The Case for Social Media in Schools – EdSoMe
Yesterday The Portland Project was covered in an article by Mashable entitled, The Case for Social Media in Schools. The conversation that is ensuing because of that article is really quite amazing.
Yesterday The Portland Project was covered in an article by Mashable entitled, The Case for Social Media in Schools. The conversation that is ensuing because of that article is really quite amazing.
In this lesson, students will research daily life, industries, and the political situation along the United States/Mexico border.
Are you keeping up with the times? Recent advancements in technology and social media have changed the way we read and write. On a daily basis the internet challenges us to interact and engage in new communication styles. Reading and writing are natural outcomes of today’s online world.
Every once in a while we see a news article that makes almost total sense. Here is a perfect example of one: Why Online Education Needs to Get Social. We love Marco Masoni’s argument on why education needs to engage the wonderful world of Web 2.0 in the classroom. Course quality, rich content, learning from [...]
We’ve received some great ideas on using social media in the classroom from some of the great folks that took our workshops in June. One of the homework assignments (for credit!) from the workshop required attendees to create two lesson ideas using social media in their area of expertise.
Geometry: Photo Message Scavenger Hunt Objective: Students will identify and share geometric shapes using social media. Materials: Internet access, digital cameras or cell phones Procedure: Review with students basic geometric shapes including various quadrilaterals, triangles, regular and irregular polygons, etc. Review with students (if needed) how to take pictures with digital cameras and cell phones. [...]
“Texting Paid Off!” is the subject of the email I just received from George Middle School (GMS) Principal Beth Madison. Beth and her staff hired me late last year to help them design and implement a social networking /social media strategy in her 93% free and reduced, Title I school in Portland, Oregon . One [...]
Until I began experimenting with Social Media implementation, I never realized how little differentiating I was actually doing, or just how difficult I was making my job. Utilizing technology and media tools have become my secret formula for differentiated instruction. I can easily assign a project that is appropriate, interesting and challenging for all my students using Social Media.
A great example of an educator learning from her students about Web 2.0.
In any conversation about technology in the classroom, someone is sure to mention safety and the concern over “cyberbullying”. Cyberbullying is a relatively new term that refers to the act of harassing and/or threatening someone through the use of interactive media, texting, and website postings. Multiple high profile suicide and assault cases have been linked [...]