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Sep 10, 2018 12 tweets 5 min read Read on X
1/ Teen social media use is *skyrocketing,* per new nationally representative survey from @CommonSense. But the researchers behind the study say the sky isn't falling. Here's a thread with what you need to know (plus some .gifs.)

blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Digital…
2/ Just how dramatic is the growth in teen social media use?

Percent of teens who say they use social media more than once a day:

2012: 34%
2018: 70%
3/ All told, 81% of teens now say they use social media. 38% say they do so either "constantly" or "a few times an hour." More than 1/3 of teens post their own content to social media daily.
4/ And what are the most popular social media platforms among teens? No surprises here: 63% use @Snapchat, and 41% of teens say it's their preferred site. 61% of teens use @instagram.
5/ Facebook's decline among teens, on the other hand, has been "precipitous," @CommonSense says.

Percent of teens who say FB is their main social media site:

2012: 68%
2018: 15%

(Consolation: Facebook owns Instagram.)
6/ And at the same time that teen social media has taken off, their interest in face-to-face conversation has declined. Texting is now teens' preferred mode of communicating with friends.
7/ But it's "not all bad news," says @CommonSense. Researchers found almost no connection between the frequency of teens' social media use and their social-emotional well-being.
8/ On the whole, teens say using social media makes them feel *more* confident and *less* depressed.

1/4 of teens said using social media makes them less lonely, compared to just 3% who said it makes them feel more lonely.
9/ Teens also say they're aware of social media's downsides:

A staggering 72% of teens "believe that tech companies manipulate users to spend more time on their devices."
10/ Where can teachers & parents help? Teens aren't very good at regulating their own social media use, by turning off/silencing devices during sleep, homework, meals, and social times, @CommonSense found.
11/ And companies have a role to play, too.

Features such as Snapchat's Streaks "deliberately put undue pressure on teens to use a platform when they don't have any internal need to" and should be addressed with better design choices, said senior research director Michael Robb.
12/ fin

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Jun 13, 2018
1/ I spent the past couple months trying to understand how and why #edtech companies are trying to measure, monitor, and mold students' feelings, mindsets, and ways of thinking. You know what that means...thread incoming.
2/ First, let's look at some of the companies & researchers doing this work.

edweek.org/ew/articles/20…
3/ Like @AlgebraNationFL. A team of academics, funded by an $8.9m @IESResearch grant, have used the online platform to anonymously collect the clicks and keystrokes of 200,000 Fla. students. The goal: teach the software to pinpoint when kids feel happy, bored, or engaged.
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Nov 13, 2017
1/ OK y'all, fair warning, I'm warming up for another thread on #personalizedlearning...
2/ For @EducationWeek’s new special report, we asked 3 dozen educators, experts, and critics to complete 2 simple statements: #PersonalizedLearning SHOULD __________ and SHOULDN’T _____________. edweek.org/ew/section/mul…
3/ The responses were fascinating. And all over the map. I’ll highlight a bunch.
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