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Top issues you will face when developing your own Learning Management System

Testpress

Moodle Instead of building a custom system from scratch, you might think why not take up Moodle and deploy it on a server? Moodle is the perfect example of how you can make a learning management system ugly. Moodle is a complicated behemoth. The open-source route a.k.a It does too many things.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

Edsurge

I entered my junior year of high school without a Facebook account. My AP English Language teacher had been using a Facebook group for our class to answer students’ questions after hours. Once upon a time, educators like Sarah Jackson—the aforementioned teacher—found Facebook to be a handy tool for class.

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My Twitter Journey So Far: Using Twitter as a Personal Educational Resource

EdTechSandyK

Like many of you I started hearing buzz about Twitter this year. But I didn''t see any use for Twitter for me, an ed tech specialist with nothing to sell or promote. I thought it was a mini-Facebook, with people constantly updating what they were doing, no matter how mundane. So, I followed her on Twitter. Celebrities.

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Paperless Please

Hansen's Link to Tech

Start using an LMS (Learning Management System) such as Google Classroom , Schoology , Canvas , Edmodo , Moodle. Easy answer(s) is to contact your building/district coach, talk to your PLN, connect with a G+ Community, lurk or join Twitter Chat, attend a conference or edcamp. Here are my top 5.

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Live Thursday, February 2nd - Panel on Personal Learning Profiles

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. Shannon can be found at @shannonmmiller on Twitter and online at shannonmmiller.com.

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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.” But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later.