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10 Reasons to Think Before You Share Photos of Children Online – SULS0153

Shake Up Learning

Listen to this article. . I say this all the time, “You must both fear and respect Google (and Facebook, etc.) Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? Click To Tweet. 2 Data Mining and Tracking.

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Why We Should Expand Our OER Advocacy to Commercial Publishers

Iterating Toward Openness

Effective Advocacy. The problem with the main earlier label, “free software,” was not its political connotations, but that—to newcomers—its seeming focus on price is distracting. Christine and others who advocated for the new phrase “open source software” were prescient in doing so.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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Apps and software are a boon for special needs students, but teachers shouldn’t download whatever they feel like. All software—and hardware—should be vetted by a team of faculty and IT staff. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. This edWebinar was co-hosted by CoSN and edWeb.net and sponsored by ClassLink.

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Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

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But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. This article was modified and published by EdScoop and eSchool News. Teachers also spent less time troubleshooting tech issues.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. Frankie Jackson. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

The Linux operating system is one of the most incredible success stories of the open source software movement. There is a popular myth that most of the people writing open source software do this work in their spare time for altruistic reasons. Let’s keep chasing this. A Lesson from Open Source. Second point. A Path to the Other 93%?

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