Education Week

These Educators Went Viral on Social Media. Then They Quit Teaching

Teachers have found great success making social media content—so much so that some have traded their classrooms for careers as full-time content creators. “Teacher TikTok” has videos about life in the ...
Government Technology

How 4 Schools Are Teaching SEL Skills in an Age of Social Media

(TNS) — Social media, generative artificial intelligence, and other advances in digital technology are already dramatically influencing how kids develop social-emotional skills. A majority of ...
Education Week

How Teaching Kids ‘Digital Agency’ Can Make Social Media a Positive Place for Them

Part of what can make social media feel so miserable is a sense of losing control: not knowing how hours of time have evaporated while watching videos; obsessing over why someone has read a message ...
The Conversation

Social media as a teaching tool: South African teachers talk about the new reality

Zane Davids received funding from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Rafeeq Jaffer is a past recipient of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funding ...
EdSurge

How Social Media Influences Teaching, Learning and the Student Experience

Few forces have rocked 21st century life as drastically as social media. Digital conversation, networking and media-sharing platforms have allowed friends, acquaintances and strangers to communicate, ...