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Building an Impactful Education Ecosystem: The 4 Key Components

ViewSonic Education

Building an impactful education ecosystem is a challenge that many educators have been faced with at some point in their careers. What’s more, building an impactful education ecosystem involves the cohesive integration of several key components if teachers are to see improved student outcomes.

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Where Does Education Fit in an Emerging Metaverse?

Edsurge

Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter a lecture hall where a professor can toss 3D models of biological cells to students who can pull them apart to demonstrate some concept.

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‘Dear Mr. Zuckerberg’: Students Take Summit Learning Protests Directly to Facebook Chief

Edsurge

On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This program grew out of Summit Public Schools, a network of 11 charter schools based in California and Washington, and soon caught the eye of Facebook, which lent engineers to help build the software.

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Oh No! AI Has Arrived in Education: Educators' Misplaced Faith in Technology Again

The 21st Century Principal

John Kaag & Jonathan Van Belle, Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living Educators seem to have an "unending faith" that the gods of Silicon Valley are going to deliver to them the one magical device-tool-software-hardware that will deliver achievement results for students. No one seemed to question the faith in technology.

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4 Ways to Use Social Media for Education

EdTech4Beginners

Social media has also made its way into the world of education. The main advantages of using social media in the education sector are that it connects students to experts from around the globe, encourages communication and collaboration among classmates, and creates a forum for the exchange of ideas and information.

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Facebook, Charter Network Ramping Up Personalized-Learning Software for More Schools

Marketplace K-12

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Personalized learning pioneer Summit Public Schools is expanding its network to include 100 new schools, CEO Dianne Tavenner announced via a Facebook post today. The California-based charter school network has for years been a darling of digital-education proponents.

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What Educators Need to Know Right Now About Digital Citizenship

The CoolCatTeacher

NetRef offers powerful Internet monitoring software that I recommend for schools. She serves on the Trust & Safety advisory boards of Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Yubo. Join me on Tuesday, March 26 at 4 pm ET for a free webinar, 5 Ways to Help Teachers Progress in Their Use of Technology. Register here.]