Teachers, students and social media seem to be all the talk these days when it comes to education and policies that need to be put in place. First, you have the teacher who called her class "lazy whiners" on her blog – which caused all kinds of problems for her and the school district. Then ...

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The education industry is engaging in an interesting debate between those who champion social media as a tool for students to take learning to a new level and those who attempt to keep it out of the classroom altogether. The Detractors Many feel there's no place for Facebook and Twitter in the classroom and the [...]

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DonorsChoose.org recently hosted a Hacking Education Showcase to help solicit donations for classroom projects via foursquare check-ins.

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