Hansen's Link to Tech

JUNE 9, 2015

Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle. Please, Please, Please do not fall into this Facebook category post. Most likely your building or district have or in the process of picking one out. Here are my top 5.

Schoology 28

Schoology Moodle LMS Edcamps 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there were blogs, wikis, Twitter or Facebook. Now with multiple opportunities to network using social media and join various online communities, teachers and learners are confused. Barbara is what you call a “Digital Pioneer.”

Personalized Learning 48

Personalized Learning UDL Blackboard Social Media 48

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

The survey might also invite student recommendations of platforms, tools or viable social media that might be used to meet them where they are. Facebook groups such as Educator Temporary School Closure for Online Learning or Online Teaching Tips for the Plague-Averse are great places to start. Leverage the Power of Community.

Resources 66

Resources Learning Khan Academy Survey 66

EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 29, 2009

I thought it was a mini-Facebook, with people constantly updating what they were doing, no matter how mundane. I was getting that info from the people I wanted on Facebook already. I''m tracking some folks who work with Moodle like Mary Cooch and Moodlerific as that is an initiative our district is just starting.

Twitter 40

Twitter Resources Social Media Moodle 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. ” No.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

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.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Most schools now have online learning management systems, including Blackboard, Moodle, and Edmodo are just a few. Create a social group just for collaborating teachers. But even schools without a full online component at least have web pages for the departments and the college itself.

Moodle 40

Moodle Edmodo Blackboard Course 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Via The Independent : “ Facebook research targeted insecure youth, leaked documents show.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein. ” The Lincoln Journal Star has the story.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will offer a scholarship “to ‘cut through’ unequal access to opportunity.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. Technology, Education, and the Media.” More in the research section below. Trillion in 2018.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” The takes). Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52