Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Here I’d like to identify trends from 2015 which seem likely to persist or grow over the next year. I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Cambridge Analytica was able to take that quarter million accounts that it had permission to look at from Facebook and mine fifty million accounts to look at trends and how people thought about politics and then potentially use that to move the 2016 election in different ways. You and I have both been in social media now for a decade.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 19, 2016

Last week I led a new Future Trends Forum with a twist. Here’s an outline of topics that came up, partly from my FTTE observations, partly from participants: Education and its contexts : I mentioned recent trends about state funding to public higher ed (increasing!), The combination worked well.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In honor of Safer Internet Day (February 9, 2016), here are some quick internet safety tips to keep children from harm’s way: Google SafeSearch. Social Media Safety. You can limit who can see posts and personal information within your social media circle, but it is best to forgo listing any personal information whatsoever.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. Thanks to social media and my Personal Learning Network (PLN), I began to embrace new ideas, think differently, and critically reflect on my professional practice to be a better leader.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 21, 2017

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

These include big-name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. Esports is also big business, making money from investments, branding, advertising, and media deals. This includes creating tools like text groups, email lists, and social media sites.

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techlearning

MARCH 8, 2018

and Project Tomorrow in their latest trends report, Trends in community engagement: Text, Twitter, email, call—new expectations for school-to-home communications. When it comes to social media, this disconnect is large.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. Students will be introduced to learning content through the vivid photo and video Expeditions followed by in-depth exploration opportunities in zSpace.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference. The event became much more dramatic than expected, once the hosting city, Washington DC, was clobbered by the great snowpocalyspe of 2016. Let me share some materials here, along with reflections on the conference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2017

Today Peggy George @pgeorge was one of the most photographed people last year at ISTE 2016, however – SHE WASN’T THERE. I will be leading a panel discussion on the 5 teacher trends changing education. See 2016 Participate resources – [link]. Peggy is an expert on getting the most of ISTE by attending virtually.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

Perhaps reading posts on social media and clicking on article links in Google searches are useful types of reading too. was one of the few exceptions, bucking the disappointing trend here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

By Deloitte’s most recent count , 37 percent of organizations have deployed AI solutions (up 270 percent from 2016) and a majority predict it will “substantially transform” their companies by 2023. Anaheim Union High School District wants to buck that trend. The shift may also mean transforming their workforce. “As

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Perry Hewitt

MAY 29, 2015

It’s worth reading every one of Mary Meeker’s internet trends slides. Journalist/social media editor Sarah Marshall compiled a list of 19 useful tips and tools for social sharing and searching , I particularly liked her ideas for attribution and correction, and a few new tools to check out.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Bachelors of arts degrees in the humanities decreased from 36 percent in 1970 to 23 percent in 2016, according to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The parallel trends are caused by a mismatch between job seekers and employers, the study argues.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. What trend or fad will resurface next decade? The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 5, 2019

Even before the 2016 election, only 28% of social studies teachers reported that they thought parents would strongly support teaching about elections (Commission on Youth Voting and Civic Knowledge, 2013).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2016

San Mateo, CA-based marketing software company Marketo announced today a growth of 44 education customers who have signed on, renewed or expanded their agreements from January to July 2016. And increasingly, colleges are shifting to digital marketing strategies, social media outreach and mobile platforms.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

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edWeb.net

APRIL 11, 2018

In the past 10 years, social media has helped educators connect online to more easily share resources, ideas, and practices among themselves, leading to more grass roots, open source collaboration and the evolution of personal learning networks. This trend is disrupting traditional models for professional development.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015. As the demands and expectations of students evolve, those responsible for technology in education must respond quickly and effectively to these trends.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 26, 2016

At the conference innovative educators from across NYC Schools share their knowledge and expertise with other educators from NYC, surrounding areas, and even around the world thanks to social media. The conference is so popular, it trended on Twitter last year. I want more »

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Today Carol McLaughlin @missmac100 second grade teacher from Alabama and #2ndchat moderator talks about the global trends in second grade. And today, Carol, we thought we would talk about some of the trends we’re seeing in second grade across the world. 2nd Grade Trend #1: Project Based Learning. OK, what other trends.

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Perry Hewitt

DECEMBER 11, 2015

You may have noticed a few changes this week to your social media feeds. Holiday break: Friday 5 will not publish again until Friday, January 8, 2016 , a date that sounds like science fiction but is a mere few weeks away. Best wishes for a peaceful break if you can take one, and a happy and productive New Year.

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The Jose Vilson

AUGUST 19, 2016

Kaden Pagani, 8, left, and his brother Kingston, 6, carry signs as they march down Broadway toward Frank Ozawa Plaza during a Black Lives Matters protest in Oakland on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Pew Research Centre published survey results on social media conversations about race. Social media is the real world.

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Perry Hewitt

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Curious about the future of tech and media? If so, this 136-slide Activate 2016 Tech and Media Outlook is definitely worth the time. A few points in particular stood out for me: the rise of messaging over “traditional” social media; the 31(!)

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Unfortunately, the ushering in of the social media age has also ushered in an age centered on quickly diffusing [personal] information. How about sexual activity?

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Finally, set clear rules and limitations with your child on how much digital media they can access.[5] 5] This can include not only which websites or media they are allowed to view, but also when they are allowed to view it. You could, for example, only allow social media use for fifteen minutes after finishing their homework.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

On March 30 we had Jim Groom as our Future Trends Forum guest. He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016. And Jim blogged about it.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Scholars want peers to find—and cite—their research, and these days that increasingly happens on social media. Among the most widely-villified are ResearchGate and Academia.edu , which is evident by griping on social media and elsewhere.) “The The old adage ‘publish or perish’ could soon go digital as ‘clicks or canned.’

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Innovative educators love staying connected to the latest information, news, trends, and updates at great conferences that take place across the year. Make sure everyone knows how to stay connected with a social media booth manned by an expert who can help lead the way. At least that's how things used to be.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

On March 30 we had Jim Groom as our Future Trends Forum guest. He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016. And Jim blogged about it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

Alex Blumberg, the co-founder and CEO of Gimlet Media, a podcast network, shared about that kind of intimacy during a 2016 Podcast Movement talk: The Second Golden Age of Audio. There’s an authenticity to it that is difficult to produce in any other communication channel.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In South Carolina, for example, there were simply not enough qualified teachers to fill positions during the 2017–2018 school year: 6,700 South Carolina teachers left their positions after the 2016–2017 school year, with 4,900 leaving teaching altogether. And the trend continues with educators, too. Retrieved from [link]. Jacobson, L.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The athletes also regularly use social media to connect with teachers and students outside of the platform. “I

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