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

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It can be channeled through social media posts, while gaming, through direct messages, and much more.[2]. Because many students have 24/7 access to a smartphone, online bullies can follow them around, giving no sense of relief. That’s why some districts have started monitoring their students’ social media accounts.

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Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age

Ask a Tech Teacher

While students’ access to information is highly beneficial for learning, technology also exposes them to mental, emotional, and psychological risks that, when left unchecked, can have long-term consequences. As such, parents and educators must be more proactive in managing technology use to mitigate these health consequences.

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People Make the Difference

A Principal's Reflections

Almost all of this growth can be attributed to a point in time that I became connected using a variety of social media tools. Being on an isolated island in terms of access to information had a real negative impact on my ability to move my school forward during my first two years as principal.

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Social Media and Kids - what you should know - guest post

Educational Technology Guy

How Kids Are Using Mainstream Social Apps What You Should Know About Your Child’s Social Media Platforms The Most Popular Social Apps Among Teens and How They’re Using Them What Are the Mainstream Social Apps and How Are Teens Using Them? It’s sometimes known as the “one-stop shop” for social media.

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8 Important Generative AI Use Cases in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Let me hear from you on social media or in the comments if you have some awesome examples to share! Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media. Many similar features are also built into the Generative AI cloud features that can be accessed by application from Google.

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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

The CoolCatTeacher

You can also follow them on social media at EVERFIK12. These financial literacy skills include comparison shopping, avoiding online scams, effectively using credit, and investing. Just last year, over 60,000 teachers used their digital tools. I've picked their best courses for this post. But they offer many more free lessons.

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New Podcast: Project-based Learning with A.I. and Improving Friendships

The CoolCatTeacher

Student Reactions and Comparisons (00:06:03:12 – 00:06:35:03) Vicki and Or-Tal discuss student reactions to the project and how they compared their own work to the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Student Reactions and Comparisons (00:06:03:12 – 00:06:35:03) Vicki: I bet they were. tool named ChatGPT. John closes the podcast.

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