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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

edWeb.net

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

The CoolCatTeacher

I've divided this article into Part 1: Why We Can't Ignore AI(Anecdotal and Empirical Evidence), Part 2: AI in Everyday Educational Tools, and Part 3: 8 Steps Schools Can Take. Engage with conversations on the social media or PLN tool of your choice. I will post this over the next few days. from 2023 to 2030.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all. Nevertheless, in order to maximize learning outcomes, other elements like social interaction must also be factored into the equation.

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Students' Career Interests Are Changing. Here Is Why Our Teaching Must Change, Too

Edsurge

I often jump in, but that’s a different article for another day. Our students’ personal interests and goals are changing and quite frankly, our education system has failed to keep up with this amorphous landscape where becoming an influencer on various social media platforms is a viable career option.

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What’s Next for Edtech Now That the ‘Pandemic Bump’ Has Faded?

Edsurge

The pandemic forced lasting changes on the American education system. The pandemic bump that many edtech firms experienced has faded, but private capital’s interest in edtech, and in shaping the education system, remains. Second, social-emotional learning. You’ve written that this opens up the opportunities to game the system.

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Professors Try Teaching With TikTok. But It’s Not for ‘Boring, Lecturing Things.’

Edsurge

Officials in those states argue that the platform, owned by a company in Beijing, is a threat to cybersecurity, or they are concerned about spying by the Chinese government. Still, he makes a point to post all of his videos to the learning management system so even those who don’t use social media can see them. “I

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What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers

Edsurge

Friends and social media users began alerting her that images and material from one of her children’s books, “I Am Not a Number,” about a young Indigenous girl sent to a residential school in Canada and based on the experience of her grandmother, had made their way into paid lessons on the site that she had never seen before.

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