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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

Using half of the funds, the Texas Education Agency contracted with OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University, to write textbooks for several popular high school STEM courses. Tagged on: August 16, 2017 You Need Data to Personalize Learning | Data Quality Campaign → They need data to personalize learning.

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Meet Some Heroes at This Week's Connected Educator Cafe Sessions

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Esther Wojcicki : Educator, journalist, IT & OER consultant. Wednesday, October 23 "Innovating STEM and Literacy" Yovel Badash : Author of No Child Held Back Jim Vanides : Global Social Innovation Program Manager @hp; #edtech blogger [link] , #STEM advocate, educator, technologist, & avid photographer.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Indeed, DonorsChoose.org expects teachers to leverage their social media presence in order to fundraise for supplies for their classrooms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t).” “Why the Best Personalized Learning Programs Start Way Before High School,” according to Edsurge. “ It’s Time to Take Back Personalized Learning ,” says Phyllis Lockett in Edsurge.