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OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

The Hechinger Report

Thirty years ago, Channel One offered schools nationwide $30,000 worth of audiovisual equipment at no cost in exchange for requiring students to view a daily current events program during class. Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data.

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The Big Picture on the 2019-20 PreK-12 Market

edWeb.net

In addition, the number of schools and districts using OER continues to rise. No matter what the subject, though, every publisher should be ready to share their student data privacy standards for their digital tools. This includes teachers sharing lessons with each other within and outside of their districts.

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100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033

Shake Up Learning

Students can write original, creative stories, biographies, retell a historical event, retell from a new perspective, tell a math word problem as a story, tell a story of a science experiment, etc. Students complete homework or classwork assignments through the ASSISTments platform. Assist students through immediate feedback.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. The TED Talk.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Apple had a big press event this week. “Apple’s New Focus: Student ID Cards ,” says Inside Higher Ed. .” ” No mention of how corporations flood these events with their products and pitches. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein.