Students use their social media accounts all day long—likely both in and out of school. Meet them on their turf by assigning homework to be completed on various social media websites. Students will be excited to use the websites they …
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2002 Has No Idea What You’re Talking About, 2012!
A couple of years ago, my then 10-year-old son declared that “everything is the best it could ever be.” He was quite sure that, new iPhone in hand, nothing could surpass the (then) current marvels of the Modern World. I was just …
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Helen Fielding Working on New Bridget Jones Novel (v.g.)
Everyone’s favourite singleton to be thrust into the brave new world of Twitterature. It’s been thirteen long years since a new volume of Bridget Jones’ diary, with all its obsessive weight woes and love laments, has been unleashed upon the …
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Powering Up: Social Media and the New Classroom
Just a few years ago, when kids began having their own phones in large numbers, schools freaked out. At my daughter’s junior high, phones had to be hidden away in backpacks or lockers. Any teacher who observed a student with …
Enlist Your Pet, Win a Kindle Fire!
We’re halfway through October… have you entered eNotes’ competition to win a Kindle Fire yet? It’s easy: Visit our Facebook page and “like” us (you like me, you really really like me!) Post a picture on our wall of your pet …