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What are this year’s top trends at SXSW EDU?

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Related sessions: AI Enabling Personalized Learning at Scale. Blockchain: Hype or Enabler for K-12 Data Privacy. The most effective educators have the ability to build inclusive learning environments that act as safe spaces for students, from all backgrounds, to learn and develop. Culturally Responsive Curriculum.

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How Effective for Learning are the Apps we Use?

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A recent University of Phoenix College of Education survey showed that about 58% of teachers use educational apps and 41% use social media. To figure that out, they can look at assessment data for evidence of correlation between apps and test score improvement. Growth is particularly high in web-based devices. Dr. Ryan S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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Data Insecurity. The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. The Common Core State Standards. Data and Privacy. Social Justice. Data vs Privacy. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

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The Compulsion for Data. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. The Common Core State Standards. Data and Privacy. Data vs Privacy. Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Beyond the MOOC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. charter school.”