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Volume 15 | Issue 3 | October 10, 2019
Teachers report that many students, despite being "digital natives," need guidance to use social media beyond entertainment purposes. How do educators decide when to favor face-to-face communication and when to embrace Twitter, Instagram, and other networks as educational tools?
It’s a delicate balance to strike, say the contributors to this issue, but it can be done. Rather than see online platforms as a distraction, here's how to harness them for teaching and learning.
Devorah Heitner
By directly addressing the challenges and benefits of technology, teachers provide more opportunities for learning, increase trust, and improve classroom harmony.
Kate Stoltzfus
Teachers report that many students, despite being "digital natives," need guidance to use online platforms beyond entertainment purposes. Experts Ai Addyson-Zhang, Ainee Fatima, and Megan Poore share how they expand students' sense of what learning can be.
Monica Burns
Prepare students to interact in online spaces using classroom experiences that connect to the content they consume and create daily.
Paul Barnwell
Using analytic methods like close reading and the scientific method, teachers can guide students as they unpack complex topics addressed in memes, videos, and other social media posts. This practice fosters student engagement and builds a bridge for analyzing more traditional texts.
Sarah McKibben
From 2nd graders taking over classroom Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat accounts, to high school students running school Facebook accounts, a growing number of educators are asking students to narrate their stories on social media.
Daniel G. Krutka and Jeffrey P. Carpenter
Social media can no longer be excluded from civic education.
Tara Laskowski
Six educators who've become popular voices on social media share advice for developing online professional learning networks.
Eric Sheninger
One educator's journey toward realizing the power of digital tools.
Patrick Larkin
Technological resources make it easier to get the word out—and in.
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