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Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom

Neo LMS

Students can play games, watch stupid videos, browse inappropriate websites, spend time on social media, or catch up on the latest episodes of their favorite series. Myths No 3: BYOD will deepen the digital divide. If schools allow students to bring their own devices to class, do they really deepen this digital divide?

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Nonprofit News Literacy Project Welcomes Former Educator as CEO, With Plans to Expand

Edsurge

-Alan Miller, founder and outgoing CEO of the News Literacy Project In 2008, when Miller started the News Literacy Project following a visit to his daughter’s sixth grade class, he thought news literacy would be an important skill for students and educators in the age of burgeoning social media and smartphones.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We More than 10,000 of the students had answered questions on their technology use in the spring of fifth grade in 2016.

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Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Edsurge

In 2016, Harris, together with the Meyster brothers, started the “ Breaking into Startups ” podcast, which interviews CEOs about their tech careers and covers many of the questions that Career Karma now addresses. But also people that have created $100-billion dollar companies.

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Paying to Turn in Homework? ASU Prof's Viral Email Raises Questions About Online Textbook Model

Edsurge

That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.”

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. million records going up for sale on the Dark Web.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

She has taught English Language Arts, Social Studies, Film, Journalism, and enjoys writing, illustrating, and cooking in her free time. And I think we've got a lot of lessons to learn from how we've kind of dealt with social media over the last ten years. 00;33;55;00 – 00;34;17;07 Dan Fitzpatrick Yeah, 100%.

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