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Gaming's Not Just for Kids: What Educators Need to Know About Esports

Edsurge

Esports could be just as much a valuable gateway into technology related jobs as teaching programming, robotics, graphic design and web design. Hearthstone is available for PC as well as iOS and Android. This could involve managing a social media presence as well as focusing on brand (school) recognition and promoting events.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. How Stuff Works Free How Stuff Works, available on the web, iPads, and Android, is an award-winning source of unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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The Flat Panel also features an upgradable built-in Android Module and wireless AVer document camera integration. Judges liked the built-in Android feature, its easy set-up, and the availability of multiple ports. Its AI uses sentiment analysis to scan for self-harm and bullying messages across social media and web searches.

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Use Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Google's Family Link unlocks Android for kids | CNET → "We don't want kids thinking Google has built spyware.," " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma. There is reason to wonder, nonetheless. That's a lot of computers. million records going up for sale on the Dark Web.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Billion in Android Antitrust Case.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?” “ Robots in the classroom ? Via The New York Times : “ E.U. Fines Google $5.1