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It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Via Venture Beat : “ Facebook and Oculus promise millions in funding for diverse apps, education, and more for VR.” Dead) Cordelia?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” ” The Business of Job Training. More on the news in the HR section below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on.

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Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). The Business of Job Training. ” More on HR changes in the sports section above.

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” The Business of Job Training. Edsurge on the business of OER. Via The Guardian : “ Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images ?” ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” ” Conferences and Events.

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Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Related: “‘ Harvard Crimson ’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. .” How Google is ruining the Web.

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” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” See also: “ George Mason U Signs with Outsourcer to Train Students in Coding” via Campus Technology. The Business of Job Training. “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?”