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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

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Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. The resulting data-driven PDF reports provide evidence for any ensuing discussions about suspected plagiarism.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

plays in operating the institution’s digital grid, by administering the purchase of new hardware, managing crucial software upgrades, overseeing network security, and controlling the vast amounts of data being transferred each millisecond between students, faculty, and stff. There is no denying the important role that the IT Dept.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Data Analytics. Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. there are more opportunities for students to input valuable personal data. 3D Printing.

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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

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She explains that the quizzes that can gather someone’s data usually show up on personal feeds, not on group pages. Bruce McKinney, a communications professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who has done research on social media , is not surprised at how hard it is to fully detached from Facebook.

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LinkedIn’s New Learning Platform to Recommend Lynda Courses for Professionals

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Today the social media site for professionals. LinkedIn boasts it can suggest content from Lynda.com based on data in a user’s LinkedIn profile. It is marketing the solution as a professional development tool that can help faculty learn how to use classroom tools such as Moodle, Adobe Captivate and learning management systems.

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Live Thursday, February 2nd - Panel on Personal Learning Profiles

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Now with multiple opportunities to network using social media and join various online communities, teachers and learners are confused. She has had the opportunity to speak in Iowa and around the country about advocacy, technology, social media, and making a difference in education and the lives of others.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”