72 Slides Prove Why Twitter Is Not Very Social
Don’t put all your communication eggs in one basket. At least make sure that one basket isn’t Twitter. According to a new study by a group of researchers at Korea’s Advanced Institute of Science and...
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Why Today's Students Are The Smartest Ever (And Wired Differently)
According to Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital, today’s students are the smartest ever. In the video below, he discusses how students, or the ‘net generation,’ are growing up digitally and are...
View ArticleFor Student Eyes Only: Newest Social Network Creates Secure Online Classroom
Many teachers and higher ed administrators across the globe rely on Facebook, Ning, blogs, and chat rooms to have an interactive online classroom session. The biggest problem? None of these options are...
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Meet The Parents
Last week on #edchat we discussed the myths of social media and how it gets a bad reputation. The conversation was scattered in many directions, but most came back to one simple solution: transparency....
View ArticleGoogle Wave Cancelled.
So much for incorporating Google Wave into the classroom. In fact, you won’t really be able to use it anywhere. Google has just announced that they are abandoning the project but will leave the code...
View ArticleNew Social Networking Platform For Teachers Mixes Google Docs, Ning, Twitter,...
You can’t swing a tweet these days without hitting a new social networking site. Most are not great but there are a select few that you should keep your eye on. Diipo.com (no relation to Diigo as far...
View ArticleThe Big Change To Facebook's Like Button
There’s always been a nice option on most websites to either ‘Like’ an article or ‘Share’ an article via Facebook. When you liked something, it showed up as a smaller link in your feed. But when you...
View ArticleHow Many Teachers Use LinkedIn? The Official Answer Is In.
LinkedIn is huge with teachers and education professionals. According to today's release from the social network, there are now more than 100 Million users on LinkedIn. Just how many of those are...
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COMING SOON: Edudemic Promoting Innovation Through Google+
At Edudemic, one of our goals is to support learning innovation, and through Google+, we’re set to offer interviews, panel discussions, and content-specific sessions. The post COMING SOON: Edudemic...
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Squag: A Social Network All About Autism
Squag is a social networking platform specifically for tweens and teens on the autism spectrum.The post Squag: A Social Network All About Autism appeared first on Edudemic.
View ArticleHow Parents Really Feel About Social Networking
Let's take an up close and personal look at why students use, and parents generally dislike, social networking.The post How Parents Really Feel About Social Networking appeared first on Edudemic.
View ArticleThe Teacher’s Cheat Sheet For Edmodo
I'd like to share a powerful cheat sheet for Edmodo that I stumbled across today. It's available on Google Drive right now but I've embedded it below to make your life a little bit easier.The post The...
View ArticleUNH Study: Social Networking Does NOT Hurt Your GPA
Think all that time spent on facebook is hurting your or your child’s GPA? Think again. According to a report by the University of New Hampshire, social networking has no effect on GPA. However, this...
View ArticleNYU Students Building New Secure Social Network, Focusing On Privacy
It doesn’t want to be the new facebook. Heck, the new social networking platform currently under development at NYU has one goal: security. Four students at New York University’s Courant Institute of...
View ArticleThe Must-Have Guide To Networking At ISTE
I love attending conferences! Each year I cannot wait for the ISTE Conference because I enjoy the learning and I crave the creative ideas that inspire me to make rich transformations to my teaching....
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