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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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4 Ways to Use Social Media for Education

EdTech4Beginners

billion users globally , social media has revolutionized how we communicate and connect with one another. Social media has also made its way into the world of education. With the help of social media, teachers can authentically engage with their students. Not just in our private lives.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty.

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Netflix’s Black Mirror: A Cautionary Tale About Social Media

Catlin Tucker

She works at Netflix and has a piece of artwork in her apartment that presents a scene from a Black Mirror’s “Nosedive” episode. Watching “Nosedive” was like watching social media gone off the rails. Will we be tempted to rate each other and not just the media we choose to share?

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Social Media Use & Our Students: Guest Host @JKDNCN #EdtechMissions

Teacher Reboot Camp

Many educators, administrators, and parents would prefer to leave social media out of the curriculum. Social media is scary! Yes, our learners do very scary things on social media which can and have ruined lives. Find the archive of the chat below with tips and insights.

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How to Teach Social Media Safety

Ask a Tech Teacher

These days, teachers should introduce students to the world of social media so they can begin to develop the skills they need to live a safe digital life. Then, ask your students to go home and work with their parents to adjust their privacy settings on their personal social media profiles. Create a social media contract.

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ISTELive 23: What’s Going On? Some Big Announcements from Microsoft

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter ISTE has always been an important source of learning for me, and any year I can come to the live conference is a good year for me in terms of innovation. I’ll take you with me, so follow me on my social media. When June 1 came around, I knew.

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