Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Microsoft Teams. Microsoft's collaboration platform is ideal for sharing resources, working on projects, communicating progress, and more with its whole-class "notebooks." Google Classroom. Google Classroom is the go-to resource for teachers looking to organize and streamline their workflows. OER Commons.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. 4c6x4p5qplh7 Google For Education Resources [link] Google Classroom - new resource for teachers to manage classes, assignments, student work, and to communicate with students. The process is so simple!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

It’s a topic that I’ve been thinking about recently, particularly with yesterday’s revelation that Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation. ”, you declare, “the overwhelming majority of OER in the world are licensed in ways that permit commercial use, so what’s the problem?” “But wait!”,

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OER Pearson Microsoft Education 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

That’s right, the identified nouns can give you keywords that will allow you to search a wonderful world of OER (Open Education Resources) on the internet. Resources: “Finding the Nouns or Facts” How might your identification of the curriculum standard nouns along with OER fit into a classroom ?

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Technology Support Khan Academy Technology OER 112

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

OER Commons : ( [link] ) – Wonderful place to find lessons and blended learning ideas that can cover standards that fit into a PBL or just a single lesson. Microsoft Rubrics – [link] ) – This site connects to some great rubrics that promote the 4C’s of Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

School administrators learned about the site, to be called Amazon Inspire, during a “Transitioning to OER” session Friday as part of the National Conference on Education of the AASA, the School Superintendents Association, held here. “If you think about those resources, they’re not all that discoverable or sharable.”

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Some technology in use: Augment , Unity , 360 video , Google Cardboard. Korkin turned to Microsoft Hololens, in part for its built-in gaze, voice, and gesture recognition, and partly because of the chance to get pre-commercial tech. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link].

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 25, 2018

Some technology in use: Augment , Unity , 360 video , Google Cardboard. Korkin turned to Microsoft Hololens, in part for its built-in gaze, voice, and gesture recognition, and partly because of the chance to get pre-commercial tech. rsrc for Capstone OER e-book produced by student on AR/VR + Marketing [link].

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OER Analysis Education Data 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 29, 2015

Link: Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Technology allows the 21 st century classroom to use this awareness of the nouns to connect with free resources on the internet known as OER (Open Education Resources). Record – Google Docs , Diigo , Evernote , Microsoft 360.

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Blended Learning Technology OER Digital Citizenship 60

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Upskill launches support for Microsoft HoloLens.” Edsurge covers OpenEd : “Beyond Free Materials: OER Advocates Push For Inclusiveness in Teaching Practices.” “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? Microsoft says it is open-sourcing its patent portfolio. 5X faster than Snap.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here. Luminaries in the edtech industry, including Richard Culatta (ISTE CEO and former director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education) and David Wiley (the. Is it, perhaps, the state’s lower alcohol limit for beers?).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

SchoolMessenger Passport allows districts to provide teachers, staff, parents and students with quick and secure access to online learning applications, open educational resources (OER), and a variety of school management and administration software programs using a single sign-on.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Google Spotlight Stories “G oogle Spotlight Stories means storytelling for VR. Google Translate app (now incorporate WordLens OCR optical character recognition to translate signs. Google Street View : Create your own 360 images. We are seeing movement way beyond hype.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. Lots of press releases were issued this week to coincide with the ISTE conference in Denver – Amazon’s new OER platform, for example. .” Me, I cannot stop looking at that hand-clapping Vine.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. ” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” Via The Verge : “ Google Glass gets its first update in nearly three years.” “technologizing” the government. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. Oh and look at this: “Google Critic [Peter] Thiel Gave Money to Official Probing Search Giant,” Bloomberg reports. ” Via Poynter : “Do Facebook and Google have control of their algorithms anymore?

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” “ OER , CARE , Stewardship, and the Commons” by “Econproph” Jim Luke. Government Will Travel to Latin America.” million total.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Microsoft had a media event this week. Via The New York Times : “Microsoft Looks to Regain Lost Ground in the Classroom.” ” “Microsoft’s new education push plays to its strengths, the cheap and familiar,” says Techcrunch. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google Unveils Job Training Initiative With $1 Billion Pledge.” ” Via the Microsoft press release : “Introducing Education Resources, a source of Open Educational Resources within Office 365.” million in Series B funding from Google Ventures. The Business of Job Training.

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MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.” ” Also from the Google blog : “More tools for homeschoolers.”

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. The CEO has resigned.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Microsoft has acquired Chalkup. million total. ” More from Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure. Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” A report via Google Research : “ Unconscious Bias in the Classroom.”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.”

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. This “reverse engineering,” the publishers claimed, violated copyright.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via the Google blog : “ Google introduces Hire , a new recruiting app that integrates with G Suite.” ” Google boasts about “ teaching skills ” using VR. His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Worth noting : the group is funded by Google’s arch-nemesis, Oracle.

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

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. Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. The business of OER. Immigration and Education.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

“Tracking Google and Microsoft Adoption in Higher Ed” by Jim Siegl. How Google is ruining the Web. Via Edsurge : “OER Pioneer David Wiley Predicts All Community Colleges Will Dump Traditional Textbooks By 2024.” ” Aren’t you glad schools have embraced Google Apps for EDU so readily?!

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download. Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information?

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. ” In other Microsoft/Minecraft news , the company will donate $10,000 to the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics to build a Minecraft Lab at a local school. ” Upgrades and Downgrades. ” asks Education Dive.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. Via Adweek : “ Google Is Collecting Your Data – Even When Your Phone Isn’t in Use.” ” Edsurge on a YouGov/Microsoft poll of parents: “Survey Says: Parents Think Tech Companies Should Help Build Kids’ Digital Skills.”

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision?

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