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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Everything else pales in comparison. Last month, a lawsuit was filed by California parents alleging another online monitoring software company illegally collected students’ personal data, including location data, without their consent and sold it to third-party vendors.

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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

That information is based on a survey distributed to adjuncts who are AFT members and, through social media, to adjuncts who are not members of the union; 1,043 responded. It’s not fair to them — we know that. But it’s also not fair to the students who are relying on them to be focused on the classroom and to keep them going.”

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Helpful Tips for Principals

Gradelink

Face Time In the business world, companies typically arrange meetings multiple times a week, sometimes daily. But unlike many companies, all of this structure within faculty meetings doesn’t allow for much open discussion. Integration with social media — Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and others.

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The Failure of Fast Education

Edsurge

And most of these programs are compelling because they are relatively affordable (by comparison to traditional degrees), short, and promise a clear path to employment. They’ve presented strategic work to their boss’s boss’s boss, and had the meeting go sideways to the point of shouting. They’ve had clients walk out.

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Making your Life Fun with Gamified Innovations

The Game Agency

They incorporated The Game Agency in 2007 which is one of the leading companies in its field with a view to change the mundane life. When the company began in 2007, there was no IOS app store, social media was in its infancy and gamers just didn’t have a great reputation. Start of the Journey. Introducing the Experts.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

We see our kids do TikTok dances on their phones and posts from social media on their phones. It runs more like a track meet than anything else. That's the closest comparison. If you have parents involved, you'd have to have a parent meeting. So you don't really need a whole ton of equipment.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Norton & Company. Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. A vacation, a good meal, and a win are very pleasant, so we might meet these moments with anticipation and delight. meeting confrontation.