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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

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Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. How Unicheck integrates with Google Classroom. Make your assignments stand out and require your students to do more than a quick Google search.

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Are Phones and Social Media a Distraction in Museums and Galleries?

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" However, there's still a question of whether smartphones and social media enhance or distract from the museum experience. Provide them with an essential question to focus their viewing -- e.g., "What effect have smartphones and social media had on museums and galleries?"

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

Britt: In my classes, I’m using strictly a Blackboard LMS and I’m using Twitter, which I felt was a less onerous use of social media for classroom conversations. You have to prove to me that it’s worth using Facebook, or any social media, for that matter. You and I have both been in social media now for a decade.

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Website Platforms Share Accessibility Support with Schools at #NYCSchoolsDigIn Summit

The Innovative Educator

In attendance were the following website platforms: Blackboard / Schoolwires eChalk Edlio Google Intrado / School Messenger Wix WordPress. What people were saying Participants were abuzz with their learning on social media. In fact the project hashtag trended on Twitter that day.

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A Bored Student Hacked His School’s Systems. Will the Edtech Industry Pay Attention?

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Specifically, he tried to get into some of the learning and student management systems built by Blackboard and Follett, which are two of the most widely used edtech systems in the country. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. They do these sorts of things.

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10 Options for Polls and Forms in Your Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Google Forms. Here’s a quick overview of each: Google Forms. Among teachers I know who always look for ways to save money, Google Forms is a runaway favorite. Among teachers I know who always look for ways to save money, Google Forms is a runaway favorite. For more on Google Forms, here’s my review.

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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

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She stayed with her Facebook group method her first two years of teaching there, but stopped once the school started using Google Classroom. Bruce McKinney, a communications professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who has done research on social media , is not surprised at how hard it is to fully detached from Facebook.