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K-5 Social Media Use Preliminary Results

Well, the world sure has changed. Five years ago, when I started looking at social networking use in K-5, the numbers worked out like this:

5th Grade = 90%+
4th Grade = 40%
3rd Grade = One or two students per class, who had older siblings.
Today, I’m doing my standard research and found the creep downward of social media use is progressing without hesitation:
5th, 4th, 3th Grade = 90%+
2nd Grade = 75%
1st Grade = One or two students per class, who had older siblings.

Luckily, in a world of so much change, there are some constants. The powers that be (above my school) still seem to believe Facebook’s rule about needing to be 14 has some barring on the situation.

LinkedIn doing a Facebook by “Giving” Access by Default

A Box You Want to Uncheck on LinkedIn

LinkedIn recently changed its settings enabling a “default” setting whereby our names and photos can be used for third-party advertising.

1. Click on your name on your LinkedIn homepage (upper right corner). On the drop-down menu, select “Settings”.

2. From the “Settings” page, select “Account*”.

3. In the column next to “Account”, click “Manage Social Advertising” .

4. De-select the box next to “LinkedIn may use my name, photo in social advertising” .

5. In E-mail Preferences deselect Partner InMails

6. In Groups, Companies & Applications deselect Data Sharing with 3rd-party applications

This is the stuff that makes social networking scummy.

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Video of Modern Day Uncontacted Tribes

This video of uncontacted tribes in Brazil, shows long-houses and bow and arrow of tribes living now.

 

Uncontacted Amazon Tribe: First ever aerial footage from Survival International on Vimeo.

It’s worth a look even if you don’t teach this stuff.

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Friends

“Why is it,” he said, one time, at the subway entrance, “I feel I’ve known you so many years?”
“Because I like you,” she said, “and I don’t want anything from you.”