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Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It

The CoolCatTeacher

He has conducted workshops on teaching for faculty at more than a hundred colleges or high schools in the US and abroad, and consulted for the United Nations on the development of teaching materials in ethics and integrity. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.” ” .

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

Edsurge

asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights. The school uses a system called e-hallpass , by a company called Eduspire Solutions, founded by Nathan Hammond, a former classroom teacher of 20 years. For the most vulnerable populations in schools, what are the unintended consequences?”

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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. A Closer Look at Four Categories of Digital Literacy for Adult Learners.

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The FTC Has Its Sights on COPPA, and Edtech Providers Should Take Notice

Edsurge

Originally enacted in 1998, COPPA was most recently updated in 2013 to account for new ways of tracking personal information, including persistent identifiers such as cookies and geolocation data. The list of potentially non-compliant companies includes a number of household names, major education companies, and other large content providers.

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Edtech Incubators are Fading. Here’s What Will Replace Them.

Edsurge

Their hope is that these programs will help pave the way toward the kind of supportive environment that education technology companies need to survive. Many of the most eager entrepreneurs were first timers—often very young people with little experience in building companies or even in teaching—but driven by a passion for education.

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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. and the U.S.

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

Edsurge

But for a company that reported generating $39 billion in the second quarter of 2019, the fine amounts to barely a slap on the wrist, wrote Rohit Chopra, an FTC commissioner in his dissenting statement about the settlement: “The terms of the settlement were not even significant enough to make Google issue a warning to its investors.”

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