list of ideas I presented them with a challenge - tie in all the core areas of curriculum - writing, science, reading, math and social studies into their passion and present a final project the represents all of these areas."

This is a MUST listen to episode of TED Radio Hour about the impact of social media on us and how few of people are actually part of creating it: "We're swimming in this digital environment that is created and hand-crafted by a handful of companies with deliberate goals to capture human attention. Now you have 2 billion people, 25% of population and 90% of GDP, whose thoughts are shaped by this handful of 20 to 40 year old mostly engineers and designers in CA. … This problem is underneath all other problems." Tristan Harris

Some fascinating thoughts about media literacy in this era of fake news from one of my to go resources (danah boyd) for social media info for parents & teens. "Media literacy asks people to raise questions and be wary of information that they're receiving. People are. Unfortunately, that's exactly why we're talking past one another."

These adaptations of Bloom's Taxonomy could be helpful for both helping student's choose topics and also helping them evaluate and dig deeper on any topic.