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Social Media as a Teaching Tool

September 20, 2011 by chadmanis
Social Media as a Teaching Tool

I’m thinking that many of you are familiar with me because you have visited my website DailyTeachingTools.   One of my page topics there focuses on using technology in the classroom. I mentioned in the conclusion of that page that as much as kids are fixated on technology these days, it just makes sense for […]

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