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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

EdTech4Beginners

This includes online courses, lesson plans, and assessment tools. They can now send messages and files electronically and connect with students through social media. Additionally, social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram allow students to connect with other students and educators worldwide.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

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Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. When focusing on 1:1, iPads, etc: Focus on teaching teachers to give better feedback and students to self-assess instead of the technology. Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Assessing the Travel Ban : What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us.” More via The NYT : “Harassment in the Tech Industry: Voices Grow on Social Media.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Punk learning

Learning with 'e's

Some of the early MOOCs also allowed students to choose their own preferred method of assessment, and spawned many creative outcomes such as global radio with #ds106. Learning by watching YouTube or participation in social media discussions are certainly methods that are gaining traction.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process. Spreading the word : this a free event, so be sure to tell others! See you online! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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News Literacy Resources for Classrooms

Graphite Blog

News and politics have been reshaped by social media and 24-hours news entertainment. As a result, there's a lot of crossover between what we think of as news literacy, media literacy, and digital citizenship. Digital Citizenship Curriculum (by Common Sense Education): Free K-12 lessons on news and media literacy.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. ” MOOC startups like Udacity and Coursera have also rebranded to target this particular post-secondary technical training market.