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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

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You can find us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Teachers face the challenge of teaching students to navigate the relentless flow of information they comb through social media and websites and YouTube and. Why Students Can’t Write — And Why Tech Is Part of the Problem.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Race, Social Media and the Role of Schools : Educational activism is on the rise and more visible than ever before. Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m.

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11 Bits of Wisdom I Learned From a Computer

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The term “workaround” became popular in the latter half of the 20 th century as a method to circumvent a software problem but today, it applies any time you need to find an unusual and creative solution to a problem. #5: I spent about fifteen minutes trying to Google a layperson definition of this term and failed. 7: Garbage collect.

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Humorous Look at What I Learned from my Computer

Ask a Tech Teacher

The term “workaround” became popular in the latter half of the 20 th century as a method to circumvent a software problem but today, it applies any time you need to find an unusual and creative solution to a problem. #5: I spent about fifteen minutes trying to Google a layperson definition of this term and failed. 7: Garbage collect.

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This Teacher’s Uber-Style App Feeds Hungry College Students

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Chin went on to do just that, using his software development skills to create an application that would connect hungry students with classmates who had extra meal swipes. Tattoo Time Chin will discuss “ Using Tattoos to Teach the Essay Writing Process ” at SXSW EDU 2019. Jon Chin’s Share Meals app. Source: Course Hero.

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

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Troy Groom, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was browsing social media this spring when he read something that made him perk up: Gov. The Google campus in Mountain View, California. Businesses like Google, IBM, and Accenture have also made high-profile moves to boost skills-based hiring and remove bachelor’s degree requirements.

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

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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. The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety. Students are stressed out. But the consultant was right.

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