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What do Parents Ask About Technology in Education?

Ask a Tech Teacher

I have written in the past about parent questions concerning technology in education , but always from the perspective of a teacher at the classroom. So I asked my grad school students: What questions do parents ask you about technology and education ? Here are the top issues: How much screen time is appropriate for my child?

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How to craft useful, student-centered social media policies

eSchool News

Whether your school or district has officially adopted social media or not, conversations are happening in and around your school on everything from Facebook to Snapchat. Schools must reckon with this reality and commit to supporting thoughtful and critical social media use among students, teachers, and administrators.

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Teaching About Generative AI Art Creation

The CoolCatTeacher

The advance of technologies that can produce fake, yet highly realistic, faces, images and video calls means reality monitoring must be based on information other than our own judgments. These could then be embedded in social media platforms to help us distinguish the real from the fake when it comes to new connections’ faces.

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Principles for school districts’ social media policies

Dangerously Irrelevant

This one is about some general guidelines and principles for school districts to consider as they formulate their social media policies. Humans are inherently social and we make meaning together. Are educators courageous enough to be social media renegades? Our technology messages are important.

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

Hapara

Which laws that protect school children involve technology? Technology solutions now support the task of enforcing laws that protect children and education communities. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering? Under CIPA, public schools are required to follow guidelines to prevent minors from viewing harmful content online.

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ISTE Certification 02

Dangerously Irrelevant

Despite my familiarity with all of the ISTE Standards, I have found that I am thinking much more deeply about the ISTE Standards for Educators as I go through this process with my cohort (which I appreciate)… One of our activities asked us to reflect on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines.

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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. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights focus on the extent to which students, faculty and others can make full use of a college’s websites, education software and social media channels.