eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

The 3M Young Scientist Challenge asks students in grades 5-8 to identify an everyday problem in their community or the world and submit a one- to two-minute video communicating the science behind their solution. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While many kids might play video games or just goof around when they get bored, Demirkapi decided to go poke around in some of the computer systems that his school uses. EdSurge: The student reported the security holes to both companies. Wired Magazine, which is where we first heard about the story , reached out to both companies.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Professional learning and support tools include in-person workshops, webinars, video tutorials, grant opportunities and more. Tech Tips Videos: This collection of more than 180 videos provides helpful tutorials on using various Vernier data-collection technologies. More than 1,000 sample experiments are available.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

Farenga worked closely with one of the founders of the modern homeschooling movement, the late author and teacher John Holt, and published Growing Without Schooling magazine ( GWS ) from 1985 until it stopped in 2001. His latest project is Starting to Homeschool with Pat Farenga— [link] —a series of videos, publications, and online support.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You may have seen her on BuzzFeed Video or HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. In an interview with Vogue magazine, Brunson shares, “It was just a world that I knew so well, like the back of my hand…[H]aving this real in-depth experience with my mom being a teacher for most of my life really helped me see the world.”

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

Visited several local libraries and InfOhio : I tapped into these resources which gave me over 300 books, magazines, and articles at various reading and interest levels. While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 9, 2011

Well, here's me in an interview with a German Human Resources magazine , in the run up to a keynote speech I'm giving in Cologne, Germany in September. The biggest surprise for me so far has been social media: it is the biggest thing in the last ten years to hit the world of learning technology. And I can also learn from them.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It’s common for school districts to block social media, chatting services, online games and video services. That means some teachers spend hours downloading YouTube videos to use in their classrooms the next day — energy that could be better spent elsewhere. GROWING DIGITAL LEADERS.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

As blogs and social media exploded in popularity, they have subsequently de-credited major news media in the process. The best example of this might be the video game community, where many software developers have found success not so much with games, but equipping users with the tools to create their own games.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

Scoopit will go out and gather suggested sites, blogs, videos, pins, and more guided by the keywords YOU set when you create each topic! Share Scoopit will share those cool resources on Social Media for you! Publish Scoopit publishes a lovely glossy digital "magazine" with each topic! No worries!

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 23, 2022

According to Forbes magazine, who was the youngest self-made billionaire in 2019? Who is the most followed person on the social media app Tik Tok? What is the best-selling sports video game franchise of all time? The Coca-Cola Company created the soft drink Mr. Pibb to better compete with what other soft drinks?

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Donald De La Haye started making YouTube videos long before he joined the University of Central Florida ’s football team. The student loan company has raised $803.6

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I am going to search the internet to find how-to tutorials, preferably with images, drawings, and/or videos. textbook or testing company). Show students how to use the internet to find and use online resources. I need to know more about how to do this part of my project. Assessing One’s Progress How am I doing with my maker project?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As the LMS developed more, opportunities were included allowing a richer learning experience including discussions, video, audio, white boards, and conference rooms. This page will provide some amazing articles and videos as you explore Blended Learning. One YouTube video could be shared with the entire grade or content class.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. YouTube channel.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2019

If you delete the apps for social media, you’re not deleting the social media service. Tweak Your Tablet for Learning My favorite way to read blogs, magazines and such is Flipboard. I have a Flipboard magazine you can check out and subscribe to as well. Go off the grid.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries. See you online! Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Take, for example, the founding editor of the technology trade magazine Wired , Kevin Kelly. The Internet did become more privatized, more commercialized around that date – 1991 – and thanks to companies like AOL, a version of it became more accessible to more people. A dominant ideology.) But it’s still got problems.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 16, 2020

Social media interactions: Many authors regularly hold Q&As and talk to their readers through Twitter and Facebook. Video chats and author presentations: Schools and libraries are bringing author chats to their students through virtual presentations. Biblionasium : This is a social reading network for kids 6-13.

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TeacherCast

MAY 8, 2019

In 2010, I had the opportunity to listen to my first podcast while taking a trip with my wife and from that moment, my life and my career would forever take an amazing turn that has given me the opportunity to connect with thousands of educators and hundreds of companies and make a pretty nice life for my family in the process.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 24, 2018

At this stage of the run-up to the February 4th game, a lot of attention (on social media, in the press, and around the office water cooler) has already been given to the game and the commercials . Create a chart listing the known advertisers and research their parent companies. How many ads are for: alcohol? Why is this so?

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 15, 2012

Wired magazine is running an article (issue 06.12) on the power shift that is currently happening in the world of entertainment. Although most traditional modes of advertising are still hanging on for dear life, it seems that social media endorsement by celebrities is becoming the next big thing. billion views. billion views.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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MindShift

JUNE 30, 2019

’ ” This misconception comes in part from the media, she says, and from companies — Apple, Google, Amazon — that advertise parental controls and settings as a magic solution. A 2017 article in The Atlantic magazine — “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? “It’s never the only reason.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). Over the years, she has written for everyone from The Wall Street Journal to Mad Magazine. Yes -- Mad.

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 28, 2012

I emphasise here the power of participatory media to promote democracy and to a strengthening of the influence of the voice of the people. The current exponential adoption of social media has huge implications for the system of education, itself a key component of cultural hegemony. It doesn't stop there.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Via Politico : “ Trump steps up fight to keep Trump University deposition videos secret.” ” (Hmm.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via The Nation : “ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ ” Via Education Week : “Setback for DACA Supporters Places Program’s Fate Squarely in Trump’s Hands.” ” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The Remember Time Magazine’s darkening of the OJ mugshot?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Prior to the department spending $6 million on iPads, Apple spent more than $5300 on meals and lodging for state Superintendent Mark Johnson and five other education officials to visit the company’s HQ. Speaking of Michigan State and Nassar, via The State News : “Original MSU alumni magazine leaked.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” President Obama talked to Wired magazine about artificial intelligence, Mars, self-driving cars, Star Trek and more. The ruling, which referred to players as employees, found that they must be freely allowed to post on social media, discuss issues of their health and safety, and speak with the media.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). to For-Profit Company Tackling School Schedules.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Via The New York Magazine : “The Class of 1946–2018 Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness.” ” LOL, they do?!

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