ProfHacker

APRIL 19, 2017

The Google docs app works great on the phone (Android and iOS), and allows you to do most things like commenting, formatting, and sharing documents (but may not allow you to do the “anyone with the link” type of sharing if you use your institutional account). But I can’t do freeze panes or create charts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 9, 2018

Global Lingo surveyed 1,029 people and found that 59% “would not use a company that had obvious grammatical or spelling mistakes on its website or marketing material”. Ginger Page is a Chrome add-on (also available in iOS and Android) that checks for contextual grammar, spelling, synonyms, and definitions of words.

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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? One involved a.

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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? One involved a.

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EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. News on Twitter : Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Duke University ran a widely read lecture capture survey. Follow her on Twitter at @TeachitRalph. Once equipped with the app, almost any device ‒ including Chromebooks and Apple or Android products ‒ can work together for effective collaborative learning as well as for formative assessment. And it has.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. ” Disclosure: the Mooch now follows me on Twitter. Via The New York Times : “ Andy Rubin, Android Creator , Steps Away From Firm Amid Misconduct Report.” .” Also from the Department of Education’s press office : “U.S.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” ( A good thread on Twitter in response.). Via Education Week : “Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says.” ” Via The Verge : “Report finds more than half of Android apps for children are in violation of COPPA.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

So, we’ve seen white supremacists target disaffected teens on video game discord surveys, or anti-vaccination activists targeting people in wellness and natural health communities on Facebook. And, finally, I think people also really need to understand the way that mobile technology is being used.

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