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Colleges Face Investigations Over Whether Their Use of Social Media Follows Accessibility Regulations

Edsurge

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. While some institutions have tried to punt responsibility for the accessibility of digital tools to the companies that produce them, that reasoning hasn’t persuaded federal agencies or judges.

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Do Tech Companies Need To Step Up Their Accessibility Game?

The Innovative Educator

Let's take a look by looking at social media examples. Twitter You must take ten steps too many on Twitter to use alt text. Twitter has not stepped up its accessibility game. SnapChat The least accessible of these social media platforms is SnapChat. This should be a feature, not an option.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

Ask a Tech Teacher

Passwords are now required to access websites, banking, email, social media, favorite shopping sites, chat venues like iMessenger, and even certain documents. Otherwise, I’d only change them when my bank, credit company, or favorite online store told me someone hacked their servers. F ind a phrase you’ll remember.

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Imagining the Awesome Future of Automobiles

The CoolCatTeacher

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM, STEAM, and design thinking are buzzwords in education today. Entry Guidelines The U.S. Post on Social Media to enter to win some art supplies! Help Your Students Enter the U.S. This post is sponsored by U.S.

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. Hundreds of teachers are interacting daily through Twitter, Reddit, Quora etc. Give timely feedback. PD never ends.

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Infographics in Education with Eileen Lennon

The CoolCatTeacher

Eileen Lennon on episode 291 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. Twitter: @eileen_lennon. They don’t want to read books or brochures.

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Wanda Terral: 5 Ways to Help Kids Understand Digital Safety Without Scaring Them To Death

The CoolCatTeacher

Wanda Terral on episode 305 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Give them guidelines for how to behave. Because there are risks, and a lot of kids don’t think about all their private social media that they think are private, but they’re really not.