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Engaging Students with Interactive Social Studies Simulations

Kitaboo

Among all the subjects taught at school, social studies remains a challenge for most teachers to teach in an engaging way. It is possible to leverage many other forms of interactive teaching methods – like social studies simulations – to achieve the desired outcomes from a lesson. Table of Contents I.

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Are social media companies to blame for youth mental health crisis? It’s complicated

GeekWire

Social media apps. Lawsuits filed by two Washington state school districts allege that major social media companies including Meta, TikTok, YouTube and others are driving a youth mental health crisis. But is it fair to heap the blame on social media giants? Jeremy Zero Photo via Unsplash). ” (Ithaca College Photo).

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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.

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The latest chapter in a 100-year study says AI’s promises and perils are getting real

GeekWire

The report, titled “Gathering Strength, Gathering Storms,” was issued today as part of the One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, or AI100 , which is envisioned as a century-long effort to track progress in AI and guide its future development.

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The Data Digest: Facebook’s Heaviest Users Are Concerned About Online Privacy But Fail To Act Accordingly

Forrester IT

Before joining Forrester, I studied economics at McGill University, where I developed a skillset in quantitative analysis and knowledge of the incentive-driven behaviors fueling today’s consumer-driven economy. I am excited to utilize what I’ve learned in my studies to […].

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Facebook bans developer behind Unfollow Everything tool

The Verge

A developer who made a tool that let people automatically unfollow friends and groups on Facebook says he’s been banned permanently from the social networking site. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. He says he couldn’t risk tangling in court with a trillion-dollar company like Facebook and so simply removed the tool.

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Study shows how pandemic decreased income diversity of urban encounters, even after lockdowns

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) There were many fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, but one that is rarely discussed is its effect on diverse encounters and social mixing in our cities. But this study shows these behavioral changes persisted long after the lockdowns ended and other restrictions were removed.

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