Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” Map educators and learners separately If you don’t already, it’s a good idea to keep educators and learners separate in your Google organizational unit (OU) structure.

Digital Learning 130

Digital Learning Chromebook Learning Policies 130

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 14, 2018

They also create a monthly flyer for the community and hold quarterly meetings with parents where they talk about technical issues such as social media, data privacy and innovations. Small districts also can resell equipment, take advantage of E-rate funds and evaluate systems yearly for redundancies or other unnecessary spending.

E-rate 205

E-rate EdTech Social Media System 205

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? Being watched never does."

EdTech 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Download the free e-book Strategies and activities to promote social and emotional skills So how can you promote social and emotional development in your classroom? They can view activities for both Hāpara Workspace and Google Classroom and filter their view by recent or overdue assignments. Social awareness activities 7.

Strategy 144

Strategy Hapara E-rate Differentiated Instruction 144

Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

Common Sense Media Rating and Reviews. The Ultimate Google Cardboard and Expeditions Resource Guide. Google Expeditions on the iPad. Google Apps for iOS complete list. Get Google Certified This Summer! Google Certified Educator Academy. Ready to Get Google Certified? Teachers with Apps.

How To 76

How To E-rate Classroom iPad 76

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? Being watched never does."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

What Students Say And because of the experience students had during COVID-19 lockdowns, when most teaching was online, many students feel they learned how to teach themselves by just Googling. I wanted to talk to a few students myself. So I caught up with some right after class. I'll skip that class. It's fine.’”

Laptops 195

Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 195

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Step 1: Identify Goals and Requirements.

Digital Citizenship 71

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 71

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

So Google Bard , which is like kind of the their version of ChatGPT is going to come naturally with citation. So when you're looking at giving some feedback on what you're doing and asking ChatGPT or another Chatbot, you know, to look at this and how would you rate this? 00;33;55;00 – 00;34;17;07 Dan Fitzpatrick Yeah, 100%.

Classroom 427

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 427

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

E-rate 364

E-rate Education Meeting Industry 364

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

From collaborative learning in the classroom to the provision of e-learning modules in undergraduate courses, the rise of the digital native is being used as a reason — some say a justification — for significant policy changes.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Consumers’ expectations have shifted substantially due to the widespread adoption of on-demand delivery services in urban settings and the significant increase in worldwide e-commerce. If your company uses software to help it find and categorize its social media followers, you must go deeper into your customers’ profiles.

Tools 26

Tools Social Media Data Industry 26

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Connect With the Learning Revolution Project on Social Media. The Learning Revolution, as a new project, could use some help building our social media presence and credibility. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. More details here. Learn more and register here.

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). By using Google Drive or Archive.org , media can be made available for students to download offline, when they may be without a WiFi connection as well as for those students with limited data plans. Voice Recorder, Zoom.us , Skype).

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — CAST Tech, San Antonio’s newest public high school, looks like an outpost of Google. The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. million donation from H-E-B in 2016. What’s cool about CAST Tech?”

E-rate 98

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 98

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

His work around the study of social and cognitive presence in distance learning contexts has been cited many times, and his research has led to a number of high profile keynote speech invitations around the globe. I’m especially interested in social media that can be used to go beyond the often institutional centric LMS systems.

E-rate 73

E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

they do boost graduation rates.). Via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country.” of Mississippi Students Stage Sit-In Over Racist Social-Media Post.” of Mississippi Students Stage Sit-In Over Racist Social-Media Post.”

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” Via The Guardian : “ Google faces new discrimination charge : paying female teachers less than men.” Via The New York Times : “How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches.”

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.” Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Via The Outline : “ Google ’s featured snippets are worse than fake news.” Remember the Thiel Fellows ?

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

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 On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Fines Google $5.1 ” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .” ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.” Since 1999.”

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

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. It’s e-counseling 2.0. Abdi, for one, says she knew she could count on Collins, who spent a lot of time helping her revise her essay in Google Docs.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

You can keep up with ALA and other library-related news and information by subscribing to the free award-winning weekly e-newsletter AL Direct at [link]. Learn about Graphite , a free service from nonprofit Common Sense Media, that helps teachers discover and use the best apps, websites, and games. More information at [link].

Libraries 55

Libraries Conference Game-Based Learning Education 55

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.” “Try Google.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.” ” Credentialing and Competencies.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Photo: Meghan E. And they ended social promotion, so that struggling students are no longer shuttled along to the next grade level simply to keep them with the herd of similarly aged classmates. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Google Effect Rubs Off on Schools in One Rural Oklahoma Town.” The BBC reports that “ Cuba signs deal for faster internet access to Google content.” ” The Trump administration? Not so much.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40