21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. Welcome to the Future!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

Micah Brown on episode 237 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. PowerSchool is my SIS and LMS and is the sponsor of today’s show. Just share that love on social media. Twitter is just as easy as posting a picture of your students’ Valentine.

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Learning STEM Social Media Facebook 179

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

These ambassadors recruit staff members to share their ideas using a bevy of communications tools including social media outlets, school websites and and the Lighthouse School’s reflections page. Twitter has become the most widely used medium for sharing stories about BCPS. 2nd uses Wixie to create their own math story problems.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

Kim Jones, CEO Professional Development Workshop for Citizenship Education & Conflict Analysis in Teaching of Social Studies - Noureen.M. Docente The Social Media Dilemma in Education: Policy Design, Implementation and Effects - Dr. Devery J.

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Blackboard Digital Citizenship Conference Libraries 51

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2019

When preteen kids see parents and older siblings thumbing away at social media accounts, they want to do it. There have been a few efforts to extend social communication tools to younger kids but mostly, kids don’t like them so end up on apps designed for teens or adults, like Snapchat or Instagram. More on social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2019

Social Media: @alicekeeler, YouTube. Alice Keeler is a Google Certified Teacher, New Media Consortium K12 Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator and LEC Admin & Online and Blended certified. She has developed and taught online K12 courses as well as the Innovative Educator Advanced Studies Certificate (cue.org/ieasc).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

You don’t get to build a tool and then get to say, ‘I didn’t intend it to be used that way,’” says David Parry, an associate professor of communication and media studies at Saint Joseph’s University. “He He built a surveillance tool, and he should have known that’s exactly how it would be used.” Hire better teachers instead.”

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

According to one recent study conducted by Pew Research Center , nearly 77% of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind – up from just 35% a few years ago, in 2011. Remember that as of 2018, there are 3.196 billion people using various forms of social media on Earth. More than that, there were 2.1

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

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? Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

It's rolling out a social media push today using the hashtag #DontSettle4Cs to promote the program, called March2Success. ” And via the Google blog , news of more features added to the company’s pseudo-LMS. ” Social-emotional learning and VR. million people since 2003.” Nice job there, Googler.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

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

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

Related: a Twitter thread from Leo Casey about the various connections the Success Academy chain has to Trump and his wealth right-wing backers the Mercers. Via The New York Times : “ Tucson ’s Mexican Studies Program Was a Victim of ‘Racial Animus,’ Judge Says.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ). “Hardly anyone,” either way.). Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Kevin Carey argues in Washington Monthly “Why More Colleges Should Treat Students Like Numbers ”: Students who log on to the LMS, download materials, click on lectures, and contribute to discussions are much less likely to drop out than students who don’t. A new study suggests it should spend more.”

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Education Social Media Company Data 41

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” ” “ University of Wisconsin System to Migrate From D2L Brightspace to Canvas LMS” by Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill. Technology, Education, and the Media.” 2 Post at Ed. .”

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Meanwhile, via Inside Higher Ed : “ Stackable credential pathways have plenty of promise, but a new study fuels worries about poorly designed programs shunting underrepresented student groups into short-term programs of questionable value.” Khan Academy wants to start offering diplomas. What could go wrong?!

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” @14prinsp @KateMfD @audreywatters @gsiemens VC-mediated "consent" for academic studies "Incorrect Response!" ” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Indeed, DonorsChoose.org expects teachers to leverage their social media presence in order to fundraise for supplies for their classrooms. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” ” That’s Tariq Ramadan , a professor of contemporary Islamic studies.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Explore the World Regions course file , with links to notes, quizzes, and study guides. And there are a variety of alternative assignments, like the Twitter World Leader assignment. Tell us about the Twitter World Leaders. Boyer's Twitter World Leader Assignment; full size image here.

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