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Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D. Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The seller: Book Dog Books. ” asks Edsurge.

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Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” Data and “Research” Via Vox : “A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. .” Nothing says “experts” like “crystal ball.”

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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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Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools. ” Or something.

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His wife is also the founder of the OER organization CK12. ” ClassDojo is now a full social media platform for schools - this letter & video just emailed to parents. ” Education Week on a Pearson poll : “Generation Z Prefers Learning From YouTube, Not Books.” Because “open.”).

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I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. ” On the chopping block: Latin American Studies and Computer Science. Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.” It was a disaster.