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CHANGING<br />
PARADIGMS<br />
Doing What<br />
Comes Naturally<br />
By Jim Dillon<br />
Many people of my generation see the rise of social media as a negative force<br />
that replaces human-to-human connection with a virtual one. Educators<br />
especially are prone to see social media as a competing force, distracting<br />
students from the work they are expected to do in school. Many who hear<br />
the daily stories of how people have used social media to hurt and ridicule<br />
others are frightened by how “impossible” it now is to control what young<br />
people can do to each other.<br />
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