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In the News: Schools Should Delete Facebook

Doug Levin

Schools Choose Not to Delete Facebook Despite Data-Privacy Worries.” A school district page or group gives Facebook “another data point” on the users who visit it, said Doug Levin, the founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC. As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Education Week. 6 April 2018.

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

Edsurge

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. 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.

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Level Up Your Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

Strategically utilize an array of free tools such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok to communicate real-time information that stakeholders can access on any device. Simply communicating and telling your story with social media tools can accomplish this and organically develop your positive brand in the process.

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16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus

The CoolCatTeacher

Note: This doesn’t discuss the policy issues involving meals, access, and equity but is meant to get you started and prepared. Join the Facebook group Temporary School Closure Support – many helpful conversations are in there. Free tools for schools dealing with coronavirus – This list is being updated continually.

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Facebook Expands ?Community Boost? Initiative with College Partnerships in Chicago

Edsurge

In 2017 Facebook claimed more than 4 million companies advertise on its platform, and more than 500,000 companies advertise on Instagram. There is a digital skills gap, and we hope to be apart of decreasing that digital skills gap,” says Parisa Zagat, policy programs manager at Facebook, in an interview with EdSurge.

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The Great Student AI Writing Experiment with Steve Dembo

The CoolCatTeacher

He is the co-author of the book Untangling the Web: 20 Tools to Power Up Your Teaching and the president of the Skokie/Morton Grove District 69 School Board, serving his third term. The question is, as a tool, did this help make you a better writer or not? Can you figure out which one ChatGPT did? It's all well and good.

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How Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Foster Digital Citizenship & Safety

Gaggle Speaks

Be sure to visit Facebook’s Safety Center for information on its safety policies, tools and resources that are available to the public. ” How Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Foster Digital Citizenship & Safety Click To Tweet. Others have made efforts to foster digital citizenship and online safety as well.