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Top 10 Ways to Involve Parents by Using EdTech

EdTechTeam

Educational technology is an effective way to communicate with parents. With technology being the norm in today’s society, why not use it as a way to keep parents informed about their child’s grades, assignments, events, etc. Videos, photos, updates, events, and more can be shared with parents through this avenue.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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By the end of the interview, Thiel asked him to help him teach a class at Stanford Law School on philosophy and technology, and he hired him as an analyst at his fund. If you don't, you're in trouble,” he said seven years ago at an event hosted by Bloomberg. “As And he often uses the word “corrupt” to describe college. “If

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. Via Edsurge : “NYC Keeps Its Edtech Accelerator Revving With New Funders and Markets.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” $100,000. Education in the Courts. ”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” ” “A Guide for Resisting Edtech: the Case against Turnitin ” by Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel. Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. .” More on changing her tune from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That is, she told college students at the event that “faculty, from adjunct professors to deans, tell you what to do, what to say, and more ominously, what to think.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” AFT president Randi Weingarten calls b t. ” Wheee.