Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. With Zoom, for example, students might experience harmful or obscene visuals during “ Zoombombing ”—internet trolling during video conferencing.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 214

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. Nearly all of these skills are required for jobs in a digital world with an increasingly distributed workforce. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods.

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Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 162

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Online collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams, empower students to collaborate on projects and share resources in real time. Educational software, including interactive simulations and virtual labs, brings abstract concepts to life, enhancing experiential learning.

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Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145