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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

It also helps schools reach goals like higher student success, better data analysis, more robust cybersecurity and easier access to education technology, the report’s authors explain. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Impact of Ethnicity on Startup Investment

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

The event provided access to investors, industry stakeholders, and mentors who provided feedback. After a quick Google search I learned that in comparison, 83 percent of venture capital backed founders are Caucasian. For more information visit @EdConnective on Twitter. ” This statistic made me stop in my tracks.

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News literacy tools: Advice, four sites and a new app (Swiipe)

NeverEndingSearch

So, let’s work with the data to improve access, quality, and literacy. Headline Spot : A part of the StartSpotNetwork , the Headline Spot portal offers easy access to thousands of U.S. Online news that comes via emails and texts from friends or family is the type of news encounter most likely to result in a follow-up action.

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The Rise of eSports in Education: Breaking New Ground

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter If you want to know how to start an eSports program in your school. X.com @ iheartMsjohnson Show Notes Summary Esports is a growing industry and schools are increasingly adopting esports programs. It's a whole industry now because gaming is so powerful.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Via the Future of Privacy Forum : “ Law Enforcement Access to Student Records : What Is the Law?” ” The New York Times looks at “A Legal Industry Built on Private School Sex Abuse.”

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

And that’s a problem right there, no doubt, as journalism regularly gets scientific research wrong, often repeating the synopses from paywalled articles or the stories that industry hopes it will share: Is chocolate good for your health ? Are standing desks ? Is ESP real ? Do cellphones cause brain cancer ? Should you ban laptops ?

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

It treats “ed-tech” as the result of markets and industry and “innovation,” and not as the result of policy or history. There is No Technology Industry (There is Only Ideology). “ There is no ‘technology industry’ ,” technology writer and entrepreneur Anil Dash wrote in August.