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Tag: Social Media

Does social media affect girls’ well-being and learning?

The 2024 GEM Gender Report warns against the use of social media in educational settings to protect young girls’ well-being and learning. 

10 Tips for Keeping Kids Safe Online

There’s much that can be done to help keep kids safe online. Parents and students can work together on this, and there’s a role for teachers and school administrators as well.

TikTok in the Classroom: The Good, the Bad, and the In-Between 

TikTok has quickly proven to be an invaluable educational tool, but there are both benefits and drawbacks that come with using the platform.

Shaking Up Shakespeare: Digital Tools for Digital Students

Many students dread reading Shakespeare because they think his works have nothing to do with their 21st century interests.

How to Avoid the Self-Esteem Trap of Social Media

Social media poses a range of psychological risks, especially issues of body image. But there are practical steps K–12 educators can take to offset those risks.

Updating the Moccasin Telegraph: Indigenous People Embrace Digital

Within the classroom, it is important to share content that doesn’t position Indigenous people in the past but brings them into the present and future.

The Upside of Social Media: A Focus on Its Positive Potentials

Kids today are technology-savvy, but they need to be guided in asking the right questions about the content they produce and consume.

Building Strong Foundations in Cybersecurity

In order to teach engage kids in conversations about security, it’s necessary to go beyond a simple list of rules, the do’s and don’ts of cyber hygiene.

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Helping Students Become Lifelong Readers

The best way to inspire today’s youth to read is by building a culture that celebrates their book choices and makes reading as fun and engaging as the media they already love.

How (and Why) to Make Classrooms More Musical

Music is a language that reaches across age, culture, and ability. And when we learn to use it with care and creativity, it becomes one of the most accessible and powerful tools we have in education.

Reading in America: Five Years Since COVID

While we continue to understand and measure the pandemic's impact on education, more and more evidence is confirming that, even five years later, students are still a long way off from rebounding academically.

GIA GemKit Brings Gem Science to Any Classroom

Young students anywhere in the world can now experience the wonder of gems and minerals with GemKit™ by GemKids ®.

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