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Guest post: Caston Binger Explains How the Digital Revolution Has Transformed Education

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Additionally, social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram allow students to connect with other students and educators worldwide. One great example of this is the online classroom platform, Edmodo. Edmodo is also aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so it can be used to measure student progress.

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What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers

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But fundamentally, using a frame work ( this one, for example ), they could then use YouTube channels & iTunesU to access compelling content, WordPress to reflect on their ideas and progress, and twitter to publicize their thinking. Geddit , twitter backchannel discussion, Nearpod , Classroom Response Systems (clickers).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. Athletics director, head coach ordered to each pay $100,000.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. And their high profile presence on Instagram, Twitter, and the like to exacerbate inequality and re-inscribe a conspicuous consumption of gadgetry as a sign of “innovation.”. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” From the Coursera blog : “Coursera pilots a new course format.” In other Coursera news : “ Atlassian sponsors computer science learners on Coursera.”