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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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Project Information Literacy News Study: A new study on new adults and news

NeverEndingSearch

Alison Head and her Project Information Literacy (PIL) research team recently released the findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. Please share this study broadly.

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Summer Book Study: The Listening Leader by Shane Safir

Reading By Example

In 2018, we read Literacy Essentials by Regie Routman. Next are a few questions with answers that seem to come up prior and during a book study on this blog. When does the book study begin? Each of these professionals has provided thoughtful and well-written articles for previous book studies. How do I participate?

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AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning

EdTech Magazine

With virtual reality headsets, students are forced to interact with their studies by excluding all else, making the technology ideal for educators who work with kids who have varying levels of ADD/ADHD. . At the end of 2018, the U.S. Additionally, attention spans of children born in the age of digital technology are decreasing rapidly.

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Teen Genius Says “I Learned Nothing from Lecture”

The CoolCatTeacher

Gitanjali Rao talks about her learning journey on episode 556 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter She was named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017 by the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, with a patent-pending device to detect lead in water faster than any other current techniques.

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Summer Book Club 2018: Literacy Essentials by Regie Routman @StenhousePub #LitEssentials

Reading By Example

I am pleased and honored to share that we will be reading Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence, and Equity for All Learners by Regie Routman (Stenhouse, 2018) for our summer book club. Featured writers for last year’s book study can be found on the “Contributors” page. Jen McDonough, Literacy Specialist.

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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:18. School websites are also points of vulnerability, with a large percentage riddled with tracking cookies, according to a study by EdTech Strategies. . Social media platforms, for example, will usually deploy cookies when students click a “like” or “post” button. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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