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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 30 Edition)

Doug Levin

From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they're all competing for one thing: your attention. But we are starting to get our key players on board with understanding that you can't clear-text Social Security numbers and credit card numbers and personally identifiable information (PII).

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. Photo: Meghan E. They decided to “personalizelearning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. What is personalized learning?

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Reasons teachers don't blog

Learning with 'e's

It is turning out to be one of my most successful posts of the year, and not just because of the hit rate. But sharing ideas and growing a personal learning network are becoming synonymous for many teachers. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. The blog can be private - for your eyes only.

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Learning Revolution Week's Events - Evernote in the Classroom - Yong Zhao - Google+ vs. Ning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Connect With the Learning Revolution Project on Social Media. The Learning Revolution, as a new project, could use some help building our social media presence and credibility. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Learn more and register here. Conversations Classroom 2.0

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