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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Department of Education, privacy advocacy groups and a school district explore how to find the right balance between the two ideals. Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m. Why Not Both?

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With a degree no longer enough, job candidates are told to prove their skills in tests

The Hechinger Report

said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process. “With employers fielding a lot more applicants, how do we help create equitable processes for people at the top of the funnel?”

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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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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

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Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Teenagers come to the lab to develop their own projects under the tutelage of Google employees and Code Next’s academic coaches.

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5 Critical Guidelines for Student Data Privacy

edWeb.net

Teachers can no longer download any app they want and use it the same day—every piece of instructional technology must be vetted for how it relates to educational goals and checked against software the school already has. More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

edWeb.net

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. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.