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Protecting Your Students' Privacy on Social Media

By Common Sense Education
09/10/18

Social media can pose risks to students' privacy, but these risks can be managed with informed, intentional use. There's also a huge upside: Teachers can use social media to share best practices, provide an authentic audience for students' work, cultivate and model digital citizenship among their students and build more connected school communities.

Get more social media do's and don'ts for teachers at Common Sense Education.

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