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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

Edsurge

Those with data on Edmodo should remove it by the end of the day September 22nd if they don’t want to lose it, officials stated. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter. wrote one educator on Twitter. Edmodo platform was one of my best app when I started teaching in 2013.”

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

A Global Search for Education Reflection From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. While this blog is based on verifiable data, some readers may be unhappy with my interpretation. The hair on my arm prickled up like porcupine quills, but there was no breeze. Let’s dig in. Source: Wired.

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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Ted Cruz on social media. Critics disparaged the findings and hounded her to release her data. Tens of thousands of teachers and parents flocked to her 2013 online course on how to teach math. It emphasized “social justice” and suggested that students could take data science instead of advanced algebra in high school.

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Who or What Hates Common Core?

Edsurge

A team of researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has been digging deeply into social media data to examine the roots of the public dialogue around Common Core.

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The hottest posts everyone's reading

The Innovative Educator

The question about Twitter makes it to the top again. If you know someone at Twitter, please get them to comment with a straight answer :) Below you’ll see the top posts along with the number of pageviews. Entry Pageviews Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 2741 When tech teaches, what do teachers do?

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The hottest posts everyone's reading

The Innovative Educator

Entry Pageviews Don''t blame social media if your students are dist. Jul 13, 2014, 2885 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 2610 10 Ways Social Media Can Improve Writing. Aug 3, 2014, 1918 Are #EdTech Resources Keeping Student Data Safe?

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How Facebook Can Improve Privacy By Talking More With Academics

Edsurge

It has evolved into the most prominent data scandals in Facebook’s history, after personal information from some 87 million Facebook was passed along by Kogan to the political consulting company Cambridge Analytica. EdSurge: How did you get into studying issues of data privacy and social media? Or watch a video version.