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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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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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And then there’s the advice from Pearson. ” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson. and Facebook Inc.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University.” ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. ” Education Week on a Pearson poll : “Generation Z Prefers Learning From YouTube, Not Books.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil.