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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it , will be “in the experience, not just looking at it.” In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion.

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First Came JuicyCampus, Then Yik Yak. Now New Anonymous Websites Are Growing on Campuses

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The incidents appear similar to previous controversies around YikYak, an anonymous app founded by college students in 2014 that attracted more than $73 million in funding, and some lawsuits, before it shut down in 2017 because of a failed business model. It’s not that I hate the thought of social media.

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The drama of Facebook

Learning with 'e's

The world''s largest and most successful social network, Facebook - celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 2014. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Facebook is a social phenomenon that cannot be ignored. Boasting a growing membership that is currently well in excess of 1.2

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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education

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I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. References.

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Costs and Benefits of Social Media in Education

Reading By Example

I cannot check Twitter, Facebook or a Google+ Community, so I seek different forms of cognitive engagement, such as connecting with my family more and attending to the immediate experiences in front of me. The opportunities provided through social media are not only couched in learning. References.

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What Parents and Teachers Should Note From Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Testimony

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Today Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, spent over four hours testifying in front of the Senate. These are issues that educators are watching closely as the use of social networking tools in schools have expanded in universities and K-12 schools over the years. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)

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Dealing with digital distraction

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Larry Rosen, psychology professor, is part of a team at Cal State Dominguez Hills using behavioral studies, physiological stress measures and brain scans to investigate how the distraction and anxiety engendered by digital devices can hurt learning. A growing pile of studies finds that the more students multitask, the lower their grades.