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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” ’” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). .” Education in the Courts.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.” MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Uber for Education". “We

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Venture capitalist, supervillain, and Facebook investor and board member Peter Thiel spoke Thursday night. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Listen Current was founded by former public radio journalist Monica Brady-Myerov. ” asks the Lake Zurich Courier. Dear god no.