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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. .” Remember Edmodo? 70+ million users’ account details.

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Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

Educational Technology Guy

Suggestions for extensions/apps to be preloaded on Chromebooks Edmodo Google Keep - notes and lists Evernote Web Adblock Plus Evernote Web Clipper WeVideo - Video Editor and Maker GeoGebra math app Read&Write - reading support EasyBib Desmos Graphing Calculator A to Z of Google Services https://docs.google.com/viewer?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. The business of OER. From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” This week’s Uber news, via Bloomberg : “ Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People.”

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A pending Connecticut law will now mandate that the University of Connecticut and the state’s four other public universities publicly release data on which transfer student credits they accept and which they reject.” Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences ,” says Edsurge. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” “ Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability? More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.