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New Tween Social Network

Filed under: Cyberbullying, Digital Citzenship by Karl Meinhardt

Check out this new social network for Tweens called EverLoop. It’s a great idea whose time is long over due for the young demographic.

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Teaching Literacy: Keeping Up with the Times

Filed under: Ed Technology by Karl Meinhardt

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.

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Online or Not, Education IS Social

Filed under: Ed Technology by Karl Meinhardt

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 [...]

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Texting Paid Off!

Filed under: Ed Technology, Student Attendance, Student Engagement, The Portland Project by Karl Meinhardt

“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 [...]

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Digital Citizenship – Addressing CyberBullying, Online Safety and Netiquette

Filed under: Cyberbullying, Digital Citzenship, Leadership, Student Behavior, Student Engagement by Karl Meinhardt

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 [...]

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Social Media: Risk vs. Reward

Filed under: Ed Technology, Leadership by Karl Meinhardt

Social networking is a shift in the way people communicate. Blocking social networking sites at work or at school is short-sighted. Does the risk of social networking sites outweigh the risk? Not if you plan to stay competitive and relevant.

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