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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

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Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter.

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As Tech Companies Hire More Liberal Arts Majors, More Students Are Choosing STEM Degrees

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The study points to estimates from LinkedIn that suggest “between 2010 and 2013, the growth of liberal arts majors entering the technology industry from undergrad outpaced that of computer science and engineering majors by 10 percent.” But those fragmented solutions and companies haven’t yet solved the challenges they think exist.

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Whose Land? Understanding Indigenous Peoples Through Edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

TIG was awarded the 2013 Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999.

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The School Hall Pass Is Going Digital. Is That a Good Thing?

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One key selling point: It helps schools counteract some problems exacerbated by social media—including a spate of school vandalism incidents inspired by viral TikTok posts—by allowing better tracking of hallway activity. Proponents of the approach say it’s an easy win to help prevent students from abusing more-informal paper systems.

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Boosting Digital Literacies for a Purpose

Digital Promise

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. Tech Team members learn to navigate livestreams on social media such as FaithLife , for example.

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Internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

The Hechinger Report

Erica Kryst, executive director of Cornell Career Services, said that in more than 10 years working in this field, she has seen employers — especially big companies in finance, consulting and tech — increasingly focus on college juniors they hire as interns rather than on seniors applying for full-time jobs.

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Why the State of Surveillance in Schools Might Lead to the Next Equifax Disaster

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“Imagine a breach like the Equifax one we just had, but occurring with students’ browsing history, the search strings of the school counselor or geolocation of all students in the school,” says privacy blogger Bill Fitzgerald, noting the risks companies are taking while gathering sensitive information on students. He is two minutes late.

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