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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

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I was trying to be more aware of what I was allowing into my brain,” says Barclay, who graduated in 2016. Her peers communicated more via apps like Twitter, Instagram and the Remind. Opting out of social media, he says, isn’t ever really an option for people. I’ve known people who’ve done that.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Indeed, a few weeks after the funding news, Feldstein wrote about “Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned,” questioning the sustainability of the project. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. Technology, Education, and the Media.” 2 Post at Ed.

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” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. ” No.