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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

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She also liked posting links to articles, and enjoyed seeing students do so too. She says if she was still using Facebook groups, she doesn’t think the recent news about the company would bother her. Opting out of social media, he says, isn’t ever really an option for people. She felt like having both would be redudant.

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A Guide to Picking a Learning Management System: The Right Questions to Ask

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Over the past 10 years, new learning management systems (LMSs) have sprung on the scene to rival the Blackboards and Moodles of old. And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category.

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Output or compliance?

The Principal of Change

This article from the New York Times, “ I’m Not Texting, I’m Taking Notes “, is pretty interesting. He refers to himself as a “digital native”, and acknowledges this is a norm for him and his friends, while not perhaps the norm for others in the company. The ending (spoiler alert!):

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2018)

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Subsidized by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, some publications have repeatedly run overtly and covertly sponsored articles that hawk the future of learning as “personalized,” as focused on “ the whole child.” A teacher in front of a blackboard. Sit down; don’t talk; eyes up front. Wait for the bell.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms.

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Memory Machines: Learning, Knowing, and Technological Change

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This graph comes from an article in the online publication Vox that includes a couple of those darling made-to-go-viral videos of young children using “old” technology like rotary phones and portable cassette players – highly clickable, highly sharable stuff. A good myth. A dominant ideology.) This data is big data.

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B. F. Skinner: The Most Important Theorist of the 21st Century

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I post my thoughts, my writing on my own websites , even though social media has really discouraged us from doing this. Namely, you’ve looked at Papert’s The Children’s Machine and you’ve read my article on Skinner.). Stop and think about the ways in which this occurs. Skinner at Harvard University.

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