The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Many assume that because young people are fluent in social media they are equally savvy about what they find there. Related: Getting schooled in social media. The research also asked students to judge the voracity of claims made on social media. Our work shows the opposite.”.

Social Media 40

Social Media Blended Learning Advocacy Study 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The internet has no shortage of dubious information; and the ability to evaluate health and science claims is a subset of media literacy. With the abundance of health/science content students may only see via social media, kids are ill-equipped to discern hype from real science. First students recognize a claim or a hypothesis.

Digital Citizenship 75

Digital Citizenship Study Social Media Report 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Generally, after an incident occurs or staff receive a tip — say, a student gets into a fight or posts on social media condoning the use of violence — a team uses a structured process to gather information, interview the student and witnesses, and decide on a threat level to assign the student.

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Assessment Report Training Guidelines 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. The last couple years have brought a renaissance in virtual guidance counseling—both new services and existing ones upping their game with mobile, social media and data analytics.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Some states’ figures are even higher. Even within a system, credits may not be accepted. It’s hard to cope.

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Course Social Media Study Comparison 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” ”) How accurate are her observations?

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In Part II of this series, participants will examine powerful examples and methods for applying global education in learning environments. March 2nd, 7pm US-EST: GlobalEd.TV 's March Webinar Is "Global Education in Action" What kinds of practices and activities foster global education in schools and community programs? Register at [link].

Chromebook 28

Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Coaches help students develop the noncognitive abilities required to address these challenges — skills such as self-advocacy, time management, critical thinking, and communication. Unlike predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics takes situational data and tells you what to do in a given situation to change the outcome.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

How can they harness and organize data that will inform cybersecurity methods? Awareness can generate some fear, but fear might be necessary, for example, when student data are revealed and sold. Should there be a response on social media? How can they educate students where they are with their technology usage?

Software 85

Software Future Ready Advocacy Data 85

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. It’s also one of the more controversial, as the computer programs that tend to enable personalized learning stoke anxieties about student data being hacked, sold, or otherwise abused.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 125

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

At Maury County Public Schools (TN), for example, families can check out WiFi-enabled devices for two weeks at a time. Marczak leads trainings across Tennessee in district and principal professional development, SMART goal implementation, professional learning communities, and the impact of social media on the superintendency.

BYOD 55

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 55

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Critical Race Theory debate came to my attention the same way it did for most: scrolling through social media. If a national ban on these practices/topics is imposed, I will take it as a signal to take my beliefs to higher levels in the name of advocacy for our children. But, not everyone is able to take that stance.

Policies 72

Policies Social Media Meeting Examples 72

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 12, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event. Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 65

Libraries Conference Accessibility System 65

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 7, 2022

. : Melissa Glenn, Health and Social Services Coordinator, King County Library System | Therese Paxton, Certified Peer Counselor ( Link to details ) Public Library Services to Incarcerated and Re-entering Populations: The "Why?", "What?"

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Conference Libraries Accessibility System 61

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event. Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” “Education is going to be a powerful example of the potential of VR,” he said. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 21, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event. Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Digital Divide System 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2022

Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event. Houston Public Library aggressively promotes its vast resources through strong advocacy, high visibility, exemplary customer service, strong partnerships, and broad reaching community engagement.

Conference 36

Conference Libraries Digital Divide System 36

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Doesn’t that seem small?

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

“The average amount of tuition is going to be more than the actual voucher, not to mention transportation and uniform costs,” said Nik Nartowicz, state policy counsel for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a legal advocacy group. Recent state data pegs the median ESA award at just under $7,200.

Advocacy 145

Advocacy Policies Report Elementary 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

We've added information on the accepted sessions for the second Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Open Data," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 5th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Local, state and federal governments are releasing data - the public's data - in new ways.

Data 31

Data Conference Broadband Libraries 31

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

And more importantly, to ascertain where some folks – those who issue press releases, for example – want the puck to head. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

We're excited to announce the keynote panel for our second Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Open Data," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 5th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Local, state and federal governments are releasing data - the public's data - in new ways.

Libraries 34

Libraries Data Conference Broadband 34

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Protests at Evergreen College in Washington , for example. For its part, the Justice Department indicated that it would investigate what it deemed to be free speech violations on campuses – at Pierce College , for example, and at Georgia Gwinnett College. Again and again and again. Protests at Reed College in Oregon.

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

The Verge offers its “ Back to School Guide 2016 ,” which includes a $235 backpack and a $42 mug if you need an example of how woefully out-of-touch tech journalists can be. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Data and “Research” 21 states still allow corporal punishment. Became A Pop Culture Phenomenon.”

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Demanding that schools teach “the right skills” is also one of many examples of an ongoing “innovation” fixation , of how industry is pressing the education system to bend to its needs. There are other markets to pursue, after all – markets in Mexico , Gaza , Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria , for example.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. And in today’s information environment, all these stories have seemingly become a lot less “fringe.”

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Privacy overlaps with “personalization,” and surveillance overlaps with data collection and analytics and algorithmic decision-making. Among the larger National Education Association (NEA), which comprises more than 3 million members, more than one in three who voted did so for the billionaire developer, early data show.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40