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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. The visual is based on guidelines sourced from Facebook help center.

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Fighting Fake News in the Classroom

Edsurge

PISA scores were recently released , and results of the international test revealed that only 14 percent of U.S. This is particularly alarming because we live in an era when, according to Pew Research Center, 68 percent of American adults get their news from social media —platforms where opinion is often presented as fact.

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Report Aims to Pin Down What the Coding Bootcamp Market Really Looks Like

Edsurge

The study, released this week, aims to provide more clarity around what the bootcamp market looks like today. Although income-based repayment programs among bootcamps have received considerable media attention, they were so rare among bootcamp programs… that we did not include those data,” the report says. population is black.

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The news from ISTE

NeverEndingSearch

Following input and feedback from more than 1300 educators from the US and around the world, ISTE released its new Standards for Education Leaders , formerly known as the ISTE Standards for Administrators. The revised Framework replaces “Personalized Student Learning” with “Learner-Centered,” now positioned the middle of the gears.

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3 Innovative Solutions to Combat #EdTech Issues #CDEtop30

The Innovative Educator

In the press: Wall Street Journal Article , WNYC Article , Chalkbeat New York Article , School in the Cloud, NYC Schools press release IPPD Video: https://vimeo.com/110824915 Problem - Innovative Educators Work in Isolation Solution : Leverage social media to create an online community to connect educators interested in innovation.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” ” But “changes are coming” to the university’s writing center, the administration has threatened. Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Certifications.”