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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 10/04/2019 - 13:13. This requires a balancing act: How do educators leverage connected technology without putting student data and other critical information at risk? How is use tracked, cataloged and stored for potential cybersecurity audits? . Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning Jessie Woolley-Wilson (CEO, DreamBox Learning): In the past, educators were focused on how to get more devices in the classroom. Open digital badges. What problems have we solved—and what new ones have we created? What technology never lived up to expectations or the hype?

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The fourth annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 15th, 2019 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at the Marriott Marquis Chicago at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. She is the author of Weeds & Seeds: How to Stay Positive in the Midst of Life's Storms and Promises and Possibilities: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline.

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Education Design Lab announces #TeeUpTheSkills cohort of employers and college partners to test effectiveness of digital credentials

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The teams will identify the most in-demand 21st century skills for the entry-level jobs they need to fill and then offer the Lab’s 21st Century Skills digital badges to a pilot group of students at each institution. TeeUpTheSkills pilots will run during the 2018-2019 academic year.

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Creating Environments Where Students Can Thrive! Highlights of the #BadgeSummit Keynote by @MeenoRami

Teacher Reboot Camp

versus what we should value (solving problems, cultivating curiosity, learning how to learn, etc.). Meeno also shared howBadging helps us move beyond the limits of our language and name things of value to the learner.” Valerie Lewis (@iamvlewis) June 22, 2019. Highlighted Tweets.

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15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

Google Classroom is one of the most popular digital tools for the K-12 classroom. It has improved vastly over the years, and teachers have learned how to make the most of this flexible assignment manager and communication hub. For ideas, check out this post on How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts.

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