techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

(September 13, 2018) – Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today it has added new digital assets to its services that boost teachers’ ability to engage students in a variety of subjects including Science, STEM, and Social Studies.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 15, 2018

This new collaboration enables PPSD’s educators to integrate Discovery Education’s Science, Math and Social Studies Techbooks into classroom instruction districtwide, creating dynamic digital learning environments for all students that will prepare them for life beyond the classroom.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

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Edthena

AUGUST 29, 2022

Just like technology or social media can at times be distracting for students , turn off your own Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or even email to stay on task! a short passage from a chapter, an Educational Leadership article, a summary of a research paper, or an optional book study). C ut out unproductive behavior.

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techlearning

JUNE 13, 2018

Study the Scientist profiles the roles of ornithologists, botanists, hydrologists, fire archaeologists, and more interesting science careers at Yosemite National Park.

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

RISD educators across the Berkner Feeder Pattern will use Discovery Education’s award-winning Science Techbook , Math Techbook , and Social Studies Techbook , as well as the Discovery Education Streaming Plus and STEM Connect services as core instructional resources supporting the “Future Ready: STEM for All” initiative.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

Among the new resources soon to be available to district middle and high school educators are, Discovery Education’s innovative Science , Math , and Social Studies Techbook s. The Discovery Education Community will also support all HCS teachers’ efforts to transform students’ learning experiences with dynamic digital media.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Since a recent Stanford study showed that students at practically all grade levels can’t determine fake news from the real stuff, the push to teach media literacy has gained new momentum. NPR Ed put out a social media call asking how educators are teaching fake news and media literacy, and we got a lot of responses.

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techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

New episodes of Science Channel’s Secrets of the Underground are now live in Discovery Education Streaming Plus and the Social Studies Techbook. In addition, Discovery Channel’s MythBusters are back and will soon be added to Streaming Plus and Science Techbook.

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MindShift

AUGUST 20, 2019

But recently, Webber learned from parents on social media that her son could get both academics and ABA training in schools in New Jersey, where she grew up. A recent study found that only 17 percent of teachers feel really prepared to support kids with disabilities in their classroom,” Morin said. mindshift-podcast].

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The Electric Educator

JULY 21, 2009

In their own words: "Ruder Finn''s Intent Index is an ongoing online research study that provides a comprehensive analysis of the underlying motivations or reasons people go online-- their intent." Users expect social media tools to be incorporated into all types of online activities.

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

This is especially true because many people think that technology or the study of technology is new, perhaps beginning with the microcomputer explosion of the early 80s or the development of the World Wide Web in the early 90s. Youths’ use of CMC : Although the majority of students enrolled in U.S. Technology in U.S.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort. Journal of Technology Studies, 2 6(2). Education 1.0: Education 1.0

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Mistakengoal.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

This is especially true because many people think that technology or the study of technology is new, perhaps beginning with the microcomputer explosion of the early 80s or the development of the World Wide Web in the early 90s. Youths’ use of CMC : Although the majority of students enrolled in U.S. Technology in U.S.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Analysis of Georgia Tech ’s MOOC-inspired online master’s in computer science suggests that institutions can successfully deliver high-quality, low-cost degrees to students at scale.” Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. “Many are never the same.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This year, what we did with art is they were asked to do the same analysis. Then they were asked to do the analysis using ChatGPT and compare their analysis. Three attributes to the analysis objective ChatGPT did. And then they should be able to present their findings to the class. That's fascinating. does those tasks.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

They are always welcome to visit with me during our school’s study flex/advisory period if they are really far behind, but usually, they can get what they need from a peer. Dystopian or utopian science fiction stories (short stories, novels, or graphic novels) are great for history, social studies, or science classrooms.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Whatever “it” is.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 27, 2012

Both these are very easy to browse when I have a moment spare and have great integration with both Twitter and Facebook. Let’s face it many of us find time for facebook in those short moments so why not something more productive? My social network for professional development. This video shows how Zite works.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Among the resources SDBD’s educators have used since 2014 to create a dynamic digital learning environment are Discovery Education’s award-winning , Social Studies Techbook , and Streaming Plus service.

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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. Facebook has not been one of them since 2017, but the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has full access to the Summit Learning platform’s content and traffic data.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

When Cruey still has questions, he will glean information through listening to the constant murmur of student gossip in hallways, tracking social media posts and keeping his ear to the ground at church. “My Occasionally we see him on Facebook. My job as a teacher is to be a first responder to poverty. Pride And Pain.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? And they could be critical for baseline analysis of student skills and formative assessment.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 14, 2016

According to Caulfield it is a “catch-all term” that includes: The impact of algorithmic filters and user behavior on what we see in platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, which tend to limit our exposure to opinions and lifestyles different than our own. So what is digital polarization?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. My students are all about social media. High School social studies teacher. My students are all about social media.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But these days, statements of all stripes are bombarding us via broadcast and social media. In other words, he explains, we teach students close reading and analysis of elements, like tone. Students will fact-check, annotate and provide context to news stories that show up in social media feeds. Can that be right?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The compulsion for data collection and for data analysis might seem like something that’s bound up with computers and their capability to extract and store more and more personal data. I post my thoughts, my writing on my own websites , even though social media has really discouraged us from doing this. What about PBL?

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” And it’s getting worse.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The Washington Post : “Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature.” ” Among its cargo: a Facebook / Internet.org satellite that was supposed to provide Internet access Facebook to African countries. Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs. Edsurge weighs in but doesn’t say much.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” Reminder that Facebook built the Summit Learning Platform.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. and Facebook Inc. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.).

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” I’m considered an “expert” here (among others) featured in IHE with thoughts and questions and analysis on the “ Purdue - Kaplan marriage.” ” Banning research on school vouchers ?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. ” Not sure we needed emails to know this, but hey.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. Lots more to say about what happened here, but schools would do well to ensure that they remain in control of their social media accounts.

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