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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. What's more, it led to a decrease in negative online content that could have resulted in serious safety concerns for our students."

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

The Nerdy NonProfit

As a result, they must seek out creative ways to reach their audience. 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.

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Go read this Adobe designer’s take on why Google Classroom is so joyless

The Verge

As students around the world continue to study from home as a result of the pandemic, Google’s Classroom software has fast become an invaluable remote learning tool. Vinh describes obvious design missteps in Classroom like its lack of customizability, its poor integration with Google’s other services, and its general sluggishness.

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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. Pledges are tracked for a week at the Combined Federal Campaign, where the total online pledge result was $3.1 Due in part to a 50% match, the organization generated $5.5 While the $5.5

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How to better support girls globally?

Fast Company Tech

Sally’s disability is the result of FGM, which over 2 million girls and women in Senegal have experienced. In Afghanistan, girls are barred from high school and college classrooms due to national restrictions. She makes and sells dyed cloth, sanitary napkins, and soap from local plants like moringa, lemon, and aloe vera.

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Amira Learning raises $11M to put its AI-powered literacy tutor in post-COVID classrooms

TechCrunch

In classrooms, a common exercise is to have students read aloud from a storybook or worksheet. bringing fairly conventional edtech software into elementary school classrooms at scale. So we’re focused on making Amira the norm in a post-COVID classroom.” “A lot of the Amira team came from Renaissance Learning.

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

TechCrunch

Litnerd shifts the concept from B2C to B2B; whereas TinyBroadway’s customer was the parent looking to fill their own kid’s schedule, Litnerd dramatically expands its audience (and hopefully deepens its impact as a result) by working with schools. Image Credits: Litnerd.

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