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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

Please join Dr. Heather Johnson and me for one or both of our two Spring 2019 social media workshops for SEHD faculty and students! ]. As a faculty member who has an outsized social media presence ( 53,000+ Twitter followers ; video series with 100+ million views ; one of the top education blogs in the world , etc.),

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

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In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. Policing Policies in Headlines Most of the event focused on the positives of social media’s role in students’ lives. I was never alone.”

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What Happens When Low-Income College Students Borrow Free Laptops?

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When black students at the University of Michigan took to Twitter several years ago to critique campus policies and culture , one tweet in particular caught the attention of college administrators. The post ( perhaps one like this ) described how alienating and awkward it can feel for a student to show up to class without a laptop.

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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic

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King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. And the social media posts about teacher training programs are eliciting enthusiasm. “We It’s time to go back and look critically at some of those policies and practices.” Murphy says.

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ExcelinEd Spends the Day with Our Future Workforce

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In addition to a field trip to the Florida Capitol and taking over our twitter feed , each child interviewed a different Excel in Ed staff member to create this blog post. Raines Mosteller talks to Jessica Hammonds, National Director of Advocacy. Raines is in fifth grade and the son of James Mosteller, Advocacy Associate.

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Inaugural Catalyze Challenge Winners To Transform Journey From Classroom To Career

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The agency gives students real-world professional experience doing web development and social media marketing for mission-driven organizations. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram. About American Student Assistance ® (ASA).

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A helpline for schools tackling cyberbullying

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Pilot program lets schools tap into a helpline with close ties to Twitter and Facebook. Collier, who is co-creator of the recently-launched iCanHelpline.org , teamed up with #iCANHELP to develop a social media helpline for schools. If it does, then Collier and Soeth will request that the abusive content be removed from the site.