COETAIL Ponderings

Latest news, trends, tips, articles and blog posts collated for and by CoETaILers around the globe. Grab a cuppa - you might be here a while!

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Kim Cofino
The dodgy, vulnerable fame of YouTube's child ASMR stars
Wired UK - Amelia Tait
On June 3 2018, Makenna Kelly, a 13-year old from Fort Collins, Colorado, uploaded the video that propelled her to internet stardom. Entitled “Eating …
Kim Cofino
Ohio State University
A professor in Ohio takes attendance on Twitter, posts homework on Slack, and holds office hours at 10 p.m. - and it shows
businessinsider.in
Defined as those born after 1997, Generation Z is growing up in a world where smartphones, social media, and content-streaming are ubiquitous. And now …
Kim Cofino
Is a Social Media Presence More Powerful Than a Degree?
createcultivate.com - Arianna Schioldager
It started with an Instagram post. "I remember the old days when you needed a degree and a resume to get a job. Now you need 10k followers and a …
Kim Cofino
Millenials, New Media and Social Change (Part Two)
henryjenkins.org - Henry Jenkins
Kim Cofino
When Coaching Teachers Has Curiosity As Its Primary Goal
kqed.org - Katrina Schwartz
How can school leaders push for innovation when every year 15 to 20 percent of the teaching staff turns over, along with a similar number of …
Kim Cofino
Technology Will Replace Many Doctors, Lawyers, and Other Professionals
Harvard Business Review - Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind
Faced with the claim that AI and robots are poised to replace most of today’s workforce, most mainstream professionals — doctors, lawyers, accountants, and so on — believe they will emerge largely unscathed.
Kim Cofino
The Top Jobs In 10 Years Might Not Be What You Expect
Fast Company - By Michael Grothaus
We talked to three futurists to find out what the hot jobs of 2025 could be, and their answers may surprise you. Editor’s Note: This article is one of the top 10 Leadership stories of 2015. See the full
Kim Cofino
ADHD
How to Turn on the Part of Your Brain That Controls Motivation
kqed.org
We know we should put the cigarettes away or make use of that gym membership, but in the moment, we just don't do it. There is a cluster of neurons …
Kim Cofino
Everyone is born creative, but it is educated out of us at school
The Guardian - Tham Khai Meng
Businesses urgently need innovative people, so we must dispel the myth that creativity is something mysterious that cannot be encouraged Whenever I hear the phrase “creative industries” I’m always surprised.
Kim Cofino
I Used to Be a Human Being
New York Magazine - Andrew Sullivan
I was sitting in a large meditation hall in a converted novitiate in central Massachusetts when I reached into my pocket for my iPhone. A woman in …
Kim Cofino
Culture is Everything in Schools
katielmartin.com - Katie Martin
I read this article recently, Workplace Culture is Everything: 20 Ideas For Building a Thriving Team. In the article the author describes two …
Dana Watts
Early In The Early Voting
HuffPost - Michael P. McDonald
Another week of early voting has passed. In collaboration with the Associated Press Election Research Group, we are tracking at least 74,836 people who have voted in the 2016 election as of this weekend.
Kim Cofino
Snapchat
Snapchat is just 'Snap' now
Mashable - Damon Beres
Snapchat is losing the "chat." The company has been renamed Snap Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported late Friday night. Cleaner, right? That's not all: The company will also release video-recording
Kim Cofino
The jobs of the future – and two skills you need to get them
weforum.org - Simon Torkington
Could a robot do your job? Millions of people who didn’t see automation coming will soon find out the painful way. The answer is a resounding yes. The …
Jeff Utecht
Instead Of A Book Report, My Students ‘Wrote’ A Video
teachthought.com - TeachThought Staff
...The post Instead Of A Book Report, My Students ‘Wrote’ A Video appeared first on TeachThought.
Jeff Utecht
Seesaw vs. EduBlog vs. Weebly vs. Showbie
google.com
Hi everybody, I tried to compare the following in order to decide for the right tool for digital portfolio work in Preschool / Elementary School. …
Kim Cofino
The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are not software engineers. The most lucrative salaries got to product managers
Quartz - Michael J. Coren
In Silicon Valley, software engineer is synonymous with eye-watering compensation. Monthly salaries for engineering interns (about $81,600 per year annualized) are about twice the median wage in the rest
Kim Cofino
Trolls like those involved in Gamergate are even more hostile when they're using their real names on social media networks
Quartz - Michael J. Coren
Anonymity, we often assume, is the breeding ground for bad behavior on the internet. Among the gatekeepers of comment sections and social media sites, the conventional wisdom is that anonymity empowers
Kim Cofino
PlayGround +
facebook.com - Play Video
The autopsy of a beached whale in the Philippines has provided these upsetting images. Up to 40 kg of plastic were extracted from its …
Kim Cofino
Why Don't Educators Want to Be Coached?
edweek.org - Peter DeWitt
By onAugust 1, 2016 7:40 AM It's time for the Olympics. It's always very exciting to watch athletes hit the biggest milestone of their lives. Going to …
Kim Cofino
5 Things Teachers Want from PD, and How Coaching and Collaboration Can Deliver Them—If Implementation Improves
edsurge.com - Karen Johnson
We rarely accept “sit and get” instruction as ideal for our students. So why is it still the most common form of professional development for …
Kim Cofino
Students
What's At Risk When Schools Focus Too Much on Student Data?
kqed.org
In a struggling Newark, N.J., public school, I've seen bulletin boards showing the test scores of each grade compared with state averages. And in one …
Kim Cofino
Introduction to the Optimized Brain, with Steven Kotler
bigthink.com - Steven Kotler
Steven Kotler: Flow is technically defined as an optimal state of consciousness. A state of consciousness where we feel our best and we perform our …
Kim Cofino
The Importance Of Getting Things Wrong
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
Think about our planet for a second. Earth has an elliptical — oval-shaped — orbit. That means we're closer to the sun for one part of the year and farther away another part of the year. Does that fact
Kim Cofino
Spelling
Stop. Using. Periods. Period.
medium.com - Washington Post
by Jeff Guo Have you ever watched parents try to text with their children? One hilarious type of misunderstanding goes like this: The poor mom or dad …
Kim Cofino
Rijksmuseum
Technology and the death of civilisation
medium.com - José Picardo
Earlier this week I walked into a classroom during morning break and saw a group of three girls sitting on the floor concentrating silently on their …
Kim Cofino
Nonacademic Skills Are Key To Success. But What Should We Call Them?
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
More and more people in education agree on the importance of learning stuff other than academics. But no one agrees on what to call that "stuff". There are least seven major overlapping terms in play.