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How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar

Ask a Tech Teacher

How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar Modeled after Apple’s popular tech support stations, a Genius Bar in a school setting is a student-run help desk where peers provide tech support, advice on digital tools, and assistance with various tech-related issues.

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How to Track My Child’s Location

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ensure they know how to reach you or get help if they’re in trouble. Stay updated on their social media activity, online friendships, and potential risks. Yes, there are applications accessible for monitoring your child’s location, although they may provide fewer features than paid alternatives.

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Stop Blaming Social Media

The Web20Classroom

We can’t blame the media that reports them. We can’t blame social media or the tools used to access them. Social media didn’t create fake facts and the media didn’t invent fake news. Social media has long been the scapegoat for adults to blame the ills of kids and students on.

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How to Find Old Elementary School Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Our Ask a Tech Teacher team has several ways to track down your favorite educators from years past: How to Find Old Elementary School Teachers Do you remember the teachers who shaped your educational journey? But now, with the advent of social media, tracking down an old teacher is easier than ever.

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What Educators Need to know about Social Media, Online Bullying, and Hate Speech in Schools

Waterford

When bullying or hate speech happens in person, on school grounds, taking disciplinary actions for the aggressors and knowing how to aid the victims can be obvious. It can be channeled through social media posts, while gaming, through direct messages, and much more.[2]. And most youth say adults aren’t doing enough to stop it.[1]

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Quick Guide to Accessible Social Media

The Innovative Educator

Responsible social media use means being a good digital citizen. When you share inclusively, what you share is accessible to everyone. Mindy Johnson , Director of Digital Communications & Outreach for AEM Center & CAST , created a useful graphic that explains how to share accessibly.

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. Email is also an option accessible to most. Want to maximize family engagement in your schools?

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