Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2020

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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

She explains that the quizzes that can gather someone’s data usually show up on personal feeds, not on group pages. Her peers communicated more via apps like Twitter, Instagram and the Remind. Opting out of social media, he says, isn’t ever really an option for people. I’ve known people who’ve done that.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there were blogs, wikis, Twitter or Facebook. Now with multiple opportunities to network using social media and join various online communities, teachers and learners are confused. Shannon can be found at @shannonmmiller on Twitter and online at shannonmmiller.com.

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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. I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009.

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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.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. ” Via Motherboard : “Replacing Social Security Numbers Is Harder Than You Think.” 2 Post at Ed. Trillion in 2018.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” Sticks With Him.”

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