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03 May 2017

13 Reasons Why… Schools & Districts Need Gaggle

There’s been a lot of discussion and controversy concerning the Netflix original series, Th1rteen R3asons Why (originally a book by the title, 13 Reas...


By     Kathy Boehle
02 May 2017

Exclusive Data on Student Safety to be Revealed on Webinar

Note: This post has been updated with links to watch the webcast on-demand.


By     Rob Yoegel
28 Apr 2017

The Limitations of Tying Student Safety to Devices

The recently released Family Link app from Google provides parents with several helpful measures for monitoring and restricting the device use of thei...


By     Corey Tutewiler
25 Apr 2017

Why You Should Backup & Archive Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive

Last month’s announcement that Vault now supports Google Drive finally recognizes that G Suite users keep information in more places than their inbox,...


By     Patrick O'Neal
20 Apr 2017

Safety Management Categories: Profanity & Hate Speech

With this Gaggle Speaks post, we’re launching a new series specifically about our Safety Management categories.


By     Gaggle
17 Apr 2017

How Instagram, Facebook and Twitter Foster Digital Citizenship & Safety

Did you notice any peculiar trends on Instagram recently? In efforts to foster a safer, kinder community, tens of thousands of Instagrammers came toge...


By     Corey Tutewiler
12 Apr 2017

Digital Life After School: Graduation for G Suite

As part of a G Suite for Education release earlier this year, Google introduced Graduation for G Suite, an easy way for students to migrate content to...


By     Corey Tutewiler
07 Apr 2017

Social Network Spotlight: Swarm

Swarm is a geo-location, social-gaming application that allows users to “check in” at specific locations and share with their social network. A compan...


By     Alex Beck
05 Apr 2017

Using Facebook Stories in the Classroom

As the adage goes, "the only permanent thing in the universe is impermanence." This is certainly true of the Stories feature on social media—made popu...


By     Corey Tutewiler
03 Apr 2017

Saving Students’ Lives: All Part of a Day’s Work

It takes a special person to work on our Safety Management Team. These former educators and members of law enforcement, who also have backgrounds in p...


By     Rob Yoegel

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