The Principal of Change

MAY 8, 2016

I’ve been reading the book, “The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace”, by Ron Friedman , and was struck by this part on Google’s 20% time. The power of this was not only for the person learning from the wisdom of Beth, but Beth as will.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 13, 2016

It’s also the best way to promote your personal and professional brand. Haven’t yet jumped on the social media bandwagon? Five Tips to Help You Create a Personal Brand and a Positive Digital Reputation. What will they find when they Google you? You should expect to be Googled before a job interview.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Pedrotti took over as principal of Brook Avenue Elementary School in January of 2016, and Torres joined her that April. Starting with social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the two make it a priority to celebrate the accomplishments of students and teachers in their school on a daily basis. Jessica Torres.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

So explore the site, sign up for my weekly tips, or follow along on social media. You can energize and enhance teaching and learning — and I’m here to help you get started! If you are a Google Educator or if you work in a Google Classroom school, this is an essential resource for keeping up and moving forward.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Then, I google it and a kid who is probably under 12 years old makes a video that explains something to me that saved me hours of time. My whole career I have been open to learning from kids, but they were usually in my class and school. March 6, 2016 Adding or Subtracting Learning? Try and try again and nothing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. One student plotted a Google Maps route to Boston.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Is It Time to Break Up Google? |

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. Known for his ability to inspire and build leaders, he spearheaded Redefining Ready!,

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2018

The AAP’s guidelines from 2002 stated that there should be no media use for children under the age of two, that 2- to 5-year olds should be extremely limited in media consumption and that children over five should consume no more than two hours of media per day.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He also found that blended learning can be a great way to maximize the learning potential of parents as well as educators and students. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2016

AASL has been doing some seriously creative thinking about how we might use the month of April to celebrate the 2016 theme: the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning. You may want to prepare by learning a little about the history of School Library Month. Wed, April 13 @| 6:00 p.m.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 25, 2015

But in the here and now, the reality is less romantic, and as we head towards the 2015-2016 school year, it’s just might be that teaching is more difficult than it’s ever been before. Nothing is easy, everyone’s an expert, making it too easy for the joy of teaching and learning to disappear.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Hoth brings diverse skills, including graphic and Web design and social media marketing, to his work for this critical cause. Adults tend to underestimate the younger generation, thinking that we don’t know what we’re doing, but I for one have used Facebook ads and Google AdWords to promote SSU.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Barbara founded Personalize Learning, LLC in 2012 with Kathleen McClaskey who she co-authored two books on personalized learning: Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. Chris is a 2016 member of Scholastic’s National Advisory Council. Chris received his B.A.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” — Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Obama administration’s Education Department failed to consider key evidence when it reviewed and ultimately terminated its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools in 2016, a federal judge ruled late Friday.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Fines Google $5.1 in 2016 on a student visa.” Bless this headline ( from The 74 ) ’s heart: “Educators & Experts Say Personalized Learning Is Not About Technology or Money but Leadership and Relationships.” Another invocation of Google Map s as a metaphor for student learning data in Edsurge.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? “ No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Google had a big media to-do this week. “ Mattel and Google : a double standard for AI toys?”

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” .” This is my shocked face. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. They use cheat sheets and Google Search during exams. 2016 underscored that security flaws aren’t solely a problem of educational institutions and government agencies.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. The ruling, which referred to players as employees, found that they must be freely allowed to post on social media, discuss issues of their health and safety, and speak with the media.” ” Maybe.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.”

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. charter school.” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 Personalization, in all these manifestations, is a programmatic expression of individualism. It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. They aspire to be monopolies.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.” ” (I guess this is some sort of follow-up to this 2016 story in Edsurge touting Education Element’s work helping districts implement personalized learning.).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

“ Facebook is donating 500 virtual reality kits to Arkansas schools under a first-of-its-kind partnership between the social media giant and the state,” says the AP. Google is closing down the Hangouts API. Meanwhile, via Pearson : “ Personalized learning and student privacy.” Or something.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Some 280 incidents since January 2016. Immediately following the 2016 elections, I tweeted that “Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students.” I delete all my old social media now on a regular and ongoing basis.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” Also via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans.” 2 job at the U.S. Department of Education, sources say.” ” Go, School Sports Team! .

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. “Why the Best Personalized Learning Programs Start Way Before High School,” according to Edsurge. “ It’s Time to Take Back Personalized Learning ,” says Phyllis Lockett in Edsurge.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. And maybe educators will rationalize using it anyway… “ Google ’s Mass-Shooting Misinformation Problem” by The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. .

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. The social media platform had raised $2.5

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” Via The Washington Post : “ Trump personally asked Xi Jinping to help resolve case of UCLA basketball players arrested in China.” ” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. link] — Chris Lehmann (@lehmannchris) November 16, 2017.

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