Surprisingly, 6 in 10 of U.S. respondents disapprove of students using social media in the classroom, while most participants in China were agreeable with this.

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Could social media be used in the classroom?

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He and another school official who entered the classroom are reported by US media to have warned the suspect that there would be no shooting in his class - at which point the gunman put down his weapon and police officers arrested him.

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The CD-ROM, launched at the 15th Annual Conference of AMIC in Penang, Malaysia last July, is expected to be a valuable resource for PSB institutions, television trainers, civil society groups dealing with media freedom and cultural diversity issues, and tertiary institutions as a "classroom" and advocacy resource.

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In the event of disagreement which cannot be resolved, the Publisher, as professor of this laboratory classroom experience, shall have the final decision, as with all Department-sponsored laboratory media courses.

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"If a particular type of behavior is inappropriate in the classroom or a professional workplace, then that behavior is also inappropriate on the professional social media site, " the guidelines say.

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But I want those resources to be used smartly, not just by taking advantage of hardware and software that can improve education, but also by using social media to supplement what teachers do and make it increasingly possible for people to learn outside the confines of a classroom.

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