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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

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ProctorU was founded at Andrew Jackson University. But I want to call out Proctorio in particular in this talk because this company has demonstrated it has no business in schools; its products have no business in classrooms. " Cop s**t supposedly brings order to the classroom by demanding compliance.

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School Work and Surveillance

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She — and I recognize that teachers aren't always female, but the profession is certainly feminized — is alone in a classroom of other people's children, after all. Teachers might be less adept or even able to do the same when the classroom setting is digital.).

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. Even in a classroom you’re constantly being monitored by a TA” or professor. Online proctoring is not new. In that model, colleges are typically charged on a per-test basis.

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How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses

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Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. So one of the challenges we've really been dealing with is test security because of course everyone wants to go right to ProctorU and have that live proctoring experience.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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EDMODO AND CLEVER ( www.edmodo.com/integrations ) & ( www.clever.com ) Edmodo announced a new partnership with Clever to give teachers, students and parents immediate access to fully rostered digital classrooms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via David Perry : “A professor of Atmospheric Sciences stepped down (he was 70) at the University of Illinois rather than appropriately address accommodations in his classroom. “ Will AI Be The Next Big Thing In The Classroom? “ Can Artificial Intelligence Help Teachers Find the Right Lesson Plans?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via the AP : “Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student believed to be 12 years old, authorities said.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. “ Hey Alexa, Can You Help Kids Learn More?