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Instagram working with schools to take action against bullying, gossip accounts

Mashable Tech

For years, educators and parents have implored Instagram to address student bullying and harassment that often starts on the company's platform and later shows up in the classroom. When participating schools report content or accounts to Instagram that may violate the platform's community standards, those reports are prioritized for review.

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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

The content offers videos, scripted lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities. Adults can access the educational materials for free. The goal is to help young people learn about personal boundaries, safe relationships, and how to ask for help.

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Technology Has Shaped Human Knowledge for Centuries. Generative AI Is Set to Transform It Yet Again.

Singularity Hub

Its impact is already being felt from the classroom to the boardroom , the laboratory to the rainforest. As internet users increased, the need for content regulation and moderation also grew. Using Generative AI Wisely Most knowledge is born of debate, contention, and challenge.

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Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms

TechCrunch

Using Vivi, tutors can display their teaching material including videos and exercises to students, who then have the ability to annotate the content with their own notes on their own devices. “Our next big goal is to be in a million classrooms as soon as possible and partnering with Quad will certainly speed that up,” he said.

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New on SSIR: A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

Amy Sample Ward

I think there’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to help document and advocate for the change they want in their communities and around the world. —– I’m really excited by tools that enable digital or transmedia storytelling.

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Litnerd streams live actors into the classroom to help kids better connect with reading

TechCrunch

While it’s currently basing its lesson plans around existing stories and content, Litnerd has its own publishing operation in the works. This is when I realized that if we truly want to disrupt K-12 (esp K-5) education, we need a solution that works from the outside in – being part of classroom time and funded by schools.”

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Elearning vs Classroom Training – Let’s Understand Their Pros and Cons

Gyrus

Elearning is the new and inexpensive alternative to classroom training, which is becoming more popular and preferred method among organizations. However, the debate on the effectiveness of eLearning compared to classroom training is often a subject of interest among learning and training professionals.