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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. ” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” million total.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

What information and training must be provided to students and parents to ensure success? A list can be made in a priority order and training planned. Provide training and assistance to teachers regarding the use of the district LMS and blended learning via synchronous and asynchronous delivery. Teachers should also be surveyed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” ” The Business of Job Training. “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. ” Privacy law in Illinois , that is. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” IHE blogger Joshua Kim offers “25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Chalkbeat : “A growing Jeffco program trains future early childhood workers while they’re still in high school.” What’s Going On?” ” Oh.

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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. 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. The Business of Job Training (and Education as an Employment Benefit). ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. Some of Khosla’s education investments are listed here.