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Here is that article re: students not understanding how to search.

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Here is that article re: students not understanding how to search.

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Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online

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Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don’t always recognize political bias of social messages.

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Here is an article re: Harvard rescinding admission offers

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Here is an article re: Harvard rescinding admission offers

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At least 10 students accepted to Harvard have had their offers rescinded after administrators discovered offensive posts in a private, online Facebook messaging group, the Harvard Crimson reported Sunday. The Holocaust, child abuse, sexual assault, as well as posts that denigrated minority groups, were all fair game in the meme-focused private group chat at one point called "Harvard Memes For Horny Bourgeois Teens."

One post called the hypothetical hanging of a Mexican child "piñata time," the Crimson reported. Others allegedly mocked children of drone strike-victims and those with disabilities. Harvard does not comment on individual applicants' admission statuses, but incoming students are explicitly told upon receiving an offer that behavior that brings into question their moral character can jeopardize their admission.

Such social media activities are not limited to Harvard hopefuls, however, and applicants to other Ivy League institutions should take note. Facebook groups centered on posting memes have become popular at elite institutions, though not necessarily dedicated to posts so universally offensive.

Harvard also has the Facebook group "Harvard Memes for Elitist 1% Tweens," which was not the message chat that resulted in the retraction of admissions offers. There's also the University of Pennsylvania's "Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club," Cornell's "Make Cornell Meme Again," Dartmouth's "Dartmouth Memes for Cold AF Teens," Yale's "Yale Memes for Special Snowflake Teens," Princeton's "Princeton Memes for Preppy AF Teens," Brown's "Brown Dank Stash of Memes for Unproductive Teens," Columbia's "Columbia Buy Sell Memes," and the University of California, Berkeley's "UC Berkeley Memes for Edgy Teens."

These groups usually have thousands of members, many of whom do not attend the institution, and are usually "moderated" by other students. For the Ivy League, meme groups are homes for students to joke and vent about their high-pressure environments. In these forums, it's popular to post images making fun of university presidents and school culture (comparing students on the finance-track to snakes is often well-received).

At times, posts in such groups at times border on incredibly odd, as well as offensive. Notorious pharmaceuticals seller Martin Shkreli is as of today still a member of Penn's meme group, the "Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club," where he allegedly joked about selling drugs.

Prospective students interested in memes first found each other on Harvard's Class of 2021 Admitted Students group, the Crimson reported. First, approximately 100 students created a private group-chat to share memes. From that group, the much more sinister, split-off private chat, "Harvard Memes For Horny Bourgeois Teens," was created. Students had to post more scandalous memes in the first larger, more lighthearted group in order to earn membership in the darker one, according to Cassandra Luca, an incoming freshman who was in only the first group.

One anonymous student whose offer of admission was rescinded said the Admissions Office asked students to disclose every image they had sent in the split-off messaging group, after becoming aware of its existence. Implicated students also received emails requesting they submit a statement to the Admissions office, according to the Crimson. In mid-April, at least 10 students' acceptances were revoked.

This extreme reaction to posts made on a private Facebook group runs counter to Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust's recent speech praising the importance of free speech in liberal society, Will Creeley of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), told Forbes. The advocacy group which defends free speech rights for students, has not been approached regarding this case, though Creeley, FIRE's senior vice president of legal and public advocacy, is familiar with the story.

"Our sense is that, had these students been enrolled at Harvard, they would be entitled to the freedom of expression that Harvard promises its students," he said.

"If they students had made a deposit or begun payment for tuition, effectively entered into a contract with Harvard, they should be afforded the same expressive rights as all students," he said. Creeley added that he could not recall anyone being expelled from Harvard for making insensitive or offensive jokes.

In a 2016 interview, Harvard Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons told the school paper that the Admissions Office rarely looks at applicants' social media. "We don't do this very often, but we will look occasionally if there are situations where we think more information would help [their application]," he said.

Still, it's not the first time Harvard's struggled with offensive, private online content produced by students. Last year, accepted Harvard students joined an unofficial closed GroupMe chat where students sent racist material and derided feminists. Only a few months later, the Harvard men's soccer team's season was canceled after players collected Facebook or internet images of the incoming freshman women's soccer team, and rated them based on attractiveness.

Memes, however, are flourishing on elite campuses, though today's news might make students more cautious in the future. Expectedly, within hours of the news, the students' revocation of admittance had already become a new meme on Harvard's original meme group.

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Harvard Rescinds Admissions To 10 Students For Offensive Facebook Memes

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At least 10 students accepted to Harvard have had their offers rescinded after administrators discovered offensive posts in a private, online Facebook messaging group, but other Ivy League hopefuls should take note. Many elite universities have similar social media hangouts.

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I hope to make my students better citizens digitally.

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Make sure that students understand what it is and why it is important.

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guidelines to prevent cheating cut and paste assignments

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guidelines to prevent cheating cut and paste assignments

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Some groovy cool stuff

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Ways to incorporate digital citizenship into my classroom.

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I hope to find a way to allow students to safely go online and get the material needed.  We are in a digital world and I need to as a teacher prepare them to use it smartly.

I hope to do more work online instead of paper/pen to save paper and prepare my students.

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I am hoping to learn ways to better keep myself, my own children, and my students safe when we are online.

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I am hoping to learn ways to better keep myself, my own children, and my students safe when we are online.

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I hope to learn about digital citizenship and take back digital resources for my students.

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Q1: What do you hope to take back to your class?

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Q1: What do you hope to take back to your class?

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Q2: What are you looking to do differently with regards to Digital Citizenship this year?

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Q2: What are you looking to do differently with regards to Digital Citizenship this year?