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Social Media Use Needs to Focus More on Learning Than Behavior

A Principal's Reflections

It pains me when I hear about school districts that are attempting to implement and impose social media policies that focus more on the "behavior" of educators as opposed to student learning. The video clip of the interview can be found below. Where should the focus be when districts look to impose social media policies?

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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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What do Parents Ask About Technology in Education?

Ask a Tech Teacher

While many organizations differ in their recommendations, here are general guidelines you may find useful: Infants (0-18 months): Screen time is not recommended for infants, except video chatting with family or friends. Block and Report : Most social media platforms and websites have tools to block and report abusive users.

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Social Media is Filled With Stories

SpeechTechie

Exploring situations related to social media is right up our alley as social communication specialists. Could it comprise an initiating event that changes someone's thoughts/feelings -hidden rules/curriculum: what are the overall unwritten guidelines about engaging in texting and other forms of social media?

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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. Are educators courageous enough to be social media renegades? My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2). My newest article is out.

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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.

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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. They can embed audio or video.

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