Into the Driver's Seat

A new study lends credence to what you’ve probably always suspected: social media is having a pretty negative effect on teenagers — Instagram and Snapchat being the worst culprits. The study, published today and called “Status of Mind,” was conducted by researchers for the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. The researchers surveyed 1,479 British youths ages 14-24, asking them how they felt the different social media networks effected their mental health. They took in several factors such as body image, sleep deprivation, bullying, and self-identity.

The results suggest the two worst social media networks for kids are Instagram and Snapchat, as they had terrible scores for body image, bullying, and anxiety. Twitter and Facebook weren’t much better, though. YouTube was the only one that apparently inspired more positive feelings than negative ones.

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence

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Some great resources for your school community to help jump into using social media, specifically Twitter, as a learning tool.

Con diversos enlaces a otras guías, tutoriales y sugerencias sobre el uso de Twitter en docencia. Muy interesante.

22 maneras efectivas de aprovechar  Twitter en el Salón de clases.

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Twitter is set to start peeking on users' iPhones, iPads and Androids in order to see what apps they have downloaded. It's opt-in by default, so here's how to opt out.

Learn more:

- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/digital-citizenship-social-media-and-privacy/

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