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MSET Conference, Colbert, Crabs, & QR Codes

The Daring Librarian

See live demos and speak with representatives! How to be a Presentation Ninja, Transliteracy, Advocacy & the Remix MashUp Revolution , Easy Animation for Dynamite Disposition & Program Promotion , the ever popular and soon to be newly updated - Gadget-A-Go-Go , and of course QR Codes in the Classroom (& the Library!)

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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

The Hechinger Report

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I This story also appeared in USA Today He also knew that the high school he attended on Chicago’s South Side offered few of the advantages that wealthier kids got.

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AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort

Edsurge

For example, a folio on Cushing Syndrome would gather information such as medical trials and patents on the hormonal disorder. During the demo, Kwan told the audience that teachers can assess students on language and literacy, math and social emotional development. Those singular locations are called “folios.”

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Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

The Hechinger Report

Arkansas Baptist, for example, has suffered an enrollment slide and budget problems that have forced it to impose staff pay cuts. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. The college wouldn’t discuss the graduation rates of its students who get Pell Grants.

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AI, Instructional Design, and OER

Iterating Toward Openness

But Large Language Models (LLMs), and particularly the recent demo of ChatGPT, seem to have put the fear of God into everyone from middle school English teachers to the CEO of Google. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. The following examples are from ChatGPT.)

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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? It may consist of organic messages as well targeted social media ad campaigns.

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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). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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