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Facebook Seems to Be Adding Video-Course Features. For Edtech, That Raises Old Fears.

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The tech giant Meta, widely known under its previous name Facebook, seems to be eyeing a way to allow users to offer video classes. Since at least last year, Meta has experimented with Facebook Classes, a program designed to make online instruction through its platform smoother. For now, Meta isn’t taking a cut of live events.

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How to Encourage Youth Leadership on Your Campus

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. 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. Twitter: @djftll. . Blog: [link].

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The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators

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Britt Watwood on episode 327 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Professor Britt Watwood has moved his college classes off Facebook. The Facebook Scandal: What Can We Learn as Educators. Vicki: The Facebook scandal with Cambridge Analytica and more.

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The Opportunities to Have Disruptive Thinking in the Classroom with Eric Sheninger

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Twitter: @E_Sheninger. FaceBook: [link]. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. But many of us hope we don’t go back to business as usual.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

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It was on Facebook where she found an account dedicated to guessing why Jivani—whose hair had fallen out by age 12 due to an autoimmune disease—wore a wig to school. But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig.

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Google Jamboard 2021 with Tom Mullaney

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Episode 716 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. NOTE: I also recommend the Teachers Using Jamboards Group on Facebook. Connect with him on Twitter, @ TomEMullaney. One of the most popular shows of 2018 was with Tom Mullaney on Google Jamboard so we’ve updated it for 2021!

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4 Social Emotional Learning Strategies to Use in the Classroom Now

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. FaceBook: [link] . The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Blog: [link]. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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