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How to Use Tech to Help Graduating Students Find Jobs

Ask a Tech Teacher

If for example, you’re a math teacher, you may refer students struggling to grasp the Pythagorean Theorem to view Khan Academy videos so that they can catch up with the rest of the class. Job searches, recruitment and candidate administration are all essentially social structures—a two-way street custom-made for social media.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

In a recent news article, Andrea noted that her struggling readers in grades 7-8 used to read at a grade 5 or 6 (Barshay). There are also lots of links in this article. She has published articles in the Wisconsin English Journal and has spoken at state and national conferences on aspects of secondary literacy. October 31, 2011.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Wishful Thinking.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. ” The Other US Clown Crisis. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. The company has raised $20.4 The company had raised some $40.5 National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The answer, in part, is in this Buzzfeed article by Molly Hensley-Clancy : “ Native American Colleges Have Abandoned The Student Loan System.” Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas. Via The New York Times : “Tech Companies Expect Free High-Speed Internet for Poorer Americans to Pay Off Later.”