Dr. Doug Green

Nuggets: 10-Yr-Old Research – Windows as Big Bro

Douglas Green — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:10:48 +0000

There is no reason why students as young as ten can’t do real research. Share this to inspire them. We also learn Windows 8 will have a new parent spying feature, and check to see if your Wikipedia is infected. Page two brings a cool Twitter tool, uses for Kahn Academy videos, a new president at MIT, and why email doesn’t have to suck. Note that @iEducator hit the trifecta of Net Nuggets today. Be sure to follow my Swedish buddy.

Tweets Of The Day

Ten-year-olds can do real research. Time for more students to get going. @davidwees

Look out, kids: Windows 8 gives parents a computer-use report card. Microsoft as Big Brother – @JenMaloneTN

Seeing ads on Wikipedia? Then you’re infected. @iEducator

18-Yr-Old Wins School Board Seat – Homeless to Harvard – Coffee Doesn’t Kill (Hooray!)

Douglas Green — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:18:56 +0000

Click the title for today’s needles from the Internet haystack. This takes you to the Tweets of the Day. Click the Next button for the rest. My archives offer many more on the same subjects. Great for research. Please share with your network.

Tweets Of The Day

18-year-old wins school board seat in New York. Big issue: Superintendent making $500,000+ taking raise while teacher salaries are frozen. @DrDougGreen

Homeless girl makes it to Harvard. Feel good story – @tucksoon

Coffee linked to lower risk of death. Great news for most educators and many parents. @deerwood

Net Nuggets: Is School Hurting Your Kid?

Douglas Green — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:18:14 +0000

Although I have been concerned about the impact of school sports programs on student health for some time, I became more concerned when I heard Sophie Altcheck (@sophiealt) at TEDNYEd. She is a senior at Horace Mann School in New York City. While aspiring to play college soccer she sustained four concussions. She now is an intern at the Brain Trauma Foundation and tries to spread concussion awareness via her Facebook pages. Here is more on the subject along with the danger heavy backpacks pose. Page two offers a day in the life of a connected educator, 100 free online libraries, thoughts on a recess policy for your school, and John Stewart poking fun at the Internet.

Tweets Of The Day

Concussions May Be More Severe in Girls and Young Athletes. @DrDougGreen.Com

Study: Women, Teens Take Longer to Recover From Concussions. @wired

Heavy Backpacts Can Spell Chronic Back Pain for Children @NYTimes

Getting in & Staying Out of Trouble Using Facebook

Douglas Green — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:37:59 +0000

Some of these tweets were part of a previous post, and I adding more as I find them. They seem important enough to keep up front for a while. While social media can be fun for some and profitable for others, some adults and youngsters manage to use it to get in trouble. Each of these stories should stimulate classroom discussion. You might want to have students come up with their own ideas of how to stay out of trouble first.

Principal resigns after apparently pretending to be kid on Facebook & befriending 300 students @courosa @mcleod

Do schools have the right to discipline students for what they say via social media off campus? @iEducator

Eight ways teachers get in trouble using Facebook – @DrDougGreen

How not to get into trouble on Facebook – @DrDougGreen

Social Media For Administrators – Read this if you still think you can avoid using it. @ShellTerrell

Quit Facebook or be expelled, school principal says. @BrianTomkins

Parents of underage Facebookers should be reported, Principal says. Also check link at bottom about girls being barred from graduation for bikini Facebook pictures. @s_bearden

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Net Nuggets: Is College Worth It? Some Think Not.

Douglas Green — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:04:53 +0000

Are we starting to see the impact of a college cost/debt bubble? It seems that students are thinking twice about taking on college debt as others wonder if a college education has any value. When you couple this with tons of free online courses we may be seeing the beginning of a seismic shift. Page Two explains why your school should tweet, why 6-year-olds should have digital portfolios, info on a bulling documentary, and what’s in Spam with bacon. Yum!

Tweets Of The Day

Is College Worth it Today? If you like this read my summary of Academically Adrift. @karolnyc @NYPost

Large Numbers of Students in California Foregoing College Because They Can’t Afford It @21stprincipal

Student loans: the next bubble. Would you lend money to someone without a credit history majoring in gender studies? @NYPost

Guide to Free, Quality Higher Education @rkiker

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