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The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

Facebook accessed through the Google Earth App Twitter accessed through the Screen Chomp App Over Christmas break we were forced to remove the following apps, all of which contained this loophole. Some apps featured only small help screens, while others, such as the Google Earth App, featured a full screen web browser.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. and Facebook Inc. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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).” Via the Hechinger Report : “ For-profit colleges stay quietly on offense.”

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

Hack Education

Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. To become a platform is to be “the next Facebook” or “the next Google” (and as such, to be a windfall for investors).

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll You can look to Lynda.com, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5 I’ll look in more detail at how robots are coming for your children in the next article in this series.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Inside Higher Ed covers Billy Willson’s viral “I’m quitting school” rant on Facebook, in which he claimed he was leaving Kansas State University with a 4.0 Via Venture Beat : “ LinkedIn resets some Lynda.com users’ passwords following data leak.” DE is distance education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.