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Recently, Donna Papacosta updated her 2014 post "Advice for new bloggers". It's a good read and certainly worthy of passing along to someone interesting in blogging themselves, including students.... Learn more: https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=PracTICE http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Blogging Via Gust MEES 
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These teachers see the internet and digital technologies such as social networking sites, cell phones and texting, generally facilitating teens’ personal expression and creativity, broadening the audience for their written material, and encouraging teens to write more often in more formats than may have been the case in prior generations. At the same time, they describe the unique challenges of teaching writing in the digital age, including the “creep” of informal style into formal writing assignments and the need to better educate students about issues such as plagiarism and fair use. Via Nik Peachey, Gust MEES
Tina Jameson's curator insight,
November 6, 2014 5:24 PM
Highly recommended reading - some stats and perceptions on the impact of digital tools on writing standards (some positive and some negative). 
CECI Jean-François's curator insight,
November 10, 2014 2:49 AM
Enquête sur la litteracie numerique, des chiffres intéressants... 
Pamela D Lloyd's curator insight,
January 12, 2015 9:46 PM
This study provides insight into the issues teachers see, positive and negative, regarding the ways in which digital tools impact student writing. Overall, they see many benefits, but there are specific areas of concern. |
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This form of networking can be coined as LINEAR. In other words, there is a network however no real hierarchy is observed in that network and people of all backgrounds are sharing their knowledge amongst each other. Students can Instagram their teacher, who can send a Tweet to a parent, who can email the senior leadership – and the web grows from there. No one has asked to contact. They just can. Social media brings the freedom to do so. The usual rules of protocol are not observed. Generation Y has been setting a precedence as a generation that wants to network linearly as collaborators of a community that transfer knowledge from one to another. The idea that they need permission to contact a superior before contacting another and another… is quickly becoming obsolete, because they can reach out to anyone through social media. Therefore, why bother asking! It can be said that Generation Y were raised with the notion that they have access to everyone, from teachers after school hours, to celebrities, to the CEO of companies. “In a traditional model of networking you would go through your immediate supervisor to obtain information,” said Howitt. “However, we are seeing many examples of skipping those traditional steps in the chain of command and creating a linear network of information sharing.” Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
December 10, 2014 1:03 PM
This form of networking can be coined as LINEAR. In other words, there is a network however no real hierarchy is observed in that network and people of all backgrounds are sharing their knowledge amongst each other. Students can Instagram their teacher, who can send a Tweet to a parent, who can email the senior leadership – and the web grows from there. No one has asked to contact. They just can. Social media brings the freedom to do so. The usual rules of protocol are not observed. Generation Y has been setting a precedence as a generation that wants to network linearly as collaborators of a community that transfer knowledge from one to another. The idea that they need permission to contact a superior before contacting another and another… is quickly becoming obsolete, because they can reach out to anyone through social media. Therefore, why bother asking! It can be said that Generation Y were raised with the notion that they have access to everyone, from teachers after school hours, to celebrities, to the CEO of companies. “In a traditional model of networking you would go through your immediate supervisor to obtain information,” said Howitt. “However, we are seeing many examples of skipping those traditional steps in the chain of command and creating a linear network of information sharing.”
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There’s a direct correlation between moral character and success. We lose something very important when character is treated as an afterthought. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Character - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethics Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
October 21, 2014 10:56 AM
There’s a direct correlation between moral character and success. We lose something very important when character is treated as an afterthought. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Character - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Ethics 
Melissa Marshall's curator insight,
October 22, 2014 2:14 AM
There’s a direct correlation between moral character and success. We lose something very important when character is treated as an afterthought.Developing moral character is something we need to address in schools - and it becomes more pertinent through the lens of social media interactions. |
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Blogging
This article lists some great pieces of advice for anyone blogging out there.