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Maria Garcia, 40, a parent in the Houston Independent School District, uses technology and other resources for a class for parents at a Parent Super Center in Sam Houston High School. The center is one of five in the district that offer parents access to digital-literacy classes and other learning opportunities.
Maria Garcia, 40, a parent in the Houston Independent School District, uses technology and other resources for a class for parents at a Parent Super Center in Sam Houston High School. The center is one of five in the district that offer parents access to digital-literacy classes and other learning opportunities.
Michael Stravato for Education Week
Families & the Community Schools Are Using Social Networking to Involve Parents
Through Twitter feeds, Facebook pages, and text messages, districts are giving parents news and information about their children's schools.
Nora Fleming, November 6, 2012
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Law & Courts Pa. Plans Less-Severe Penalties for Minors Caught 'Sexting'
The new measure would make such acts a summary offense or a misdemeanor, depending on the circumstances, rather than the felony child-pornography charge currently filed in those cases.
Kevin Amerman, The Morning Call, Pa. (MCT) & John L. Micek, The Morning Call, Pa. (MCT), October 30, 2012
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Students from New York's Washington Irving Educational Complex line up to store their cellphones with private storage operators before entering school. Because the city school district bans cellphones in schools, many students pay a dollar a day to businesses, such as the one above, to store their devices.
Students from New York's Washington Irving Educational Complex line up to store their cellphones with private storage operators before entering school. Because the city school district bans cellphones in schools, many students pay a dollar a day to businesses, such as the one above, to store their devices.
Tina Fineberg/AP
IT Infrastructure & Management N.Y.C. Teens Pay Valets to Store Cellphones During School Hours
Thousands of students are paying a dollar a day to leave their digital devices in trucks parked near the schools as a result of the district's policy banning cellphones in school buildings.
The Associated Press, October 16, 2012
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IT Infrastructure & Management Durham, N.C., Students Can Now Text Anonymous Tips
The Text-A-Tip service can be used to report any safety-related concerns involving issues such as bullying, suicide prevention, sexting, or drug use.
McClatchy-Tribune, October 15, 2012
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iStockphoto/Sean Locke
IT Infrastructure & Management Opinion Making the Case for Mobile Tech. Expansion
Schools around the world often ban the use of mobile devices on campus, but the writers argue for taking the complete opposite approach by integrating them into classroom learning.
Mark West & Steven Vosloo, June 13, 2012
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School Climate & Safety School Counselor Facebook Guide Released
The American School Counselor Association has combined with iKeepSafe to publish a guide to help school counselors make sense of Facebook and its on-campus impact.
Ian Quillen, June 13, 2012
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An 11-year-old girl looks at the Facebook site on her computer at home in Palo Alto, Calif. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The social networking company is now testing ways to allow kids to participate without needing to lie.
An 11-year-old girl looks at the Facebook site on her computer at home in Palo Alto, Calif. Though Facebook bans children under 13, millions of them have profiles on the site by lying about their age. The social networking company is now testing ways to allow kids to participate without needing to lie.
Paul Sakuma/AP
IT Infrastructure & Management Facebook Considers Expanding Access to 13 and Younger Crowd
The revelation by the social-networking giant spurs a flurry of both interest and concern among ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog about the potential benefits and drawbacks if the company approves the move.
Michelle R. Davis, June 11, 2012
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IT Infrastructure & Management N.Y.C. Outlines Social Media Guidelines for Educators
The guidelines recommend prohibiting students and teachers from being "friends" on popular social-networking sites such as Facebook.
Michelle R. Davis, May 4, 2012
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School & District Management Los Angeles District Hires First Social-Media Director
The new position may be the first in the country dedicated solely to building and overseeing a district’s social-media efforts, observers said.
Ian Quillen, April 17, 2012
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School Climate & Safety Students Create Fake Online Profiles to Bully Peers
Some behavior in such situations can now be deemed illegal under state cyberbullying laws or even cyber-impersonation and identify-theft laws.
Michelle R. Davis, April 3, 2012
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Erick Goble, 6, types a message on a touch screen in teacher Jodi Conrad's class near the end of the day at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The 1st graders tweet every day to parents and other followers. Ms. Conrad sees Twitter as a way to keep communication open with parents, and to help children learn typing, spelling and reading.
Erick Goble, 6, types a message on a touch screen in teacher Jodi Conrad's class near the end of the day at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill. The 1st graders tweet every day to parents and other followers. Ms. Conrad sees Twitter as a way to keep communication open with parents, and to help children learn typing, spelling and reading.
Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/MCT
IT Infrastructure & Management First Graders Read, Write, and Tweet in Ill. Classroom
Jodi Conrad's class at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill., is among a growing number that use social media and other technology to supplement lessons, even for very young students.
Michelle Manchir, Chicago Tribune (MCT), March 13, 2012
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Michelle Neumann, 22, left, and Sam Sekulich, 20, stand on the campus of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. Ms. Neumann and Ms. Sekluich are president and vice president, respectively, of Active Minds, a suicide-awareness organization on campus.
Michelle Neumann, 22, left, and Sam Sekulich, 20, stand on the campus of Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. Ms. Neumann and Ms. Sekluich are president and vice president, respectively, of Active Minds, a suicide-awareness organization on campus.
Keri Wiginton/Chicago Tribune/MCT/Getty
School Climate & Safety Mental Health Experts Evaluate Role of Facebook
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline recently announced a revamped partnership with Facebook to use the site to help prevent suicides.
Naomi Nix, Chicago Tribune (MCT), February 21, 2012
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IT Infrastructure & Management Teen Callers Turn to Texting on Minn. Suicide Hotline
A suicide call center in the state is getting as many cellphone text messages from teenagers in a day as it used to get phone calls from teens in a month.
Jana Hollingsworth, Duluth News Tribune, February 7, 2012
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IT Infrastructure & Management Chat E-Learning Creates Foreign Connections
Our guests in this chat shared their experiences establishing meaningful connections between their schools in the United States and schools in other countries.
January 31, 2012