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MARCH 18, 2020

From digital certificates to learning analytics, here are eight EdTech trends to look forward to in the coming months. Video-assisted Learning. Data Analytics. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), 3D Printing.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Tam Nguyen Twitter: @TechGuyTam Orange Unified School District We wanted to alleviate those roadblocks so teachers could adopt instructional technology in the future. There is also more time for students to reflect on learning and for teachers to reflect on lessons. Plus, we’re a BYOD environment. Has SSO helped with security issues?

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BYOD Data Pearson Learning Analytics 162

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. They’re amazing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

It was one of two social media messages – the other a Twitter photo of Tunsil smoking marijuana through a gas mark – that were posted during the NFL draft. ” The story above is just one recent example of technology entrepreneurs making claims that do not “add up.” From the HR Department.

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DECEMBER 10, 2017

A hacked school Twitter account in Florida. I pointed to several historical examples of how the collection, categorization, and analysis of data led to discriminatory and even deadly political practices – racism and the US Census, for example, and the history of IBM and how its statistical analysis helped the Nazis identify Jews.

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JUNE 24, 2016

“ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.” “Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” From this article, I learned that Sal Khan earns more than $540,000 a year.

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