21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. Welcome to the Future!

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 12, 2016

AnswerGarden looks like what would happen if Twitter, TodaysMeet, Padlet and Wordle and Tagxedo had a little baby app. It is easy to share your AnswerGardens on social media or to embed on a website, LibGuide, LMS, etc. Check this Twitter search to see how others are using AnswerGarden. brainstorm. gather opinions.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. They’re amazing.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. In education self-hosting maybe an alternative to the LMS, or a very basic, fundamental element of literacy. And Jim blogged about it. THE DOMAIN OF ONE’S OWN.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Twitter activity during the hour was also very energetic, so I Storified it. Data and ownership of one’s web space, being wary of silos, should be discussed now. In education self-hosting maybe an alternative to the LMS, or a very basic, fundamental element of literacy. And Jim blogged about it. THE DOMAIN OF ONE’S OWN.

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Trends LMS Data MOOC 40

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. On Twitter several people, on site and out of country, praised open as a business model.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Highlights : Social Media Templates, Museum Box, Graphic Organizers. Highlights : Use in or out of an LMS, Great resources included. Highlights : Embedded data tracking, Student creation possibilities.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. There may also be a separate Social Media Policy which should also be explored… if available. Does it gather data? interactive tool for classroom use. If so, what? __. Yes… No… What age.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

Lesley Farmer, Professor of Library Media Mentoring skills for better leaders - Tamas Lorincz, freelance teacher trainer RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE UNA HERRAMIENTA PARA EL APRENDIZAJE - M ª Magdalena Galiana Lloret. Docente The Social Media Dilemma in Education: Policy Design, Implementation and Effects - Dr. Devery J.

Blackboard 51

Blackboard Digital Citizenship Conference Libraries 51

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2019

When preteen kids see parents and older siblings thumbing away at social media accounts, they want to do it. There have been a few efforts to extend social communication tools to younger kids but mostly, kids don’t like them so end up on apps designed for teens or adults, like Snapchat or Instagram. It is a messaging app.

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Social Media Tablets Facebook Digital Citizenship 256

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

LTI authentication via a Learning Management System (LMS). Learning Management Systems (LMS) – Discovery Education helps school systems maximize the benefits of their edtech investment by making its K-12 platform simple to integrate into an ever-widening variety of LMS. QR Code (for students only).

Professional Learning 87

Professional Learning Strategy LMS Microsoft 87

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. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece. collects and sells user data while helping you clean up your inbox.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

For instance, some of the petitions charge that Proctorio can see into the computer files of students, but he said that because the tool works inside a web browser, it cannot possibly get to that data. Olsen says some professors may be using the Proctorio tool too aggressively. “Is Is a ‘desk scan’ necessary for a syllabus quiz?

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ProctorU Company Robotics Tools 218

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. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece. collects and sells user data while helping you clean up your inbox.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. Claims on Social Media : Students consider the sources of a tweet and the information contained in it in order to describe what makes it both a useful and not useful source of information.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Cathy O’Neil’s criticism of data analytics’ misuse resonated with a large number of people. Related to this development was the rise of what I think of as Social Justice Edtech.

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Trends LMS Social Media Education 119

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

and a Link to a Free Resource with More Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Haiku Learning (my LMS). I just enter the data once. So many of these tools are new to me. It is amazing how I use them every single day. 36 Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life.

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Tools EdTech Haiku Learning Classroom 120

Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

It's rolling out a social media push today using the hashtag #DontSettle4Cs to promote the program, called March2Success. ” And via the Google blog , news of more features added to the company’s pseudo-LMS. ” Social-emotional learning and VR. million people since 2003.” Nice job there, Googler.).

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MOOC Education Coursera Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs. ” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Related: a Twitter thread from Leo Casey about the various connections the Success Academy chain has to Trump and his wealth right-wing backers the Mercers. “New data, published by the Office for National Statistics and based on recently created exit checks at Britain’s borders, showed just 4,600 overstayed their visa last year.

Education 46

Education Laptops Company Report 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” ” “ University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS” by Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” Keep playing that data drumbeat. 2 Post at Ed. .”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Really great investigative work on Department of Education data on school shootings by NPR’s Anya Kamenetz, Alexis Arnold, and Emily Cardinali : “The School Shootings That Weren’t.” Thank you, big data, for giving people this insight. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 41

Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

danah boyd has announced that she’ll be stepping down from running her research organization Data & Society. Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. Via Bill Fitzgerald : “Protecting Ourselves From the Equifax Data Breach, and Data Brokers in General.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Funding data about “learn to code” startups can be found at funding.hackeducation.com. ” 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. Computer Science For All. and Facebook Inc.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

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.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. They also demanded to view their personal data profiles by Sept. charter school.” Or something.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45