Preteens and teens may appear dazzlingly fluent, flitting among social-media sites, uploading selfies and texting friends. But they’re often clueless about evaluating the accuracy and trustworthiness of what they find.
Some 82% of middle-schoolers couldn’t distinguish between an ad labeled “sponsored content” and a real news story on a website, according to a Stanford University study of 7,804 students from middle school through college. The study, set for release Tuesday, is the biggest so far on how teens evaluate information they find online. Many students judged the credibility of newsy tweets based on how much detail they contained or whether a large photo was attached, rather than on the source.
Previously I wrote about creating bookmarks that can easily create Google documents, but since that was almost two years ago, it is time to revisit the solution. Google has special URLs (web addresses) that will create a Google document when you click on them. For the five main types of documents, the links are: Google…
Source: Today We Learned: Empower parents to start better learning conversations. Today We Learned is a free site that’s designed to streamline communication with parents. Teachers are given message starters to help create messages to be sent, and also teachers can send alerts and notifications to all parents or to a particular student’s parents. There…
Starting as a novelty in a handful of innovative classrooms, Minecraft is now a foundation of curriculums around the world. From math to art to geography and even quantum mechanics, Minecraft and imaginative educators are turning bland subjects into incredible immersive learning experiences. Source: 25 Real Ways Minecraft is Being Used in the Classroom Neat infographic on…
Yet another reason to limit Facebook use… Fake news feeder. College admissions – 7 giveaways of student social media use What do college admissions officials look at in a perspective student’s social media feed? Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons – your complete guide Hopefully will answer all of you questions about copyright!
Top 3 posts of the week Sharing: 4 Reasons That Technology Might Not Be Helping Them Learn Seems to be a recurring theme, don’t do technology for technology’s sake. ⓔ Highlight the minimum and maximum cell in a Google Sheet column #gafetip #itip15 Although it’s a little tricky to set up, I use this all…
