You can’t use everything you find on the web on your website. Most of the laws and rules that cover fair use and education were written well before the invention of the web. They don’t appl…
Source: The Educator’s Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons – The Edublogger
If you have any questions on copyright, and how fair use and Creative Commons work, then add this to your reading list!
Dale Carnegie famously called one’s own name the “sweetest, most important sound in any language.” And according to new research, knowing each other’s names might also help bring out the best in us. A study published earlier this month in the journal Science Advances examines the effects of onymity – that is, the opposite of anonymity –…
Experts agree that parent involvement in education is one of the biggest predictors of student success. So where can parents begin? We’ve compiled a list of articles, videos, and other resources to help you engage productively with your kids’ teachers and school. Source: Parent Partnership in Education: Resource Roundup | Edutopia Involving parents in the…
The wide availability of user-provided content in online social media facilitates the aggregation of people around common interests, worldviews, and narratives. However, the World Wide Web is a fruitful environment for the massive diffusion of unverified rumors. In this work, using a massive quantitative analysis of Facebook, we show that information related to distinct narratives––conspiracy…
“We dropped over $10,000 last year on a math product, but I’m not sure if it’s really helped our students learn.” Sound familiar? Source: How Do We Know When Technology Helps—or Hurts—the Classroom? Educators at ISTE Weigh In | EdSurge News Trying to gauge the effectiveness of any teaching strategy is difficult, so this question…
Many people are now far more familiar with their walls than they thought they would be. The walls in their homes, that is. Most every organization has been thrust into the future of work. What will determine failure or success in this brave new world? Every day, they stare at them, hoping for an idea…
As a professional corporate trainer, I take the same care and attention when I prepare the room for a train-the-trainer workshop. I want my participants to feel welcome, comfortable and relaxed—just as if I were welcoming them into my own home. Depending on the workshop I’m delivering, we may be spending anywhere from one to five days together,…
