Gwyneth Jones writes: "Sometimes, when you're sharing the benefits of a professional Social Media presence, it can become a bit bewildering and overwhelming."
Via Mary Reilley Clark
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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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In Britain, more than half of 12- to 15-year-olds are on Instagram, according to OfCom (pdf), the country’s communications regulator. So are 43% of 8- to 11-year-olds. But how many of them understand what they signed when they joined? Pretty much 0%, according to “Growing Up Digital”, a report released Jan. 5 (pdf) by the UK Children’s Commissioner. 
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Fantastic images from the sector The stats on Instagram are staggering. According to the latest numbers, 300 million people use Instagram on a daily basis. Currently, there are 95 million photos/videos posted each day on Instagram. That's a lot of people posting a lot of content.
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Facebook and Twitter may be ubiquitous, but there are many other social media tools out there that can enhance teaching and learning. Here, three educators share their favorites.
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(this is a continuation from yesterday’s article about barriers to using social media in education) The first step towards applying social media into education starts with empowering teachers by giving them freedom to use social media to engage with students and giving them the freedom to come-up with innovative ways of teaching using technology. On …
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Although students are evermore connected to the social web, many of these networks remain out-of-class digital playgrounds where students congregate. In a recent survey of 1,000 teachers, just one in
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I’ve had conversations with folks who think that Instagram is kind of silly to use for a business. That may be true, or may not. Think about it this way. Simply put, people love pictures. And if yo… Via Stefano Principato, Lauren Dillon, malek, THE OFFICIAL ANDREASCY
Neal Fusco's curator insight,
August 4, 2017 11:03 AM
We are becoming a more digital world than ever. People love images and instagram is a great way to promote you or your business.
Jeri Denniston, SMP's curator insight,
August 6, 2017 11:43 AM
While Instagram is populated heavily by teens and millennials, there is a growing business segment you can also reach through pictures and videos.
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A lawyer rewrote Instagram’s terms of use ‘in plain English’ so kids would know their privacy rights
Amy B. Wang writes: "It’s no secret that teenagers love social media.
Members of “Generation Z” can spend up to nine hours a day sharing photos on Instagram, consuming “content” on YouTube and talking to friends on Snapchat. (Just don’t ask them to get excited about Facebook.)
But how much do these teens understand what they’ve agreed to give up when they start an account with those sites?
Probably very little, according to a report released last week — and dense terms and conditions that are “impenetrable and largely ignored” are partly to blame." Via Mary Reilley Clark
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight,
January 8, 2017 3:44 PM
Be sure to click on the report to see the rewritten terms and conditions. Do your students understand all their DMs are mined by Instagram (and do they care?)
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Researchers and their organisations may feel that Instagram does not fit well into their online communication efforts, but in this post Betty Allen argues it could prove to be a handy weapon when communicating research.
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Facebook and Twitter may be ubiquitous, but there are many other social media tools out there that can enhance teaching and learning. Here, three educators share their favorites.
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She wanted to hide her pregnancy from big data. How hard could that be? Turns out hiding from Google and Facebook is almost impossible.
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I am printing this out for teachers. While several of them joined Twitter this year and have found benefits to it, there are many who are afraid to approach it. Gwyneth's steps take all the fear out of social media for educators!