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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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“New Facebook features intended for developers could, if expanded, turn the social networking site into an online learning platform,” Inside Higher Ed reported in June. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. Students will receive iPads.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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The Ontario Curriculum (by the Ontario Ministry of Education): Maybe the best example of how to weave media literacy fundamentally into primary and secondary school curricula. Media Production Lesson s (by MediaSmarts): Browse MediaSmart's lessons focused on creating media ranging from videos to news reports.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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As education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn wrote in The Atlantic earlier this year, a loud chorus of researchers in education and labor markets question the notion that workers are unqualified for the growing sophistication of tech jobs. According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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Indeed, the job prospects for those with just a high school diploma but no additional schooling are pretty dismal , even for positions that once did not demand any sort of post-secondary education. You can look to Lynda.com, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5 weird that, eh?) .” The Business of Hiring.