EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Mon, 11/12/2018 - 13:21. Augmented data analysis, blended digital tools and connected networks will reign among technology innovations in the coming year, according to IT analyst group Gartner’s top 10 tech trends of 2019. . Artificial Intelligence Will Augment Data-Driven Initiatives. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Thanks to a $30 million gift from an alumnus, the small, selective college in Maine is establishing the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence , which aims to integrate machine learning, natural language processing and big data into instruction and research across the college. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2018

While this blog is based on verifiable data, some readers may be unhappy with my interpretation. Social media has not shown an ability to “self correct” perhaps because by its very nature, the responses can only be positive and thus, there is no self-correcting mechanism built into its algorithm. Source: Wired.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Tue, 12/11/2018 - 08:10. This is especially true as district leaders begin to ask whether close monitoring of web browsing and social media could prevent something as horrific as a school shooting. . How K–12 Schools Can Maintain Student Safety Without Undermining Privacy. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

When it comes to education, Forbes’ 2018 “30 Under 30” list might be summed up best as the year of the founder. Many of the creative types honored are using social media to reach large numbers of students and education influencers. Poet and filmmaker Richard Williams (a.k.a. Michael Benko (28) and E.J.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. Date: May 14, 2018. Just for one example, we have student-led social media accounts in our classroom. Student-led social media accounts.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

They can post these micro-credentials on their resumes, LinkedIn profiles, or other social media platforms for future employers to see. As students develop their skills, they can earn digital micro-credentials as a way to demonstrate the competencies they have built.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it. Data Analytics. Data empowers school districts to make informed technology decisions that impact student success, Draper explains. Data Privacy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2018

Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2018. In a nutshell, Cambridge Analytica, was a corporation that used Facebook data and had permission to look at about a quarter million accounts, but because of the way Facebook sets itself up, whenever you give permission to Facebook, you’re also basically giving permission for Facebook to look at your friends.

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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2018

20, 2018) ­– Over 350 administrators, educators, and industry experts from around the world gathered in St. Presentations focused on improving engagement, reducing costs, and making data-driven decisions. To see the social media moments captured at iCon 2018, search #FutureStamped on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

They graduated from Amherst College in 2018. Kyndall Ashe, 2018 graduate of Amherst College. There, she said, “folks are not actively taking classes about diversity, about how you engage in social justice work, about what it means to engage in social justice work, so we wanted to be able to disseminate that information.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. As such, teaching and learning are “always mediated or shaped by cultural influences, they can never be culturally neutral” (Gay, 2018, p. xii cited in Gay, p.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

And we also mulled over thorny emerging issues, such as the role social media plays in designing our lives, and concerns about the corporatization of education. We talked with high-profile education and tech leaders—including Cory Doctorow, Angela Duckworth and writer John McPhee. MOOCs are No Longer Massive.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

The leader of the social media giant, with over 2 billion active users, answered questions about data ownership and usage in light of the fallout over Cambridge Analytica’s access and use of 87 million Facebook users’ personal information. We believe that we’re going to be investigating many apps—tens of thousands of apps.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon was confident that her team’s efforts would help.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. Research has shown that 50 percent of college students spend a minimum of five hours each week on social media.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

For example, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls not only empathize intellect but also social skills in their mission statement. This school recognizes that there is a gap in Millennials and Generation Z’s social skills fueled by growing up on mobile phones, social media, and online chatting.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Lourdes Torrey was only a few weeks into her first year at the University of Missouri in 2018 when she heard a white student in the dorm room next to hers use the N-word. In the first week of June alone, three social media posts with racial slurs by two current students and one incoming student were made public.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:28. The best security measures are in place, too — content filtering, data privacy and more. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856. Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2018

Schools Choose Not to Delete Facebook Despite Data-Privacy Worries.” 6 April 2018. A school district page or group gives Facebook “another data point” on the users who visit it, said Doug Levin, the founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC. As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Education Week.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

But when the researchers broke the data down by state, the neat correlation between reading and comprehension fell apart. It’s perplexing,” said Elena Forzani, an assistant professor of education at Boston University, in reaction to this reading data, which is still unpublished but was presented at two education conferences in April 2021. “We

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2021

The Federal Communications Commission in 1975 established regulations limiting media cross-ownership. Then came the Internet, along with alternative news sources, social media, podcasts, blogs and the rest. Newspaper circulation dropped by nearly half between 2005 and 2018, from 53.3 million to 28.5 billion to $14.3

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 25, 2018

The post ISTE 2018 Kicks Off in Chicago For Educators and Ed-Tech Vendors appeared first on Market Brief. The nation's biggest ed-tech conference begins this week in Chicago. See what's on the agenda.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Credit: Image provided by The Washington Center Nationwide, slightly more than 60 percent of students graduating in 2023 completed an internship during college, according to survey data collected by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Micro-internships like Nabeel’s are another relatively new option.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. So the lack of data transparency really concerns me.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2019

One in 3 parents surveyed in a 2018 PDK Poll say they feared for their students’ safety—nearly three times the percentage in 2013. We have to protect them from themselves, but there’s also the issue of protecting their data. A study by Northeastern University researchers suggests that schools are safer than they were in the 1990’s.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Despite her knowledge of existing research about the cost transaction when switching between her academic assignments and an incoming text or Instagram message, she cannot resist social media breaks, which provide dopamine boosts. After all, she is a high school freshman. New schedule for the upper school at St.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2018

Cali Morrison (@calimorrison) March 27, 2018. Or, as Aneesa Davenport, Social Media & Analytics Manager for EdSurge, suggested, perhaps give them a periodic “check-up?” Students should also be involved in decision-making efforts around what data is used and how that data is used, said Megan Raymond.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Date: Friday, February 2, 2018. You know, parents may have a filter at home, and we may have a filter at school, but once they go on their data on their cell phone, typically they have unfettered access to the internet. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. 5 Home Filtering Options for Parents.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2019

Reported data on how many kids experience cyberbullying can vary depending on the age of kids surveyed and how cyberbullying is defined. According to the 2018 Common Sense report Social Media, Social Life , 13 percent of teens age 13-17 say they’ve been cyberbullied, including 9 percent who say it has happened to them more than twice.

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techlearning

MARCH 1, 2018

Through its web filtering solutions, Lightspeed Systems has a large store of data about the typical online activities of K-12 students. This includes web browsing activity; social media interests and posts; online communities to which students belong; searched phrases; minutes spent online; time of day of peak web activity; and more.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2019

Twenty years ago, students were concerned with time management and quadratic equations; today they are overwhelmed by social media and stories of school violence. Data analysis from the U.S. In an August 2018 neaToday article , the authors identify funding as the first of 10 challenges faced by public education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2018

As of June 16, 2018, Today’s Meet closed (read the full details here ). Completed forms are shared via a link, social media, or integrated into DropBox, Google Docs, and other popular platforms. I went to my PLN for thoughts on what they’ll use in its stead. Survey Monkey. Here are popular options: Flippity.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Twitter Analytics and Instagram Insights show me data about my social media posts. Social Media ?? I like to end each year by sharing which posts earned the most retweets and likes. Reviewing my top postings helps me see what resonated during 2020. My top tweets from each month of 2020 ?? Newsletters ??

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The retention rate for first-year, full-time students rose from 63 percent before the change to 71 percent in the 2017-2018 year. And, having added a new campus in nearby Plano in 2018, school leaders are searching for the next site. billion in 2018 as technology-driven change increases the demand for more flexible classroom space.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The research also included computational analysis of Twitter data associated with respondents, as well as a Twitter panel of 135,891 college-age people. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. Social media was another common source (89%) and to a lesser degree, online newspapers (76%) and news feeds (55%).

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. Its AI uses sentiment analysis to scan for self-harm and bullying messages across social media and web searches.

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