NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. I was honored to join several esteemed colleagues to present on the panel: Leading the Charge: Leveraging Librarian Leadership to Support the OER Journey. Technological Darwinism.

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Social Media Libraries Conference OER 105

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. And accordingly, platforms are the underlying trend that ties together popular narratives about technology and the economy in general. They’re amazing.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. What are immersive technologies? enhancing every-day learning experiences–media-rich annotations of historic places, libraries (shelves, books?), The first of my shares was on AR/VR/MR with a sprinkling of AI.

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Trends Libraries OER Microsoft 42

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. In this fifth post you will discover how careful examination of the verbs in a standard can help you find resources to assist in proper technology integration.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

School administrators learned about the site, to be called Amazon Inspire, during a “Transitioning to OER” session Friday as part of the National Conference on Education of the AASA, the School Superintendents Association, held here. “If you think about those resources, they’re not all that discoverable or sharable.”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

You will also find posts filled with resources including Science , Technology , and Engineering in STEM. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. Check it out if you have not had a chance! PDF documents.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

Library 2.015 Spring Summit Recap On April 30th we held the first ever Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a half-day conversation about technology issues and trends in the future of library and information services. Details to join the webinar at [link].

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Libraries Digital Citizenship Future Ready Conference 28

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 18, 2017

According to the HyperDocs site , HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. With strong educational philosophies built into each one, HyperDocs have the potential to shift the way you instruct with technology.

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Handbook Google OER Adobe 49

Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

Perkins, a fifth-grade teacher, browses the district’s library of content in H?para This solution works on any device using a web browser, and each student can log in using their existing Google Workspace for Education account username and password. para for a text she can teach in her science class.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I spend most of my time doing fairly tactical thinking and working focused on moving OER adoption forward in the US higher education space. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. My end goal isn’t to increase OER adoption.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

. When technology is offered to schools free of charge, it always comes with the promise of improving teaching and learning. Today, the tradeoffs that school leaders and teachers face about technology — whether free or for a fee — are more complex and troubling. It also often comes with a catch.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Google Scholar : Known for its wide-ranging scholarly literature, Google Scholar covers articles, theses, books, and conference papers across multiple disciplines. JSTOR : A digital library housing thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

link] March 8th, 4:00pm US-Eastern: Webinar: CloudReady, Your Aging PCs + The Google Admin Console Ever wish your existing, aging computers ran like your Chromebooks and could be managed in the Google Admin console? We're still taking session submissions! June 25 - 28: I STE + ISTEunplugged 10th Anniversary !

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Using technology in schools is no longer just about preparing our students for college and career. Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. It is good!

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Dempsey (Eds.), Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology (4th ed.). Networked Digital Technologies, Sharing, and Education. Pearson agreed.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 17, 2018

Differentiation : Imagine creating instruction (face-to-face or flipped) using Google Docs or Slides as your major platform. Professional development : Playlists are excellent vehicles to drive those technology lunch-and-learn experience. TES Lessons Library. OER and you: The curation mandate. Collections by Destiny.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Educational Technology ? Libraries and Librarians ? Open Source and OER ? We have several sessions each day, with (lots) more coming ( and that could include you! ). A current list is below. Balancing Home and School ?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. Virtual Learning Environments - Dr. Nicole Simon, Assistant Professor Engineering/Physics/Technology Dept.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. Using resources from the Library of Congress, these 80 units cover both U.S. You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 18, 2018

Take time to get to know some the sites, investigate new online technology, and hear from the website’s designers. Make sure to attend this popular hands-on technology event to learn more and explore the latest winning websites in the fields of librarianship, education, and instruction! ISTE Insights Flipboard magazine.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

And it’s “announced plans to create an ‘unsafe space’ to discuss texts including Mein Kampf and topics such as the infamous memo by ex-Google employee James Damore, who claimed there are ‘biological causes’ that prevent more women from getting jobs in tech.” The business of OER.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Content and Curriculum Creator, Project Explorer Creating OER-s and Interactive STEM Applications in Mathematics Higher Education , Lucie Mingla Math Educator, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Cross-cultural alignments, fertilization, differentiation: Bridging the gaps through technology , Melda N. Dr. Schell, Ed.D.,

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” ” Teacher of the Year indeed. ” Phew!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). “Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change ,” according to The Economist. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” ” More via Business Insider.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Columbia U Opens Research Center Devoted to Blockchain Tech.” ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.” National) Education Politics.

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” The Executive Director of HathiTrust responds.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge. ” Via Edsurge : “Education Technology Tools for Adult Learners Get Mixed Results From SRI Study.” But only if you let it. Don’t.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. Via Vice : “ Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service.” The company is co-founded by Nick Ducoff, formerly of the OER textbook startup Boundless. The Business of Job Training. So I dunno. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.”

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.”

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” ” Google announces “Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science.”

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns.” Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.”

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Or, with its penchant for amnesia , has education technology already forgotten? Google)’s biotech company, Calico. I want to point out that education technology investment is not interested in “free and open” when it comes to higher education. It is interested in new markets to profit from.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

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