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Google Gets $170M Fine and Pledges to Protect Children on YouTube. Will It Matter?

Edsurge

At first glance, it seems like a hefty fine—and it’s what the Federal Trade Commission ordered Google to pay as a settlement over complaints that YouTube had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, or COPPA. 7, to consider changes to the law, which was last amended in 2013. But is it really all that much?

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?Forbes “30 Under 30” Education Leaders to Learn From in 2017

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The magazine’s “30 Under 30” list, which highlights young leaders in fields such as technology, music and healthcare, added education to the list in 2013 and since then has grown from nearly 90 nominations in 2014 to more than 450 last year. (Shots at getting into Stanford and Harvard are both higher.)

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Promote Executive Functioning within School Culture

edWeb.net

Renaud now focuses on supporting the development of organizational skills through Studyo, a student project management and planning platform he founded in 2013. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF. He is always focused on the skills students desperately need to succeed in today’s world, and always places education before technology.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018. One advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about this issue from September 2016 to December 2018, according to the complaint. Credit: Google Maps.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. In today’s episode, she talks about the transformation, why they needed change, and implementing successful change. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

Students need to have an option to reply where they can briefly indicate why they were absent and, if they are in crisis, be automatically redirected to on-campus (ex: counselling center) and neighborhood assistance (immigration advocacy). A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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Join Us for the 5th Annual Picture Book Smackdown

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

In 2013, I started brainstorming with several dynamic librarians across the country a way for us to celebrate the close of the month. Jenny Lussier, Cathy Potter, Shawna Ford, Kathy Kaldenberg, and I created the very first Picture Book Smackdown which was held via Google Hangout on November 21, 2013.