Hansen's Link to Tech

JUNE 9, 2015

Embrace the Cloud Embrace cloud computing with Google Drive and/or Google Classroom: most districts support Google Apps for Education, not only because its free and great to manage but it supports collaboration and creation for our 21st Century Learners. Here are my top 5. Plan and Collaborate is a must!

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Schoology Moodle LMS Edcamps 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Bryan Alexander

MAY 18, 2022

So I started asking around, bugging individuals and querying social media. Google Classroom – this has the advantage of familiarity. Moodle – the popular LMS/VLE takes some backend skills to install and host, but can also be accessed from hosting services like MoodleCloud. The results fascinated me.

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Moodle LMS Sakai VLE 116

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 28, 2022

For example, once the learning management system/virtual learning environment took off around 2000, I and others have tracked which ones different campuses adopt: Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, etc. Google Meet is out there. IT shops already tightly wedded to Microsoft or Google might have a harder time here. Enterprise choice.

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Blackboard Microsoft Education Moodle 117

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2010

McLuhan (see the video) predicted we’d have to leave the bookworld behind to be “with it” in the electronic world but with social media we can do it all. Come to this webinar to learn various tips and tricks to using Google Presentation and Google Drawing. link] MATH 2.0 WEEKLY: INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA MARTINEZ (MATH 2.0

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ePortfolio Moodle Video Google 45

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2020

Online learning is often asynchronous and can involve variable timetables, so using a shared calendar such as iCal or Google Calendar will not only help organize a dynamic schedule, but also afford easy sharing with parents and students. Teachers who want to poll their students can use Google Forms or the free trial version of Survey Monkey.

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Resources Learning Khan Academy Survey 66

Nik Peachey

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

In the initial rush to get learning online many organisations got themselves a Moodle platform and then attached a whole load of PDFs and.docs, added some forums and the odd video clip and called it an online course. You can easily pull in comments from Facebook, Twitter or Google searches as well as a range of other social media sources.

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Course Tools Moodle iPhone 61

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.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Online collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams, empower students to collaborate on projects and share resources in real time. Social media platforms are leveraged for educational purposes, facilitating communication, collaboration, and resource sharing within a global learning community.

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Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 56

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Wait, [ Sebastian Thrun has another new startup](The creator of Google’s self-driving car project is now working to automate boring office functions)? ” Via Edsurge : “ Google , Expanding on HBCU Pilot, Launches ‘Tech Exchange’ to Boost Diversity in Industry.” ” Testing. Go, School Sports Team!

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 58

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Google had a big media to-do this week. Via Ars Technica : “Google unveils a $249 smart camera that decides what’s worth photographing.” “ Mattel and Google : a double standard for AI toys?” classrooms: An army of robots to help autistic students learn social skills.” Trillion in 2018.”

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

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.” ” Not sure we needed emails to know this, but hey.

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Moodle ’s Mastermind, Martin Dougiamas, Still Believes in Edtech After Two Decades.” “Someone Hit the Internet with a Massive Google Doc Phishing Attack ,” Motherboard Vice reports.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment.” ” Also via The New York Times : “ Google Employees Stage Worldwide Walkout.” “The Moodle / Blackboard Breakup: The Long and the Short of It” by e-Literate’s Michael Feldstein.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

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. OpenStax has been striking a lot of vendor deals recently, no?

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. And maybe educators will rationalize using it anyway… “ Google ’s Mass-Shooting Misinformation Problem” by The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. .

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

I’ve also done online office hours in a live format, where students, alumni, or random visitors basically used AOL Instant Messenger or Google Talk to ask questions. Discover how Course Hero can help inspire your course design. We use a free online service called Ustream to make it possible for students everywhere to watch.

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