The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

From how to form reading groups, how to reach individual children, and how to communicate with parents, Dr. Robb's advice is practical and extensive. I hope you enjoy it and look forward to hearing your feedback on social media. I am only in favor of organizing children into a group or working with one child.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

And the exciting thing is Danielle, you said that your teacher group is the largest esports organization in the country and you have more than 60,000 players in your group. So we formed an interstate group. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

What led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access, and what motivates you most about your role as Director of Instructional Policy and State E-rate Coordinator at DESE? It took over a year of collecting, analyzing, and reconciling multiple data sets to understand the whole picture.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The problem of disinformation and propaganda misleading social media users was serious in 2016, continued unabated in 2018 and is expected to be even more severe in the coming 2020 election cycle in the U.S. A sample headline with a rating from experts, as shown in our experiment. Get the data. Expert or user ratings?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. In July, Cachu started taking online classes during the day, learning skills and programming languages like R, which is often used in data analysis.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). By using Google Drive or Archive.org , media can be made available for students to download offline, when they may be without a WiFi connection as well as for those students with limited data plans. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. The last couple years have brought a renaissance in virtual guidance counseling—both new services and existing ones upping their game with mobile, social media and data analytics.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

In addition, I’ve begun to do some cursory analyses of the data set underlying the map in an attempt to identify patterns that may be useful in responding via policy and practice. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Oh, and unroll.me

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

What we knew from our work since 2018 is that we've been losing school librarians at a pretty alarming rate for a decade,” says Keith Curry Lance, a library statistics and research associate with the RSL Research Group, and co-author of the study. The dropping rate of districts with librarians isn’t a recent change.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

In addition, I’ve begun to do some cursory analyses of the data set underlying the map in an attempt to identify patterns that may be useful in responding via policy and practice. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Oh, and unroll.me

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. But there was also an echo of 1960s anti-integration parent groups.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 The Top 10: Student Privacy News (Feb-March 2017) | Future of Privacy Forum → If you care about student data privacy, worth the read and worth signing up for the email newsletter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Photo: Meghan E. And they ended social promotion, so that struggling students are no longer shuttled along to the next grade level simply to keep them with the herd of similarly aged classmates. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I based education reform advocacy group.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

By definition, it’s the “motion” of “e.” Unlike in the tech industry, where “e” is “electronic,” in “emotion,” it’s “excite,” signifying that motion is present but not always seen. Schools everywhere are experiencing massive attrition rates. She is also the founder of Knowstory , a new social media site just for education.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” they do boost graduation rates.). Via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country.” ” Via WYFF4.com

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

’s use of earnings data investigated.” Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” There’s data about distance education enrollments in the US in the research section below. The Atlantic on Logan Paul : “The Social-Media Star and the Suicide.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Connect With the Learning Revolution Project on Social Media. The Learning Revolution, as a new project, could use some help building our social media presence and credibility. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. Alabama currently does not have a statewide platform for collecting longitudinal data that are gathered from year to year to plot change.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. “Unizin Adds Student Writing Data to its Data Platform for a Clearer Portrait of Learner Success,” says the Campus Technology headline.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Via Edsurge : “Data is Good – But Not Enough – to Improve Education, Says Baltimore City Public Schools CEO.” Immigration and Education.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A successful launch means higher adoption rates and a higher level of satisfaction with the new platform. It also helps if you choose an LMS with a built-in reporting system so it will be easier to back up your presentations with data once the LMS is up and running. Read more: Should parents also know how to use e-learning platforms?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. Via Mashable : “The e-waste nightmare lurking in your kid’s toy box.” Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. Such a small world. million total.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Liberty University students have criticized their school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr, and his media appearances supporting Trump. According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

senators on Wednesday proposed legislation that would give selective colleges that enroll relatively few low-income students (the bottom 5 percent of all institutions) four years to boost their enrollment numbers from this group or face paying a fee to continue being eligible for federal financial aid.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” I hope none of these programs are teaching “data science,” because this is just a silly claim based on bad data.

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Hack Education

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

APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.” million total.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Department of Education today announced the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for an income-driven repayment plan. million total.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” The website: Victory Media. Also via Inside Higher Ed : “The Federal Trade Commission and a group of states last week announced a coordinated law-enforcement action against deceptive student loan debt-relief scams. Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Data shows Indiana students are taking AP exams, but half aren’t passing them.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. . “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ E.U.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec. edX has partnered with the World Bank Group.

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