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CoSN 2018: 10 Tips for Running IT in a Small School District

EdTech Magazine

Public Schools District 36 — which consists of 1,600 students in five schools — the central office team writes a blog post every other week to update staff. They also create a monthly flyer for the community and hold quarterly meetings with parents where they talk about technical issues such as social media, data privacy and innovations.

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

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 E-learning day a breeze for tech-savvy students | Dubois County Herald → But for as helpful as the eLearning days can be, Hubster said they probably won’t grow too much in number in the near future. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

NeverEndingSearch

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The Remember Time Magazine’s darkening of the OJ mugshot?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .” ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

More via a Department of Ed blog post on what it’s doing to support these students. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.” It took them two weeks after the announcement that ITT was shutting its doors to do this. Heckuva job. ” Clowns.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

World Magazine on how Liberty University handles its student newspaper: “Papered over.” Inside Higher Ed on “The End of a Blogging Era at Harvard.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” Via the Google blog : “What’s happening next for G Suite Enterprise for Education.”