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Sean McHugh

How Does Multitasking Change the Way Kids Learn? | MindShift - 2 views

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  • “We were amazed at how frequently they multitasked, even though they knew someone was watching,” Rosen says. “It really seems that they could not go for 15 minutes without engaging their devices,” adding, “It was kind of scary, actually.”
  • media multitasking while learning. Attending to multiple streams of information and entertainment while studying, doing homework, or even sitting in class has become common behavior among young people—so common that many of them rarely write a paper or complete a problem set any other way.
  • But evidence from psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that when students multitask while doing schoolwork, their learning is far spottier and shallower than if the work had their full attention. They understand and remember less, and they have greater difficulty transferring their learning to new contexts.
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  • Under most conditions, the brain simply cannot do two complex tasks at the same time. It can happen only when the two tasks are both very simple and when they don’t compete with each other for the same mental resources. An example would be folding laundry and listening to the weather report on the radio. That’s fine. But listening to a lecture while texting, or doing homework and being on Facebook—each of these tasks is very demanding, and each of them uses the same area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex.”
  • Young people think they can perform two challenging tasks at once, Meyer acknowledges, but “they are deluded,
  • This ability to resist the lure of technology can be consciously cultivated
  • “The good thing about this phenomenon is that it’s a relatively discrete behavior that parents actually can do something about,” she says. “It would be hard to enforce a total ban on media multitasking, but parents can draw a line when it comes to homework and studying—telling their kids, ‘This is a time when you will concentrate on just one thing.’ ”
  • Stop fretting about how much they’re on Facebook. Don’t harass them about how much they play video games. The digital native boosters are right that this is the social and emotional world in which young people live. Just make sure when they’re doing schoolwork, the cell phones are silent, the video screens are dark, and that every last window is closed but one.
Louise Phinney

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Location Based Safety Guide - 0 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 03 Apr 12
     
    interesting thing to think about - can someone find out we are away by looking at our tweets and Facebook posts and what could they do with this info
Louise Phinney

Teaching and Modeling Good Digital Citizenship | MindShift - 1 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 03 Apr 12
     
    Somewhere between kids' intuitive social savvy and their online behavior lies an opportunity for both parents and educators to teach responsible digital citizenship, and there are plenty of organizations dedicated to this task alone. Define the Line, a project of McGill University in Canada, was recently awarded a digital citizenship grant by Facebook to help further its work in creating materials to open dialogue about finding the line where joking crosses into negative or criminal behavior. The site includes videos and scenarios designed to enhance discussion of real-world digital topics. Common Sense Media recently launched a free digital citizenship curriculum categorized by age. The curriculum includes both paper-based and digital activities and teaches online safety and Internet research skills in combination with ethics.
Jeffrey Plaman

12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social Media - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 07 Sep 12
     
    We've pinpointed 12 social media mistakes that students should avoid at all costs, because after all, it's never as simple as "be responsible." And it's never as finite as "don't friend your teacher on Facebook." Social media circumstances are nuanced and vary by situation, school and user.
Louise Phinney

How Social Media can Enhance Schools as Professional Learning Communities | resourcelin... - 2 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 18 Jul 12
     
    The field of social media is a burgeoning area of communication, and one that educators cannot ignore. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Diigo, GooglePlus - these platforms for communication are not going to go away; and while there is a great deal of negative media surrounding their use, they can be harnessed to create myriad possibilities for schools as learning communities. Current research only proves the dominance of Social Media as a modern communication medium
Louise Phinney

Now You See It // The Blog of Author Cathy N. Davidson » Distraction is Our F... - 0 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 23 Feb 12
     
    If we are feeling distracted, we should pay attention to that distraction.  It may be telling us that there is something better elsewhere, something more deserving of our attention.  Or it may be telling us we are on the wrong path, just when we thought we were zooming in to that perfect conclusion of a paragraph or a project.   Or it may be telling us we need better tools, that the set-up we have is not fully appreciating the particularities and peccadilloes of our own work life and demands.  Or it may be telling us that we need better partners, or a better method, someone or something to help us over the hurdle.  Or it may just be telling us we are working too hard and we need to put down what we are doing and go outside for a walk, or stop for a cup of tea, or go for a run, or maybe just check out Facebook for a while.  Distraction is our friend because it reminds us that we are fully human, not just workers, and that our lives are complex and, trying to shut out the complexity, may in fact turn out to be the least productive way to lead a life.
Jeffrey Plaman

▶ The Social Interview Case Study - YouTube - 1 views

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  • Jeffrey Plaman on 05 Mar 14
     
    This experiment asked summer internship candidates to allow the organization to post three questions to their friends on their Facebook wall. 
Louise Phinney

Digital Kindergarten - 6 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 17 Sep 11
     
    Facebook and family communication
Louise Phinney

Infographics: 10 Beautiful Social Media Data Visualizations - 0 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 22 Jun 11
     
    How facebook affects you and your relationships is an example of an infographic on this site
Keri-Lee Beasley

More Fun With Math in Pictures - 2 views

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  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 01 Mar 15
     
    I love Instagram because it prompts me to take and share pictures of things that I might otherwise glance at then forget about. Before cell phones entered my life I rarely took pictures. Last week I took the picture that you see below. Almost as soon as it appeared in my Facebook feed via Instagram, my friend Kelly commented with, "shouldn't they be more concerned about weight than the number of people?" Kelly is a middle school math teacher so this picture was right in her wheelhouse of math prompts.
Jeffrey Plaman

Want to help prevent online bullying? Comment on Facebook | ideas.ted.com - 1 views

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  • The positive voices, when there are enough of them, keep abusive ones from spreading, just as a mostly vaccinated population protects those few people who are not. Together, we have the power to protect the most vulnerable among us.
Katie Day

Kate Hart: Citing Sources: A Quick and Graphic Guide - 1 views

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  • Louise Phinney on 17 Aug 12
     
    Academia has lots and lots and lots of systems in place for assuring that credit is always given where credit is due. If you're writing a paper, there are particular ways to cite internet sources-- even tweets and Facebook posts. But what about on the internet? We know we're supposed to cite sources, but a standardized system hasn't developed, and in the meantime, you could face a lawsuit if you steal someone else's work, even by accident. Does that mean you can't ever elaborate on someone else's ideas or repeat a little of what someone else said? Of course not. Just use some common sense and always err on the side of caution.
  • Katie Day on 26 Feb 13
     
    POSTER: "A magical guide to avoiding plagiarism" - using JKRowling as an example
Keri-Lee Beasley

Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015 | Pew Research Center's Internet & Ameri... - 1 views

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  • Boys are more likely than girls to report that they visit Facebook most often (45% of boys vs. 36% of girls). Girls are more likely than boys to say they use Instagram (23% of girls vs. 17% of boys) and Tumblr (6% of girls compared with less than 1% of boys).
  • As American teens adopt smartphones, they have a variety of methods for communication and sharing at their disposal. Texting is an especially important mode of communication for many teens. Some 88% of teens have or have access to cell phones or smartphones and 90% of those teens with phones exchange texts. A typical teen sends and receives 30 texts per day2
  • Teenage girls use social media sites and platforms — particularly visually-oriented ones — for sharing more than their male counterparts do. For their part, boys are more likely than girls to own gaming consoles and play video games.
  • Keri-Lee Beasley on 20 Apr 15
     
    Very interesting statistics on American teens' use of social media and technology.
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