In this book, educators can learn everything they need to know about integrating social learning at all grade levels using the popular educational social network, Edmodo. With valuable tips and resources for both new and experienced users, it provides immediately adaptable strategies for incorporating Edmodo’s suite of tools and apps in their classrooms. Learn how to leverage Edmodo for assessment, project-based learning, flipped classroom, gamification and more. Seasoned educators and educational technology specialists Ginger Carlson and Raphael Raphael also share how educators can expand and maximize social learning networks, specifically Edmodo, to ask questions, share knowledge and create an extended network of colleagues.

Parent involvement matters, but parents are often unsure how they can get involved. Author Heather D. M. Robinson shares how social media can be used to increase parent involvement, not just in schools, but also with sports teams and clubs.

Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science. This volume includes the full proceedings from the 2014 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, entitled Let’s Get Engaged! Crossing the Threshold of Marketing’s Engagement Era. The volume includes manuscripts relevant to marketing strategy, consumer behaviour, quantitative modelling, among others.

This new book is a vital resource for any teacher or administrator to help students tackle issues of race, class, gender, religion, and cultural background. Authors Martha Caldwell and Oman Frame, both lifelong educators, offer a series of teaching strategies designed to encourage conversation and personal reflection, enabling students to think creatively, rather than stereotypically, about difference. Using the Transformational Inquiry model, your students will learn to explore their own identities, share stories and thoughts with their peers, learn more through reading and research, and ultimately take personal, collaborative action to affect social change in their communities. You’ll learn how to: Facilitate dynamic classroom discussions in a safe and empathetic environment Encourage students to think and talk objectively about complex and sensitive issues such as race, gender, and social class Help students cultivate valuable communication, critical thinking, and writing skills while developing their identities in a healthy way. Develop your teacher identity in a positive way to better support your students’ growth and self-discovery The strategies in this book can be adapted for any middle school or high school curriculum, and each chapter includes a variety of lesson plans and handouts that you can use in the classroom immediately. These resources can also be downloaded from the authors’ website: www.ichangecollaborative.com.

The People of Great Britain are fed up with being dictated to by the European Union in Brussels. We want to get out of the EU, and we might need a new prime minister to do it. Read about how you could run the country; recognise the problems facing Great Britain; look at the ridiculous directives we are supposed to follow; and by looking at the situation completely from A to Z, see what a difference you could make. Let’s Get Out of the EU: A Guide to Running the Country takes a humorous look at the current situation in Europe. Although the book is political satire, in reality, about 90 percent of the population wants to get out of the EU. This book highlights the problems and gives guidance on how to do better.

Do you feel that you just go through the motions while you're at church? No one wants to feel this way, but sadly too many do. Let's Get Together is an insightful and helpful guide in connecting you into the community known as the Church. Author Gabe Lett provides a thorough understanding of the state of community in the Church today and offers sound biblical principles upon which to connect you to the family of God. Everyone needs a social network, a context in which to grow through the challenge and support of others. Whether you are a regular church attendee, a casual churchgoer, or never even stepped foot into a sanctuary, we all want to belong somewhere and feel connected to others. Let's Get Together and build a community where we all belong.

This book brings together intelligence systems and the Internet of Things, with special attention given to the opportunities, challenges, for education, business growth, and economic progression of nations which will help societies (economists, financial managers, engineers, ICT specialists, digital managers, data managers, policymakers, regulators, researchers, academics, and students) to better understand, use, and control AI and IoT to develop future strategies and to achieve sustainability goals. EAMMIS 2021 was organized by the Bridges Foundation in cooperation with the Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey, on March 19–20, 2021. EAMMIS 2021 theme was Artificial Intelligence Systems and the Internet of Things in the digital era. The papers presented at the conference provide a holistic view of AI education, MIS, cybersecurity, blockchain, Internet of Ideas (IoI), and knowledge management.