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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Innovation in Education - Social Media's Role in Education

"The following is a summary from 1,575 interviews with students, teachers and parents in the U.S., Germany and China. What we found is that students, teachers and parents agree that technology is critical to learning, but have differing opinions about how best to use it in the classroom." The information is often shown through infographics and you may find some quite surprising.

Laura O'Brien's curator insight, December 5, 2014 12:04 PM

Being that I was bought up in an era that had just introduced great technology, social media was not as heavily popular when I was in grade school. Therefore, I've always been curious about the role of social media in education. This is a great read. 

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The State of the News Media 2012 - Pew Research Center

The State of the News Media 2012 - Pew Research Center | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"The State of the News Media 2012 is the ninth edition of our annual report on the status of American journalism.
This year’s study contains surveys examining how news consumers use social media and how mobile devices could change the news business and an update on the rapid changes in community news. And each industry sector chapter consists of two parts: a summary essay, which tells the story of that sector, and a data section, which presents a full range of statistics graphically rendered."

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What Do Teachers Want? A Look at Two Surveys about Teachers

What Do Teachers Want? A Look at Two Surveys about Teachers | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

A look at two surveys with very different results. The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher "showed that teachers across the nation are demoralized and that their job satisfaction has dropped precipitously since 2009. The proportion thinking of leaving teaching has gone from 17 percent to 29 percent, a 70 percent increase in only two years."
Yet a second survey, Primary Sources: 2012 (conducted ty Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) "found that 51 percent of teachers plan to teach "as long as I am able," even past retirement age, and another 32 percent expect to teach until they reach retirement age. So while MetLife concluded that 29 percent were ready to quit, Scholastic-Gates tallied this group as 16-17 percent."
If you are interested in learing more about what teachers want take the time to read this post.

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