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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it , will be “in the experience, not just looking at it.” In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion.

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How to Encourage Youth Leadership on Your Campus

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He founded the www.teachlearnlead.org global edu-library in 2013 and the Center for Global Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurial Studies at Brandon Hall School [link] (Facebook @BHSglobalyouth) in 2016. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

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Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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Google Jamboard 2021 with Tom Mullaney

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NOTE: I also recommend the Teachers Using Jamboards Group on Facebook. Tom’s education experience includes Special Education, Social Studies, and educational technology coaching in New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show. Get Credit! Tom Mullaney – Bio As Submitted.

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons

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In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. Richard Byrne the author of Free Technology for Teachers has some fantastic professional development courses including a course for history / social studies teachers. 5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons. Tool #2: TimelineJS.

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SEL Spotlight: Dr. Marc Brackett – How Kids Learn Right Now

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is founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University. Marc regularly consults with large companies on best practices for integrating the principles of emotional intelligence into training and product design. Subscribe to the Show.

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Negative Posts on Facebook Business Pages Outnumber Positive 2 to 1, Research Says

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The lead researcher on the study advises education companies to handle negative posts gingerly, and not automatically hit "delete.". The post Negative Posts on Facebook Business Pages Outnumber Positive 2 to 1, Research Says appeared first on Market Brief.