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guidelines for regulating media with kids.

social media copyright etiquette from moms who know.

Digital Media follows the old adage "A picture is worth a thousand words!" when it comes to science and math. The use of visuals is ideal for helping students construct background knowledge for developing a better understanding of science and math concepts.

Newest PEW report on mobile and social media use. Facebook still riding high.

An interactive White Board (IWB) or SMART Board has the potential to deliver content better than traditional methods of teaching. Why? Because it provides multi-media functional interaction across audio, video, and computer media. It is also ideal for visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners. These qualities of an IWB also promote the dynamic delivery of content (if used to its full potential) in an engaging manner, which allows students to interact with science or math content their self. Examples include: * data manipulation * responding to data * even creating data So with all these attributes - "How are interactive white boards unsuccessfully used in science and math classrooms?" For the most part - not effectively!

I first came accross this in the BYU Museum of Art. The plaque described the artist as "is a video and electronic media artist who critiques popular media genres by humorously subverting their intended messages and exposing our engagement with their often juvenile content...The artist presents us with a voyeuristic world in which alternative personas can be digitally appropriated. His work poses the question: Can one find meaningful relationships in a virtual world?" Besides being an example of using technology to create art, I like the questions it raises. Do you think that technology can replace meaningful interactions?

research article on teachers developing reputations in online social media

Teach girls who is behind the media they consume.

keeping those social networking tools straight!

is it wrong for schools to look at what people freely put on the internet? If you thought it was private, don't put it on the web, people!

Rules for successfully using Web 2.0 resources

In our section on copyright, we'll talk about CC licensing, which is easier to use in presentations than stuff with regular copyright restrictions.

Great sources of CC media, which I use all the time in presentations.

A cool tool for making videos if you are using online media, such as youtube videos. 

Net nanny offers a new tool for monitoring kids' safety in social media sites. It looks like it is doing it in a smart way, should be good. 

Using the ipad for teaching and learning

Interactive whiteboards (IWB) allow science and math teachers to teach multi-sensory lessons, seamlessly jumping from one type of media to another. Interactive science or math lessons can easily integrate text, sound, video, and graphics based on the tactile nature of the IWB.

Like everything else on the Internet, trying to find images is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Without the right tools for finding science and math images on the web it is often an impossible, or at least mind-numbing, task. What is needed are search engines which make the job easier. This is where the tips and tricks provided below help this seemingly impossible task by using the top search Web 2.0 search engines and tools available today. These are valuable resources for both you and your students when trying to find just the right image for lesson or project involving digital media.