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.
No, your principal, superintendent, nor fellow teacher is going to ask you to purchase gift cards through an email. E-mail and phishing scams It seems like every so often one of our teachers will get an email supposedly from their principal or our superintendent, saying that they are unavailable to be called or texted at…
Trying to find a perfect rhyme for that text message? What about a witty pun to post to Twitter? Well, the Hemingboard keyboard can help you with that. Hemingboard allows you to find the perfect word, whether you are looking for a pun, synonyms, or rhyme, it’s all there. It’s a pretty cool app! The keyboard for…
This is part 5 of 13 Gmail hacks for teachers. Google groups is a service offered by Google to create email listservs. While some of its functionality can be duplicated with Google Classroom, there are times when having a Google Group comes in handy. First, you will need to know if Google Groups is turned…
Ten years ago, communication between teachers and families consisted of newsletters and phone calls. Now, with the proliferation of smartphones and computers, there are several more options for communication. I’m going to focus on more immediate forms of communications, for example sending home time sensitive information. One of the most popular is the Remind. Remind…
Most presentations are linear in format, one slide after another. What if you wanted to make it more interactive, allowing your students to choose the path they take? Well, you can with Google Slides. I’ve made the sample presentation public so you can see how the final product works. The following video shows how you…
