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

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They can now send messages and files electronically and connect with students through social media. It has made it easier for students to access information and collaborate. Easier For Students To Access information. The internet has made it easier for students to access information.

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MOOCs for Professional Development - #TCEA15

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Notes from MOOCs for Professional Development Presentation at TCEA 2015 Dr. Kay Abernathy, Lamar University [link] Lamar University sponsored the MOOC on Social Media Communication Tools for Educators which Dr. Abernathy facilitated. Dr. Abernathy also put all of the course information in her Word Press blog.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

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Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. They will complete video showcases at the end of each year to use as a resource for curating best practices through the project and informing future steps across the district. District #5 : Kindergarten teachers started class Twitter accounts! Here is Mrs. Cook''s Twitter.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Edsurge, for what it’s worth, shares investors with Class Central, Udacity, and Coursera (although there’s no disclosure on that article to that end) – funny how the narratives about the “revolutionary” potential of MOOCs get spread, eh?). Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. Social Media, Social Justice and STEM - Eric A Walters, Director of Technology Tikho''s Story: A Quest for Clean Water in Zambia - Natasha Sarkar, CAWST Youth Wavemakers Using VoiceThread to Connect Students with Science Content Specialists - Dr.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” ” Coursera, initially only emailing former students about their old course work, decided finally to blog about its platform change.

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News Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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News literacy is a subset of media literacy focused on helping people process and understand news media messages, to locate more factual and credible information, and to think critically about what counts as news. News and politics have been reshaped by social media and 24-hours news entertainment. E.S.C.A.P.E.