The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #librarymentalhealthandwellness on their social media posts about the event. In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Guest blogging opportunities: Educators can share success stories around social good or global collaboration.

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Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

In addition, empower students to take control of technology by asking them how they could use media in a positive manner to effect social change. Step 2 – Parent Communication: Via school blogs, social media accounts, and the website, detail how the school is promoting good digital citizenship.

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Symantec Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 46

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

A global community of education professionals, the Discovery Education Community connects members across school systems and around the world through social media, virtual conferences, and in-person events, fostering valuable networking, idea sharing, and inspiration. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Education Social Media Professional Learning Resources 56

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We spend rediculously large sums of money to the same companies every few years for repackaged content. Barriers include the system we are in and the fact that teachers don''t send lobbyists to Austin. Barriers include the system we are in and the fact that teachers don''t send lobbyists to Austin.

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Advocacy Mobility Assessment Social Media 49

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Beth Holland, Digital Equity and Rural Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), points out that it becomes a very complex issue given the challenges within rural schools and systems. She is a Google Certified Trainer and has presented at several conferences on the power of connections through social media.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Tens of millions of dollars are going to companies like Iowa Fertilizer (a subsidiary of Orascom, the CEO of which is billionaire Nassef Sawiris, the wealthiest man in Egypt), which just requested additional tax breaks despite already receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from local, state, and other sources. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

” The event had a strong financial services theme, although I met audience members engaged in a wider array of fields (including healthcare and social media). Moreover, I’d be surprised if many schools would be willing to associate themselves in any way with some of the unsavory characters of the crypto-currency world.

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Education Industry Sony Policies 281

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

techlearning

JUNE 14, 2018

Winning public service announcements will be featured across DE and DEA digital and social media platforms. The foundation supports the DEA through advocacy, outreach, and educational programs. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Video Education Advocacy Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. An estimated $132 million of repairs are needed system-wide. That is very touching for me,” Morales said.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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Data Learning Advocacy System 140

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

And so, yes, I’ve kind of started very quickly after accepting the award for Instructional Technologist of the Year, then TCEA – as many of our state affiliates has a strong advocacy arm for educational opportunities here in Texas. They are the spark and the voice and the change that our educational system needs.

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Future Ready Social Media iPad Flipped Classroom 182

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2016

As students progress (or fail to), they need support in the forms of frequent feedback, updates on far they’ve come and how far they have to go, and monitoring systems to raise red flags for support staff if they get off track. Building and maintaining a system of ongoing support is essential to improving completion rates.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

From DDoS attacks to ransomware to malware encounters, school districts are at increased risk for harmful and costly security breaches that wreak havoc on systems and programs across departments. Run a vulnerability scan to identify weaknesses and flaws in systems and software. Should there be a response on social media?

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Software Future Ready Advocacy Data 77

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. Eastwood, superintendent, Middletown City School District.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. Logan is part of a generation of “digital natives” who were raised on screens.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2021

For others, it’s “ political advocacy ” and “ anti-American theories. ” She noted that conversations among teenagers on social media organically became more political, even in forums designed for shared interests, like coding or fan fiction. For some, it’s crucial civic education. and AP World History exams.

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Social Media Classroom Learning Trends 168

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Virtually all school districts buy web filters from companies that sort the internet into categories. billion blocks in just a month. Do we really want that to be the case?

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Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 71

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? Kozol, the whole schools is talking about how quietly your children file down the hallways.” – our way of subverting the system so they would leave us alone and we could have fun without being bothered.

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Education Secondary STEM Policies 100

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ?

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. A Wi-Fi system. ” The Other US Clown Crisis.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” Via The Verge : “ Duolingo overhauled its fluency system to make it harder for advanced users.” The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” asks Edsurge. ” asks Edsurge. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Kelly Cottler , from the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University , on "Protecting Our Principles and Patrons’ Privacy on Social Media: Libraries Sharing Without 'Oversharing.'" We also know that the present school system is an extremely effective instrument for crushing peak experiences and forbidding their possibility.

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

She uses the connection of social media to mentor and globalise teachers and classrooms internationally. Dana is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move.” Via Wired : “How Silicon Valley Fuels an Informal Caste System.” The company has raised $20.4 Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

Dominated by small businesses, the country’s child care “system” has long been at a breaking point. As parents working from home with young children are saying loudly on Twitter, Facebook and every other social media channel: Raising a kid and working full time without child care is not sustainable. “It

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System Industry Advocacy Report 145

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. ” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this. What sorts of companies and what sorts of products do venture capitalists like, for example?

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Derek put his education into practice in Washington state, first as a business consultant for McKinsey + Company, where he helped businesses, non-profits, and government agencies run more efficiently.

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Data Conference Broadband Libraries 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Derek put his education into practice in Washington state, first as a business consultant for McKinsey & Company, where he helped businesses, non-profits, and government agencies run more efficiently.

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Libraries Data Conference Broadband 34

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” ” LOL, they do?!

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53