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Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Economics
Educators share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching economics.
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Anne Collier - Digital Media, Technology and the Internet
Editor of NetFamilyNews.org and founder and executive director of its parent organization, Net Family News, Inc., Anne is a writer and youth advocate who has worked in the news media since 1980. With SafeKids.com's Larry Magid, she...
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Scott Rocco - Leadership Trends in Education Social Media, Technology & Professional Development
Scott Rocco, Ed.D., is a Superintendent in New Jersey, adjunct professor at The College of New Jersey, instructor in the NJEXCEL program, presenter, and co-founder/co-moderator of #Satchat on Twitter. Scott has given keynote, conference...
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Tips for Teachers: Protecting Students' Privacy on Social Media
Social media can pose risks to students' privacy, but these risks can be managed with informed, intentional use. There's also a huge upside: Teachers can use social media to share best practices, provide an authentic audience for...
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Howard Rheingold - Net Smart How to Thrive Online
Rheingold was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1964 to 1968. His senior thesis was entitled "What Life Can Compare with This? Sitting Alone at the Window, I Watch the Flowers Bloom, the Leaves...
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Shannon McClintock Miller at BLC14 - Being a Connected Educator
Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014. Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian at Van Meter Community School, Iowa. She encourages her students to have a voice while learning, creating, collaborating, and...
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Lisa Nielsen - The Innovative Educator
Lisa Nielsen is the director of digital literacy and citizenship at the New York City Department of Education, and creator of the "Innovative Educator" blog and The Innovative Educator learning network and author of Teaching Generation...
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Creators, Joiners, Collectors, the People Who Make Up Social Media
When looking at the people within social media there are numerous roles people can play. Most people think of the creators, the people who make the videos, write the blogs, and develop the content, but there are many other people that...
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William Gaudelli - Global Citizenship Education
"William Gaudelli is associate professor of social studies and education and Coordinator of the Program in Social Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research areas include global citizenship education and teacher...
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Jeff Gomez Part 1 - Responding to New Technology
Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, is the world's leading expert at expanding entertainment properties, premium brands, and socio-political themes into highly successful transmedia narratives and international campaigns....
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Steve Dembo - Telling Your Story
A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Online Community Manager, Steve Dembo, is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking, winning recognition from the Online Education...
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Chris Lehmann - Teachers Make a Difference - Tom Sobol
Chris Lehmann is the founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, a progressive science and technology high school in Philadelphia, PA. The Science Leadership Academy is an inquiry-driven, project-based, 1:1 laptop school that...
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Carl Hooker - Teachers Make a Difference - Ray Hooker
Carl has been an educator for the past 21 years. He has held a variety of positions in both multiple districts, from 1st grade teacher to Virtualization Coordinator. He’s a father of three girls, Sophia, Lauren, and Caroline and a...
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Howard Rheingold - Teachers Make a Difference
Rheingold was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1964 to 1968. His senior thesis was entitled "What Life Can Compare with This? Sitting Alone at the Window, I Watch the Flowers Bloom, the Leaves...
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Steve Dembo - Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom
As a former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Steve Dembo is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking. Currently serving as Discovery Education's Director of Social Media Strategy and Online...
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Vicki Davis - Reinventing Writing
Currently at Westwood Schools, in Camilla, Georgia, Vicki is transforming the way people think about teaching by sharing stories from her BYOD classroom. Vicki blogs at the popular Cool Cat Teacher Blog and made Mashable's Top 10 list of...
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Erin Klein - Teachers Make a Difference
Erin Klein is an award winning educator, national keynote speaker, author, and mother who has been twice selected to serve on the Scholastic, Inc. Top Teaching Team based in New York. Her recent publication, Amazing Grades, was a...
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Josh Stumpenhorst - Pushing Limits
Josh Stumpenhorst is a 6th grade Language Arts and Social Science teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, IL which is part of Naperville Community School District 203. In addition to teaching, he is an athletic director,...
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Jeff Gomez Part 2 - On Bullying Never Surrender!
"Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, is the world's leading expert at expanding entertainment properties, premium brands, and socio-political themes into highly successful transmedia narratives and international campaigns....
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Scott McLeod - Transforming Schools
Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. After 14 years as an Educational Leadership professor, Dr. McLeod currently serves as the Director of...
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Julian Vasquez Heilig - Teachers Make a Difference - Tom Heslop
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of...
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Amy Burvall at BLC14 - Fostering Creativity
Filmed at Building Learning Communities 2014. I've been a Hawai'i private school teacher for 20 years and am currently on a Theory of Knowledge learning journey with IB Diploma students at Le Jardin Academy. You can find me in various...
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Steven W. Anderson - The Learning Evangelist - Be Awesome Today!
Steven W. Anderson is an educator, speaker, blogger and Dad from Winston-Salem, NC. As a former Director of Instructional Technology and Instructional Technologist and Classroom Teacher, Steven is a recognized expert in the infusion of...
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Scott Higgins - Film in the Classroom
Scott Higgins is a professor and chair of the College of Film and the Moving Image at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. He teaches courses about film history, genre, and aesthetics. He is the author of Harnessing the...