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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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.” Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Social Media, Social Justice and STEM - Eric A Walters, Director of Technology Tikho''s Story: A Quest for Clean Water in Zambia - Natasha Sarkar, CAWST Youth Wavemakers Using VoiceThread to Connect Students with Science Content Specialists - Dr. Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. Google has also rebranded Google Apps for Education as G Suite for Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “ 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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. Via Adweek : “ Google Is Collecting Your Data – Even When Your Phone Isn’t in Use.” Because “open.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” “ OER-Enabled Pedagogy ” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. “ Social-Emotional Learning Is the Rage in K–12. Here is the Microsoft blog post announcing its new products. Don’t click. Never click.

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