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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

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Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. Jivani, the founder and CEO of the Love Your Natural Self Foundation, addressed a room of K-12 students and educators from across the country as part of a two-day event on digital citizenship—the idea of applying civility and civic engagement online. I was never alone.”

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Four Steps to Help Students Develop a Healthy Media Diet

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The discussions shouldn’t focus on denying technology, though, said Michelle Cooper, Library Media Specialist, White Oak ISD, TX in the edWebinar “ Achieving Media Balance in a Tech-Immersed World.” ” Instead, librarians can help families learn how to maintain a healthy balance and become good digital citizens.

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Impero Software Announces New Version of its Flagship Product ? Impero Education Pro ? at ISTE 2018

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The software has been updated to include a new mental health keyword library, google authentication, and improved scalability to support larger school districts, among other features. The company will showcase the new features of its award-winning product this week at ISTE 2018 in booth #630. “We

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Impero Software Announces Philip Walters as its New Chairman

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These are important tasks and I look forward to working with the company as we move forward with this work both in the UK, and the U.S.” Walters also has extensive experience in the non-profit sector including as chair of Book Aid International, a charity that equips libraries in sub-Saharan African countries with textbooks and readers.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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ClassPad.net helps kids brush up on their math skills all year-round by offering digital scratch paper students can use to help them solve problems. The companies are collaborating to provide personalized reading instruction to help educators increase students’ literacy comprehension and proficiency.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. Five bundles will be available for purchase: one each at the preschool, elementary school, middle and high school levels with grade-appropriate curricula and resources, and two with building blocks and related non-digital materials.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

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Executives from Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified before Congress in October, responding to questions about the role these Internet companies had played in the election, particularly as related to allegations of Russian interference. It’s the relationship of these companies to information and to education. (A