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Can you trust what you see online?

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Can you trust what you see online? Today, deepfake technology is so advanced that it is hard to know if you can trust what you see online. You have won our top prize!’ We understand you have recently been in an accident that wasn’t your fault.

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How to Track My Child’s Location

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Now that so many children carry smartphones, do you track your child’s location? If you’re worried that’s akin to spying on them, read on. How can you ensure that you track them effectively and responsibly? Trust them to make choices and step in when needed.

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What do Parents Ask About Technology in Education?

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Now, I teach grad school classes online to practicing teachers and want to see if those questions are the same. So I asked my grad school students: What questions do parents ask you about technology and education ? Online Etiquette (Netiquette): Explain the concept of online etiquette or “netiquette.”

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How to Help Students Avoid Getting Duped Online — and by AI Chatbots

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Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. The result is the book “ Verified: How to think straight, get duped less and make better decisions about what to believe online.” What is critical ignoring and why is that something you're highlighting?

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The Growing Importance of Digital Citizenship

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Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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4 Approaches to Detect AI Writing

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However, there are a few indicators that can help you identify whether a piece of writing has been generated by an AI system. Repetition: AI systems often rely on pre-programmed templates and patterns to generate text, which can result in repetitive phrasing and wording. Pretty good?

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? The $800 million underpinning the effort derived from a controversial decision by the two universities in 2021 to sell their edX online learning platform to 2U.