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Testing and the future of education: Anya Kamenetz on Future Trends Forum #6

Bryan Alexander

As one anecdote to consider, Kamenetz mentioned a new product, which provides surveillance software for K-12. The company making this software claimed as an achievement to have prevented three suicides by detecting self-harm signals through pupils’ digital activity. It’s not easy to assign resources for this.

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). I had two measly slides for ePortfolios, the main thrust of which was “go to AAEEBL !”,

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2013 Global Education Conference Kicks Off Today - List of Sessions

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Almerinda Girabaldi "Never before have I seen such an incredible array of resources - and inspiration. Technology works miracles, borders and other restrictions tend to vanish, and what a great networking and resources this conference offers! A fantastic demonstration of a global learning event." Elma “Great presentations so far.

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This Week's Live, Interactive, and Free Elluminate Webinars

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ITVS''s Community Classroom program provides free film based resources for educators. Learn more about PBS''s Cyberchase and the recent additions to many invaluable resources offered by PBS.” During the event, we will look at how dynamic geometry software can improve geometry skills of students in guidance schools.”

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Technology and Capstone Courses

Dr. Shannon Doak

These include slide presentations, graphic organizers, infographics, ebooks, video presentations, websites, whiteboard app creations, graphic novels, blog posts, ePortfolios, podcasts, coded applications, digital art, video games, and VR world creations. What resources can you devote to exploring new technological opportunities?

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SeeSaw – Easily Capture K-12 Student Learning in any Form

EmergingEdTech

“My students are so excited to upload their work to their portfolio and receive comments and feedback from their peers, parents, and teacher all within a safe environment.” ” Tama Trotti. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Video-Powered Professional Learning (The Pulse Podcast)

Edthena

And so for those who have never seen that, this was a portable camera that had a, I don’t remember how much video it could record, but it had a USB connector built in and some software that made it very easy to get that video online. That’s feeling like a lot of resources for me at the time, from a capital perspective.