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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

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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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Why Every School Needs an AI Policy Right Now (Part 1)

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter With so many things grabbing the attention of administrators, AI seems to be taking a back seat in the minds of many. Engage with conversations on the social media or PLN tool of your choice. Is this a problem we need to care about or talk about?

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Safer Internet Day: Can Social Media Companies be Trusted?

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As it's Safer Internet Day, perhaps it's apposite to ask this question: can the social media companies be trusted? Terry Freedman is an independent ed tech consultant and freelance writer based in London, England.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

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The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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5 Ways to Teach Digital Citizenship (and the 9 Key P’s of Digital Citizenship)

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 365 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I wrote about these in Reinventing Writing and in other articles. Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice Tips. See her bio.

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Britannica LaunchdPacks free of charge to US Schools

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T here are lots of companies stepping up to help the need to move learning online. As schools across the United States close or prepare to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Encyclopaedia Britannica is offering all schools’ and students free access to its popular LaunchPacks ® Science and Social Studies learning content.

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Awesome End of School and Influencer Ideas for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On my blog, I recently shared 10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer. Social media and I have a couple of my favorite influencers that I liked, and I was thinking, Hey, you know, I do something very similar to that.