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In the News: Educational Android Apps Improperly Track Children

Doug Levin

Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” Levin of EdTech Strategies, a consulting group that has looked closely at the issue of ad-tracking on school district and state education websites. ” Which companies have apps that are flagged for privacy invasions by the study authors? .

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Novus Consulting Group Introduces New Approach to Cyber Citizenship Education with Course Focused on Digital Wellness

eSchool News

In response to these emerging needs, Novus Consulting Group (NCG), an organization dedicated to empowering the global youth, is launching its Cyber Citizenship course this summer. . The course was developed by experts in the cybersecurity industry and in partnership with CareerNet , an employment, training, and education solutions company.

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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

Celly is a free service that offers group text messaging and polling. You can have open group chats, one-way alerts or even moderated chats. The new service allows users to build instant mobile social networks, called "cells" using text messages, QR Codes, email, web or the new Android App. The Full Press Release is Below.

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Try SplashLearn for Summer Learning and Fall Success

The CoolCatTeacher

Summer Camp – Fun online courses that provide more hands-on, personalized learning through small group classes that are taught by experienced tutors. Splash Summer Camps are organized in small personalized groups conducted by hand-picked tutors. Also, many students are ready to reconnect with other students.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

To provide an example, a group of students learning about space and the stars may be able to learn through the experience of going outside and looking at stars through a telescope. To offer up another example of this, imagine a group of medical students learning important techniques for surgery.

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Samepage - app to get more done with contextual collaboration

Educational Technology Guy

It can be used by people for personal projects and planning as well as by companies and groups for major projects. It is web based and there are mobile apps available for iOS and Android. You can create "Pages" that are private, social on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Group pages, and Public Pages for anyone.

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imagiLabs brings coding to teenage girls’ phones with imagiCharm wearable accessory

eSchool News

based upon the Python code written by the user into the imagiLabs iOS or Android apps, which connect to the device via Bluetooth. Both the imagiLabs app and the imagiCharm have been built with a user-centered focus, based on the experiences of a group of hundreds of imagiGirl ambassadors (aged 12-16).

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