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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

Parents are also increasingly worried about what their children may access or be exposed to online. Student data privacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times. Learn more about earning a media literacy certification with these micro-credentials here. Collaborating with peers and colleagues.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

Edsurge

During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. A Facebook group, Amazing Educational Resources, has compiled a spreadsheet of more than 400 free offerings. The Case For Shutting Schools Down Instead of Moving Classes Online.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

Edsurge

But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). CHATBOT CHAMPIONS: AdmitHub , a Boston-based edtech startup that creates conversational AI to help students through college, has some numbers to back up its college-expert chatbots. but will eventually be brought to the U.S. Who Said What?

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OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

The Hechinger Report

As internet users, we implicitly understand that if we’re not paying for a commercial service, our data — and the content we create — are being commodified and sold to others. Revelations about the privacy practices of Facebook only serve to underscore the stakes surrounding the capture and use of personal data.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. This is coupled with free online learning, career based mentoring and apprenticeship. A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via LJWorld.com : “KU student who hacked computers and changed his grades is convicted of 4 felonies.” State and local teachers’ protests are in the “labor and management” section below.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach.

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