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Latest in Games and Learning Research Reveals Need to Empower Educators

MIND Research Institute

DML 2017 was packed with interesting studies and perspectives from education, media and technology researchers from around the world. October 5, 2017. October 5, 2017. But how do we use that knowledge to design better digital and blended learning experiences? October 5, 2017. October 5, 2017.

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The COPPA Rule, FERPA, and the Security of Student Data

Doug Levin

In light of these questions, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Education (“ED”) will hold a Student Privacy and Ed Tech workshop on December 1, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Parents and taxpayers should expect uniformity in student data breach reporting and remedies across schools, states, and technology providers.

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A Handy Visual Featuring The 6 Types of Creative Commons Licences Students Should Know about

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

February 8, 2017 The concept of Creative Commons was introduced to help enhance creative and free exchange of scholarship in a collaborative knowledge-based economy. Instead of chaining their work.read more.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

Professional learning opportunities are puzzles that include establishing knowledge bases, developing skills, instilling trust, and belief in the process and, most importantly, allowing time for practice. And before that, an advisor for Future Ready Schools and has moderated and presented numerous Future Ready’s Summits and Institutes.

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Connecting Computer Science to Today's World

Tech Helpful

But the truth of the matter is, most schools aren't this fortunate and therefore they can't afford to hire the level of knowledge base needed on a school budget. Only 934 exams were taken in AP Computer Science by high school students in Tennessee in 2017." I'm thankful we are one of them.but these statistics have to change.

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Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education.

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When Pushing Boundaries in Math Education, Where Can Teachers Turn For Help and Camaraderie?

MindShift

— David Butler (@DavidKButlerUoA) July 29, 2017. But then people who have only been in one place have a very deep knowledge base—so both of those perspectives are needed,” she said. Hence Meyer’s new website: Lonely Math Teachers , in which he curates those lonely tweets that have gone unanswered.