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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

eSchool News

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. A Canada-based company the district hired started scouring public posts for threats and “cries for help” last month. newsletters.

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The Social Institute Expands Staff to Meet Growing Need for Nurturing Student Well-Being, Including Positive Social Media & Tech Education

eSchool News

. – The Social Institute today announced Chris Valada has joined the company as Head of New Partnerships, leading a team of representatives from across the country to bring positive social media and tech education to more schools. Valada spent his career in EdTech sales and has worked across K-12 and Higher Ed. .

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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. Understanding Metaverse Education .

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

It can deliver greater immersive learning for students while also creating some new and exciting teaching opportunities. For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

But the reality is also that we’re going to have to prepare for a fall that – whatever it looks like – will include an online learning component. Even if we go back to face-to-face learning, we will all have to be prepared to teach online, and the best way to do this is to first educate ourselves with research and pedagogy.

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How distance learning fosters global collaboration

Neo LMS

While this sudden turn of events has caused much anxiety for both teachers and learners, there have been valuable lessons learned about how we can leverage technology to benefit education. Read more: Adopting the asynchronous mindset for better online learning. How do we learn to do this? How do we even begin?

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The Summer of COVID-19 Presents a Unique Opportunity for Education Companies

Edsurge

For companies that target teachers, this is a good time to do some contingency planning as well—to be ready to assist educators no matter what scenario they find themselves in come fall. Companies that provide this assistance to teachers directly will be rich in prospects.

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