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Social Media or COVID: Which is more dangerous to students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Not a surprise that student use of social media is way up since remote learning became de rigeur in learning. Social media limits users to 13+ but doesn’t monitor that. My conclusion: We aren’t teaching enough about the proper use of social media platforms and the danger of cyberbullying.

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

Catlin Tucker

In an effort to improve her overall score and secure an apartment in a sought after complex for highly rated people, Lacie hires a consultant to help improve her social rating. The consultant pulls up a graph of her rating trends and recommends she interact more with individuals who have a social score of 4.5 I was stunned.

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Catching Up With Our Earliest EdTech Influencers 

EdTech Magazine

The premise: Curate a list of the most active, helpful and engaging educational technology specialists and teachers and yes, what are now commonly referred to as influencers to help EdTechs readers keep tabs on the latest best practices, trends and technology coming online in an era when classroom tech was evolving rapidly.

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What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education

EdTech Magazine

What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education. Augmented data analysis, blended digital tools and connected networks will reign among technology innovations in the coming year, according to IT analyst group Gartner’s top 10 tech trends of 2019. . Gartner’s List of Top Tech Trends for 2019: 1. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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B2B Social Media Trends We are Going to See in 2018

Ask a Tech Teacher

Social media has been around for some time now. Companies across the globe continue to use social media as a vital part of their marketing strategy — creating content to connect and engage their audience. As new school B2B buyers step into the role of decision-maker, social media will influence their purchase decisions.

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ISTELive 2022: Cybersecurity Tips and Trends to Protect K-12 School Systems

EdTech Magazine

We talked with Robert Olsen, senior managing director with Ankura, about how job postings and social media can provide unintended openings for threat actors. K–12 school IT leaders can take some small but powerful steps to help them properly manage cybersecurity and protect data privacy in their schools.

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HE trends: How do students decide to study?

Neo LMS

Attracting prospects from a variety of different countries and regions stops higher education institutions from becoming overly dependent on a single market, and thus less vulnerable to economic fluctuations and student mobility trends. Changing trends in access to higher education.

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