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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. Additionally, Instagram will provide status updates and notifications once the platform takes action. million educators in the U.S.,

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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

One method for an educational nonprofit to expand its reach is by getting into the classroom remotely through the use of modern technology. Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. Virtual classroom connections. The future of remote classroom learning.

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Teacher Crowdfunder Receives iHeartMedia Support and Corporate Match for Back-to-School Fundraisers

NonProfit PRO

This year, DonorsChoose, a crowdfunding platform for teachers, donors and school districts that helps to bridge that gap, has teamed up with iHeartMedia to support public school classrooms.

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Record Revenue, Double Digit Hike For GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

DonorsChoose, which links “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies submitted by public school teachers, set a $5 million goal for the day. Data released by the platform Bloomerang, showed 89,011 donations and 8,447 organizations participating. A few significant pledges recorded came across the platform, some more than $500,000.

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Teaching with Tech: The Incredible—and Inevitable—Evolution of the Digital Classroom

Byte Technology

Consider some of these facts: • In 1996 only 14 percent of classrooms had Internet access; 13 years later 93 percent were wired into the World Wide Web. Taken in a whole, it’s now possible to earn most any degree without ever having to step into a traditional classroom. .

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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. While sextortion can happen on any platform, and between people who know each other in person, criminals and scammers have used Meta to target victims. Adults can access the educational materials for free.

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New Google Classroom tool gives hints on tough homework problems

The Verge

That’s Practice Sets, the newest Google Classroom tool, in a nutshell. Google Classroom, for folks who went to school before the internet was everything, is a widely used gaggle of web tools that allows teachers to post assignments, students to submit them, and teachers to return them online. . | Image: Google.