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FETC 2019: Day One

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The Expo floor did not open until 4:30 pm on Monday, but educators and administrators were able to choose from 100 workshops, Apple and Microsoft concurrent sessions, and an all-day Blueprint for Technology in Education Summit. Student Data Privacy. STEAM and STEM.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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CatchOn’s dashboard and reports provide 100% visibility of activity on all devices, enabling administrative leaders to assess the success of technology initiatives and prescribe professional development on a per-campus level based on actual usage data. The judges recommended the 2-1 for its construction, strength, and approachable price.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” ” (“…She’s unlikely to encounter local students when she’s there.”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. National) Education Politics. ”). .”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Microsoft has acquired GitHub. Here’s the NYT headline : “Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Via Education Week : “‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says.” The company has raised $15.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.