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How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar

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How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar Modeled after Apple’s popular tech support stations, a Genius Bar in a school setting is a student-run help desk where peers provide tech support, advice on digital tools, and assistance with various tech-related issues.

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How to Teach Social Media Safety

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These days, teachers should introduce students to the world of social media so they can begin to develop the skills they need to live a safe digital life. How can these skills be taught? Then, ask your students to go home and work with their parents to adjust their privacy settings on their personal social media profiles.

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How to Track My Child’s Location

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Ensure they know how to reach you or get help if they’re in trouble. Stay updated on their social media activity, online friendships, and potential risks. Help them learn to make choices and take ownership of their actions. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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What Happened When I Deleted All My Social Media Apps

The CoolCatTeacher

For me, nature seems to be the opposite of social media. And we reconnect as a family when we turn off social media and head outside. ” So, this spring break, I removed every social media app and email off my “smartphone” and made it go dumb and mute. I didn’t miss social media.

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5 Ideas to Tap Social Media to Enhance PD and Student Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Nikki Robertson, ISTE Librarians Network President Elect, shares five ways to use social media to enhance professional development and improve student learning. Can social media be effective professional development? Nikki shows us how. Can you use Snapchat to connect with parents?

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Social Media Use & Our Students: Guest Host @JKDNCN #EdtechMissions

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Many educators, administrators, and parents would prefer to leave social media out of the curriculum. Social media is scary! Yes, our learners do very scary things on social media which can and have ruined lives. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go.

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What Educators Need to know about Social Media, Online Bullying, and Hate Speech in Schools

Waterford

There are benefits when students can learn and socialize in online spaces, but it comes with a dark side. When bullying or hate speech happens in person, on school grounds, taking disciplinary actions for the aggressors and knowing how to aid the victims can be obvious. Nearly three out of five U.S.