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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. The program requires schools to have an Instagram account and provides them with a profile banner to indicate that they're an official platform partner.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I talk a lot about how technology can help create tremendous educational opportunities for students with print disabilities. Steffon, who attends Gadsden Community College in Gadsden, Alabama is a straight-A student who has made his college deans list each semester. You can read our full profile of Steffon here.

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Facebook reinvents Facebook with the launch of Campus for college students

The Verge

Facebook is getting back to its roots today with the launch of a new product called Campus, a section of the main app specifically designed for college students. In a nod to the original Facebook, they’ll even have access to a “Campus directory” where they can find and friend other students.

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Student to BI Analyst, How Tableau Can Lead to a Successful Data Career

Tableau

Ateken Abla March 19, 2024 - 9:05pm Larissa Amoroso Vice President, Tableau Community, Tableau When Karolina Grodzinska took the stage at Tableau Conference as part of her Iron Viz: Student Edition award, it felt like the culmination of her data learning, which started in 2021. Winning Iron Viz: Student Edition is no small feat.

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VisionLink Helps NAF Students “Be Future Ready”

VisionLink

The mission of NAF is to sustain a national network of career academies to support the development of 81,000 NAF academy students across the country toward personal and professional success in high school, in higher education, and throughout their careers.

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A Simple 6 Step Plan for Creating a Facebook Page that Works

NetWits

— We already know that Facebook is crushing it and that schools have an incredible opportunity to use the platform to deepen relationships with families, students and alumni. Include your students. Famous or well know individuals/students. News / Important info for students/families. Highlight what you’re known for.

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Security and Control: Early thoughts on Google+

Amy Sample Ward

Now, your sharing and connecting settings apply to much more of the web than just your social networking profile. My Google+ profile automatically includes a Google Buzz tab to see the stream from that space. But, at least right now, you can still only have that one profile.

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