Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. Tagged on: August 16, 2017 You Need Data to Personalize Learning | Data Quality Campaign → They need data to personalize learning. Not all of these things can be true.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 28, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg is an active education technology investor; Facebook has “learning communities” called Facebook Education; and the company’s engineers helped to build the personalized learning platform for the charter school chain Summit Schools. There are still workers. There are still workers. Good grief.).

Technology 91

Technology Education Facebook Analysis 91

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety. Students are stressed out.

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EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 154

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Solution: When curating or building digital lessons and resources for teachers, look to the The Education Trust’s Assignment Analysis Framework to ensure that instruction is aligned to state standards, cognitively challenging, and conducive to student motivation and engagement. 5th Grade Narrative Writing: How do germs help or harm us?

EdTech 150

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 150

Graphite Blog

JUNE 4, 2018

" As you start to plan your professional learning for the summer, take a look at this recommended reading list from the Common Sense Education team. We include books, blogs, and newsletters that cover a range of topics from social media and disinformation to Gamergate. Social Media Wellness. Hack Education.

Digital Citizenship 45

Digital Citizenship Social Media Analysis Smartphone 45

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

These highly confident teachers also believe that their students are significantly better prepared to use technology for everything from independent research to collaboration on schoolwork via social media. Instead, the analysis concluded, “perceptions are often affected by environments. –Eric Risberg/AP-File.

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Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 66

EdNews Daily

MAY 7, 2019

Approximately 50 percent of teaching jobs will go into prep and analytics to provide totally personalized learning pathways. This lesson administration work with a bit of curation embedded in it is akin to personal shoppers/counselors, but for fine detail adapted to an individual’s learning style. Sources: N.

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Technology Industry Software Personalized Learning 160

Graphite Blog

JUNE 4, 2018

" As you start to plan your professional learning for the summer, take a look at this recommended reading list from the Common Sense Education team. We include books, blogs, and newsletters that cover a range of topics from social media and disinformation to Gamergate. Social Media Wellness. Hack Education.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Social Media Analysis Smartphone 40

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

Now well into their thirties, many of my former students have kept in touch via social media. Lenny, an Intel semi-finalist who launched rockets in a park and built a robot in his bedroom, is a technical staff member at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory where he provides analysis to the U.S.

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Robotics Social Media Course Analysis 106

techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

Utilizing an inquiry-based format built on the 5E model, Discovery Education’s Science Techbook helps teach students to read, write, and think like scientists through hands-on labs, digital explorations, an interactive glossary, and data analysis activities.

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STEM Future Ready Education Social Media 40

techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

With Discovery Education’s unique blend of dynamic digital content and professional learning, district educators will be empowered to build digital, inquiry-based learning environments that create new pathways and opportunities for middle and high school students, helping them prepare for their post-secondary educations and careers.

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STEM Future Ready Professional Learning Social Media 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2014

It was when he presented that he learned about edWeb.net’s Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and realized the vast resources that the site provides educators. The site provided him with a resource for his personal learning, and edWeb has now become one of his go-to places for discovering best practices and ideas.

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Elementary Conference Social Media Professional Learning 64

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. Manufacturing Trends.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Alec Couros is a Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy.

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MOOC Blackboard Digital Citizenship Course 72

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

users moved from just accessing information and content to being able to directly interact with the content through commenting, remixing, and sharing it via social networks. also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously. With Web 2.0,

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Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). Click to view slideshow. La nguage Fundamentals [link].

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

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.” “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students?

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 21, 2021

The big idea of combination learning is shifting the focus from content to the process of learning. Combination Learning allows teachers and students to work together to ‘mash’ bits and pieces of learning to design entirely unique and personalized learning scenarios. Problems/Challenges. Collaborators.

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Learning Analysis Strategy Academic Standards 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

EDMENTUM EXACT PATH ( WWW.EDMENTUM.COM/ ) Edmentum Exact Path utilizes adaptive diagnostic assessments paired with individualized learning paths to ensure academic growth in K-8 reading, language arts, and math. Its AI uses sentiment analysis to scan for self-harm and bullying messages across social media and web searches.

Robotics 42

Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.” ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

The Internet and the applications which allow for connection such as social media, text applications, voice over IP and video conferencing applications enable authentic connections to each other and others outside the school walls. Throw social media into the mix and the potential is huge. 10.18122/td/1379/boisestate.

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Course Technology Social Media BYOD 61

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, whose vision for the future of education involves “ whole child personalized learning ” and who says it plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into education initiatives to that end. The analysis is also relevant to education. ” Personalized Learning and the Nudge.

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Discovery Education’s Science Techbook is a digital textbook that utilizes an inquiry-based format built on the 5E model, helps teach students to read, write, and think like scientists through hands-on labs, digital explorations, an interactive glossary, and data analysis activities.

Professional Learning 40

Professional Learning Social Media Education Analysis 40

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Teachers’ needs vary, of course, so it’s always a good idea to start planning a PD program based on a training needs analysis. That training needs analysis can offer some intel on time constraints as well. Some swear by their PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) or CoPs (Communities of Practice). The takeaway.

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Training How To LMS Analysis 402

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

16 Books About Modern Learning Every Teacher Should Read. In the age of blogging and social media, is there still room for books? They figure out what they need to learn and then collaborate with others to construct the knowledge they need. Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvemen t, for example.).

Learning 40

Learning Case Study Data Training 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Researchers testing tiny ear computer Continuous professional development: teachers teaching teachers New tertiary education strategy focus: Workplace skills Infographic: Fueling a Personalized Learning Revolution A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom This startup wants high-schoolers to invent.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Maker Movement Common Core 65

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As learning in the digital age progresses, online platforms, interactive simulations, and virtual classrooms have become essential tools, promoting and supporting self-directed and personalized learning experiences. In this model, the importance of learning in the digital age is emphasized.

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Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning Adaptive Learning 89

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? Who paid for the legal analysis?

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EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? Who paid for the legal analysis?

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EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“Personalized learning,” for example, is arguably thousands of years old, and we can date the idea of individualizing education by using machines back to the 1920s. I post my thoughts, my writing on my own websites , even though social media has really discouraged us from doing this. Skinner won; Papert lost.

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Data Facebook Social Media Training 97

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

This week, Edsurge covers a charter school there and its promotion of “ personalized learning ” and assessment technologies. ” Via Education Week : “‘ Personalized Learning ’ Guidebook Geared to Rural Districts’ Needs.” Priorities. Disclosure alert , no surprise.). .”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Bless this headline ( from The 74 ) ’s heart: “Educators & Experts Say Personalized Learning Is Not About Technology or Money but Leadership and Relationships.” Because of course.

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

.” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

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.” “A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on Personalized Learning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose. .” This is my shocked face.

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

. “Lifelong learning” and multiple choice quizzes for two to five year olds. E-Literate claimed this week that “ Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share” – with some additional analysis about “What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News.” Sounds like fun.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies. Teaching and learning are increasingly being measured and quantified to enable analysis of the relationship between inputs (e.g.,

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Data Technology Education Software 40