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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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JULY 13, 2018

” “ Khan Academy introduces something big for little learners,” says the Khan Academy blog. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via The Daily Beast : “ Palmer Luckey : The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine.” Well, one thing’s for certain: between this and Peter Thiel on its board, Facebook is well-positioned for a Trump presidency. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching.

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JUNE 8, 2018

“ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. Inside Higher Ed on Facebook ’s plans to partner with community colleges to teach digital literacy. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “So Long, SAT Essay. Labor and Management.

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JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Via Edsurge : “ Facebook Expands Digital Training Initiative with College Partnerships in Chicago.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. Khan Academy will revolutionize education.

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