Course 2 Articles

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Articles to ponder as you go through course 2 of COETAIL

Education technology meets its limits
TechCrunch - Jonathan Shieber
Ryan Craig Contributor Ryan Craig is managing director of University Ventures. More posts by this contributor: College for the 21st century • Hiring has gone Hollywood This week has been a good one for
Fake News about the Future of Education
edtechstrategies.com - Written by Doug Levin
1 Comment I’ve been at this technology in education thing for a long time – much of it as an analyst and researcher, some of it as a (pretty good) …
Nude selfies: what if they are just an ordinary part of teenage life?
Australia News - Elle Hunt
When Erin was 17, she went along to a seminar with her year 11 class where she was told not to photograph herself naked – and definitelynot to send such a picture to someone else. An older woman who had
6 Ways Social Media Will Change Your Classroom
teachthought.com - Ashley McCann
6 Ways Social Media Will Change Your Classroom by Ashley McCann Technology is changing the world at a rapid pace, and education isn’t exempt from the …
We’re ‘addicted’ to socializing—not our smartphones
futurity.org - Justin Dupuis-McGill
We may be glued to our smartphones because of an evolutionary drive for socializing, rather than a technological addiction to them, new research …
Making Media Literacy Central to Digital Citizenship
kqed.org - Tanner Higgin, Common Sense Education
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype around the latest and greatest classroom tech, from video games to 3-D printers to Raspberry Pi kits to VR to …
Teach Students To Use Social Media (The Right Way) And The Possibilities Are Endless
NPR - Ariana Figueroa
CJ Marple wanted to teach his young students how quickly information can spread on the Internet. So earlier this year, the third-grade science teacher wrote up a tweet with the help of his students, asking
The Emoji Is the Birth of a New Type of Language (No Joke)
WIRED - Clive Thompson
Tyler Schnoebelen has discovered something curious about why people use the skull emoji. Schnoebelen is a linguist and the chief analyst for Idibon, …
Teens Are Debating the News on Instagram
The Atlantic - Taylor Lorenz
More teenagers are getting their information from so-called flop accounts. It’s harder and harder to have an honest debate on the internet. Social-media platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook Groups
University of Oxford
Children's screen-time guidelines too restrictive, according to new research
sciencedaily.com - University of Oxford
Digital screen use is a staple of contemporary life for adults and children, whether they are browsing on laptops and smartphones, or watching TV. …
Social Media
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 …
Digital Citizenship
How might we empower students to be better digital citizens - smart, kind, and secure online? - Favorites Announced
teachersguild.org
Photojournalism
Online Photos Can’t Be Used Without Permission, EU Court Rules
petapixel.com - Michael Zhang
A Virginia federal court sparked quite a controversy among photographers last month when it ruled that copying photos found on the Internet is fair …
What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!
hechingerreport.org
When the AP United States history students at Aragon High School in San Mateo California, scanned the professionally designed pages of …
Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
medium.com
Learning to thrive in a transforming world We are on the precipice of what the World Economic Forum calls the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Artificial …
Millenials, New Media and Social Change (Part Two)
henryjenkins.org - Henry Jenkins
Education Technology
3 Classroom Tips for Stronger Digital Learning
davidgeurin.com
More and more classrooms are gaining access to digital technology. And that’s a good thing. In a world that is increasingly reliant on digital tools, …
Google Docs
Students Say They Are Not as Tech Savvy as Educators Assume
edsurge.com - ByRupa Chandra Gupta
Community Students Say They Are Not as Tech Savvy as Educators Assume By Jenny Abamu Jun 20, 2017 Student panel at NMC in Boston Photo Credit: Jenny …
Under-age social media use 'on the rise', says Ofcom
BBC News - BBC World
Half of children aged 11 and 12 have a social media profile, despite most platforms' minimum age being 13, a study from regulator Ofcom suggests. Children's charity the NSPCC called on the government act
5 Things To Know About Screen Time Right Now
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
After another round of holidays, it's safe to assume, a lot of children have been diving into media more than usual. They may have received new electronic toys and gadgets or downloaded new apps and games.
How is the internet changing the way we behave?
sciencefocus.com
As social networks like Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram absorb our time and our attention, Dr Mary Aiken – a leading expert in forensic …
Three Ways Parents Can Make Digital Media a Positive for Young Kids
kqed.org - Katrina Schwartz
Digital technologies have added a new element of anxiety to family life for many parents. A lot of kids now have access to mobile devices, which …
What social media and the selfie generation did to my teenage daughter |
TODAY
The TODAY Parenting Team is a community where anyone can write posts, ask questions and share advice. I want to say the duck face picture days are behind us but I’m not sure if that’s a safe statement
Fake News, Misinformation, and Propaganda
harvard.edu
Reports from Harvard and other universities: From the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, links to peer-reviewed articles. From the Nieman …
Critical Thinking
Study: There Are Instructions for Teaching Critical Thinking
bigthink.com
Whether or not you can teach something as subjective as critical thinking has been up for debate, but a fascinating new study shows that it’s …
What Students Can Learn By Writing For Wikipedia
NPR - Anya Kamenetz
Fake news has been, well, in the news a lot lately. But for the world's largest crowdsourced encyclopedia, it's nothing new. "Wikipedia has been dealing with fake news since it started 16 years ago," LiAnna
Trump Administration
Want to resist the post-truth age? Learn to analyze photos like an expert would
Quartz - By Nicole Dahmen
“When photography was invented,” photo historian Vicki Goldberg once said, “it was thought to be an equivalent to truth. It was truth with a capital T.” But as viewers quickly learned, seeing isn’t always
Where Weird Facebook is King: How a College Kid Does Social
Backchannel
On January 2, 2015, I wrote a viral post entitled “A Teenager’s View on Social Media,” in which I dissected popular apps and what I thought about …