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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is happening at the US policy level with the coronavirus health crisis? Listen to Tom Murray Talk about US Education Policy in the Coronavirus Health Crisis Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. About Thomas C.

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8 Important Generative AI Use Cases in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In Part 1 of “ Why Every School Needs and AI Policy Right Now ,” I shared the empirical evidence about Artificial Intelligence and how it is impacting our world and schools. Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media.

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Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security. Current web browsing policies in K–12 schools may be allowing third parties to collect and sell student data , creating a need for schools to update and maintain safe internet use protocols. For Chromebook users, Google has similar information available.

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Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change

Ask a Tech Teacher

From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction.

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16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to This Post I’ll also be sharing more resources this week on my blog, podcast, and social media accounts and in my newsletter. Note: This doesn’t discuss the policy issues involving meals, access, and equity but is meant to get you started and prepared. Whether you want to or not, go ahead and set up now.

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Has Teaching Changed since the Pandemic?

Ask a Tech Teacher

The resiliency of these educators is to be commended as they navigated the daily challenges of policy changes, students coming and leaving, the caring for themselves and their children. In previous posts, I wrote about using social media in the classroom for instruction and to share ideas. Teacher self-care sessions weekly.

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Pretending at support for technology integration

Dangerously Irrelevant

Should I show teachers how to be better organized with Google Keep/Tasks, find a free new tool for them to use in the classroom? My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2). that we used a lot of during the pandemic. All of that to say, what would you use this time for? Related Posts.