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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

Edsurge

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

There are some handy guidelines for the proper role of technology in education. Communicate with parents through tech: Use digital resources (like apps, texts, or social media groups) to keep parents informed about class activities and upcoming assignments.[10]. Integrating technology into the classroom is a necessity.[1]

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How to Connect With Your Kids’ Digital Interests and Become a Media Mentor

Edsurge

But helping children maintain a healthy media diet goes beyond simply curbing their device usage. In 2016, the American Association of Pediatrics backed down from their two-hour-a-day screen time guidelines. They now propose a more tailored approach, suggesting that parents can be “ media mentors ” and not just time cops.

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Infographics in Education with Eileen Lennon

The CoolCatTeacher

So I started with her, creating the social media guidelines for the New York City Department of Education. Eileen Lennon is part of the team that developed the social media guidelines and resources for the NYC Board of Education. They don’t want to read books or brochures. They wanted to look at things.

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The 3 Hottest Posts Innovative Educators Are Reading

The Innovative Educator

The post shares solutions to three problems: Educator isolation, lack of funding for professional learning, and the need for student and teacher friendly guidelines for using technology. Rounding out the top is Social Media Becomes Key to Forming An Educator Learning Community. What to find out what they are? Check out the post.

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Your Guide to Preventing and Responding to School Bullies

Waterford

Hacking into a student’s email, social media, or other online accounts. One of the best ways you can help students avoid and respond to cyberbullying is by teaching them how to stay safe online—especially while they use social media.[14] Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, April 2016, 25(2), pp. Tippett, N.,

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How to Cope with Bullying

Ask a Tech Teacher

It includes not only websites, but cell phones, Nintendo, and Wii, as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites. Examples include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, and fake profiles.