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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS, and also give me a follow… on Twitter at mjgormans. 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. Best of all, they are free and contain quality resources.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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But Posterous, if you’ll recall, was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down one year later. Indeed, a few weeks after the funding news, Feldstein wrote about “Why Moodle Supporters Should be Concerned,” questioning the sustainability of the project. . They’re amazing. Pearson is Not a Platform.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. The business of OER. Immigration and Education. What a time to be alive.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Probably worth checking out Sara Goldrick-Rab’s comments on Twitter about this one.). “ Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge. Via The New York Times : “ Jeff Bezos Wants Ideas for Philanthropy , So He Asked Twitter.” million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). ” Via Bryan Alexander : “ Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions.” Kahoot has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Creandum, Northzone, and Microsoft Ventures. Sounds Familiar.” From WCET : “ In Defense of the LMS.”