Education Week reporter. 2019 Spencer Fellow. Still #trusttheprocess, still believe #factsmatter, still think the best stuff belongs on vinyl.
Sep 10, 2018 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
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.)
Percent of teens who say they use social media more than once a day:
2012: 34%
2018: 70%
Jun 13, 2018 • 18 tweets • 9 min read
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.
