Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 30, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach math skills that’s tied to many national and international standards (like Common Core). Students direct their learning with a unique space-themed avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience). It is one to watch for in 2017.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Data Insecurity. The Compulsion for Data. The Common Core State Standards. Data and Privacy. Data vs Privacy. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Data (Which Still Means Mostly “Standardized Testing”). The Digital Library. Personalization. Inequality.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools. ” [Insert Course Signals learning analytics joke here.]. .” – this time in science.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Compulsion for Data. The Common Core State Standards. Data and Privacy. Data vs Privacy. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Data (Which Still Means Mostly “Standardized Testing”). The Digital Library. Beyond the MOOC. Indie Ed-Tech.

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MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. “ Gates Foundation CEO Admits Underestimating Common-Core Challenges.” ’ ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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