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Celebrating Disability Pride with MIND Education

MIND Research Institute

Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. For example, the larger font sizes on your slide deck benefit those with low vision but also those sitting at the back of the room, who forgot their glasses, or who have a headache. Own the labor.

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10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education

Doug Levin

However, Bitcoin is not synonymous with blockchain, nor is it even necessarily the best example or tool for every blockchain application. In fact, there is tremendous innovation in the blockchain field right now, with numerous entrepreneurs and technologists piloting enhancements to the Bitcoin blockchain.

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Which Apps Are Safe for Kids? Three Tools That Read the Fine Print for You

Edsurge

A recent New York Times investigation found that many companies receive such precise, extensive data on their users that they—and anyone else they share this information with—could easily identify a single individual and pinpoint their location. If we want to raise the bar, we need to make sure these companies understand,” he says.

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What I Wish My Teacher Knew: One Question That Could Change Everything

The CoolCatTeacher

Download the PDF Transcript: Kyle Schwartz episode 141. You know, the advocacy is not lost on them. This is a great example about how we can motivate our students and motivate ourselves to build that relationship just a little bit stronger. Enhanced Transcript. Monday, September 4, 2017. The families are so proud of this.

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

Iterating Toward Openness

For example, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the future of learning materials writ large. Developers who are known to be doing this work on their own, with no financial contribution happening from any company” represented only 8.2% These are huge companies that compete directly with each other in many ways.

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Tips for Using Social Media with Educators

edWeb.net

For example, if the product is marketed directly to classroom teachers, then social media can be a primary focus of the campaign. Is it visiting a specific web page, downloading a white paper, or possibly viewing a demo? If a company just focuses on sales messages, educators will tune out. Stats, key findings, video frames, etc.,

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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