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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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In fact, a study on Forbes found that global education technology (EdTech) is one of the fastest-growing segments today, and is expected to be worth $252 billion by the end of this year. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.), Data Analytics.

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McLuhan (see the video) predicted we’d have to leave the bookworld behind to be “with it” in the electronic world but with social media we can do it all. It uses Mahara as its open source ePortfolio platform, working in tandem with Moodle, the open source learning management system.

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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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The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. Technology, Education, and the Media.” Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017.

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Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.”

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” 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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How a Flipped Syllabus, Twitter and YouTube Made This Professor Teacher of the Year

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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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