EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 8, 2016

18) Google Docs has allowed for easy but effective collaboration. 21) Facebook is a great way to showcase work too. 12) Google Cardboard , paired with a smartphone and viewer brings virtual reality to your classroom. 14) Google Maps allows you to explore the world. 3) Google Classroom has changed the way I teach.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

One enterprising principal she knows created a Google folder for schools to share their virtual learning plans. Another educator started a burgeoning Facebook group for international educators to trade tips, and another began a detailed list of helpful online tools, including the digital portfolio platform Seesaw and the ebook library Epic.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We reached out to members of the Common Sense Educators Facebook Group to find out what they've learned along the way and what tips they'd share with their peers. Well-resourced platforms like Google and free tools like Khan Academy , PBS Learning , and Smithsonian provide high-quality content at no cost.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. It’s always worth restating that CZI is an independent philanthropic organization that is entirely separate from Facebook.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

CS First (Google). Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group. Beginners can try step-by-step tutorials, while experienced programmers can create their own original projects with block or text coding. All modern browsers, iPad.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace. The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits." Khan told the attendees at Web 2.0 million per month.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By the way, this resource is excellent for any Google for Education school that uses the Chrome browser, not just Chromebooks! While I can’t actually fit 100 ideas into this blog post and podcast episode, I can offer you a FREE Google Chromebook resource that is loaded with ideas, lessons, apps, and more! Click To Tweet.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. The commitment by the Facebook founder’s philanthropy is expected to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Drew Lytle for NPR ).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I lead instruction for about 150 6-12 graders at the moment, and then we’re also doing our after-school academy where we leverage a lot of our community partners like Google. Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of online “learn how to code” tools, from Code.org to Khan Academy.

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

Online learning is often asynchronous and can involve variable timetables, so using a shared calendar such as iCal or Google Calendar will not only help organize a dynamic schedule, but also afford easy sharing with parents and students. Teachers who want to poll their students can use Google Forms or the free trial version of Survey Monkey.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

While a lot of YouTube videos still come from individual creators, or have more of a homespun feel, there are a host of long-established learning content creators -- like Khan Academy or Crash Course -- who got their starts on the platform. Is YouTube a social network? The best answer is.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. This could transform how teaching works going forward, and Facebook will stand at the center of that change.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2015

Google Chromebook, Toshiba Satellite laptops. Google Drive (simple, but crude); Microsoft Word (probably a better choice, but it depends on what “ecology” students are plugged into); Zoho Docs. Google, Google Scholar , Questia. Microsoft OneDrive , Google Drive, Box.Surf the web together from different places.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School.” The New York Times broke the news this week that New America ousted its Open Markets team after it praised a recent EU fine against Google : “Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

And it’s “announced plans to create an ‘unsafe space’ to discuss texts including Mein Kampf and topics such as the infamous memo by ex-Google employee James Damore, who claimed there are ‘biological causes’ that prevent more women from getting jobs in tech.” Another story about harassment.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” The Google Memo. Via Motherboard : “ Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ ” Via Wired : “Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer’s Manifesto.” Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share.” No Alexa or Google voice assistant.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. “Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge. .” “Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge. “technologizing” the government. ” Phew!

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.” Upgrades and Downgrades. Sounds like fun. ” Markets responded. .

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

I’m going with the full NY Daily News headline here (because, you know, NY Daily News): “EXCLUSIVE: Shocking Facebook videos reveal brutal ‘ Fight Club ’ run by Bronx High School of Science students (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT).” Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas. What could go wrong?!

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

“ Google , Facebook , Verizon , Comcast and AT&T each contributed $200,000 to a committee opposing the proposed ballot measure, and lobbyists had estimated that businesses would spend $100 million to campaign against it before the November election.” ” The school: the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” Via the Khan Academy blog : “Teachers using Google Classroom can now quickly and easily import their class roster to Khan Academy.” Via Edsurge : “Battle of the Classrooms: Apple , Google , Microsoft Vie for K–12 Market.” ” Wheee. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Diplomas issued by Facebook. By Khan Academy. The Nanodegree Plus – it comes with a money-back guarantee. The Techdegree. Open badges and not-open badges. Short-term certificate programs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Last year, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his philanthropic LLC, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative. The College Board also boasted about its partnership with Khan Academy, which would make SAT test prep materials freely available online.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Testing, Testing… Khan Academy announces “Free LSAT Prep for All.” ” Via The MIT Technology Review : “Big Questions Around Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Uber loses legal challenge against English tests for London drivers.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” Via Geekwire : “ Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift.” Via the Naples Daily News : “ East Naples teacher reassigned after Facebook post about immigrants.” Via the AP : “How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via Education Week : “Parent Advocacy Group Warns of Ed-Tech ‘Threats’ ” Via PC World : “Why Google plans to stop supporting your Chromebook after five years.” “Mark Zuckerberg Sells $95 Million Worth Of Facebook Shares For Charity,” says The Huffington Post. Kobe Bryant.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

“ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Via The New York Times : “How Google Protected Andy Rubin , the ‘Father of Android ’ ” “Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. Enjoy your Google for Education products ! Speaking of Google, “ Google Is Teaching Children How to Act Online.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

.” That’s a school district in Wisconsin , and the learning software in question is the Summit Learning Platform , created by the Summit charter school chain and built by Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. “ Can an AR and VR Pilot Program From Google Prepare Kids for Future Careers? ” (So yeah. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The image above from Google Trends helps demonstrate how popular the phrase has become in the intervening months. Khan Academy will revolutionize education. Initially Facebook had claimed that fake Russian accounts had purchased just $100,000 in ads on its platform – how bad could that be?!

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