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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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Top 10 Hits and Misses for 2021

Ask a Tech Teacher

million views from visitors, about 10,000 followers who have read some or all of our 2,731 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. Here they are–my top 10 hits of 2021 (though I’ve skipped any that have to do with website reviews and tech tips because they’re covered in separate posts): Top Ten Hits.

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Top 10 Tips and Reviews in 2021

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2021: Top 10 Tech Tips. It’s Here–the High School Technology Curriculum! Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Tech Tip #34: My Program Froze. Top 10 Reviews

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What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out

Edsurge

In December 2021, the U.S. Much attention has been paid to the potential role of social media in that crisis. The research that we do have is inadequate in terms of helping us understand the ways in which the internet and social media affect youth well-being.” Youth mental health is at a crisis point.

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2021 Reflections: Looking Back and Harnessing Powerful Possibilities

Digital Promise

As we approach the end of 2021, we at Digital Promise also wanted to reflect on the year that was. Below, Digital Promise staff share reflections, lessons, and learnings from 2021 and offer hopes for education in the new year. How 2021 has changed the way we view our role in education. What has inspired us over the past year. ??Juliana

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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

eSchool News

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. Chicago Public Schools piloted a similar social media monitoring program in the mid-2010s. newsletters.

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Time to Demote Social Media to Super-Market Tabloid Status

The 21st Century Principal

“ Because corporations are not elected, they cannot be voted out, and yet they have become pseudogovernmental by virtue of their wealth, power, and the reach of their technological systems. Mar Hicks, "When Did the Fire Start" in Your Computer Is On Fire It's time to demote social media's status in our lives.