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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. 1] Hate speech has flourished online, with racist, sexist, homophobic, and other speech sometimes leading to real-world violence or harm. When Online Speech Becomes Hate Speech. What is hate speech?

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Internet Archive: Go Back in Time with the Wayback Machine

Catlin Tucker

Students rely on Google searches for a lot of their information. Instead of reading first-hand accounts, watching video clips of an event, or listening to impassioned speeches, students read a laundry list of information when they encounter tertiary sources. It does not surprise me that most students dislike research.

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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

The sudden shift to online or hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has created plenty of challenges for students, schools, and parents. Chief among those is determining how to support students with special educational needs. Here are a few ways schools can support families of special needs students.

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OPINION: Artificial intelligence can be game-changing for students with special needs

The Hechinger Report

AI is making it increasingly possible to break down barriers so that no student is ever left behind. Far too many students, especially those with special needs, do not progress as well as their peers do academically. But not for blind or deaf students, whose sensory limitations frequently impede their access to quality education.

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With Tech, the Class of 2020 Graduates on Screen and Via Streams

EdTech Magazine

The online global school’s students and families plan to gather on June 16 via Adobe Connect in a ceremony that will include Camtasia -edited video segments, PowerPoint presentations, and student speeches recorded on smartphones. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. It highlights the uniqueness of every student.”.

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With Tech, the Class of 2020 Graduates on Screen and Via Streams

EdTech Magazine

The online global school’s students and families plan to gather on June 16 via Adobe Connect in a ceremony that will include Camtasia -edited video segments, PowerPoint presentations, and student speeches recorded on smartphones. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. It highlights the uniqueness of every student.”.

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NaturalReader- An Excellent Online Text to Speech Tool

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NaturalReader is a text to speech application that turns text into natural sounding audio. Related: 5 Best Speech to Text Tools for Teachers and Students ] NaturalReader mobile app is a great way to listen to news, read books, or any other type of reading material while you are on the go. How much does NaturalReader cost?

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