9 Ways Fear Is Slowing the Integration of #edtech in Schools
Fears surrounding the integration of #edtech have bled into our school systems and classroom practices. The following are 9 ways 'fear' is slowing adoption:
Teachers Professional Development Guide: Must Have Tools and Resources
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Make Personalized Learning a Reality Says Ed Tech Task Force
Do we really need another Blue Ribbon committee to tell us our school system is broken and we, in the U.S., are hopelessly falling behind the rest of the world?
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An Easy Way to Insert Files from Your Google Drive into Your Gmail Messages
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Google Classroom: Early videos of their closest attempt at an LMS
ListenFor years the ed tech community has speculated about Google entering the LMS market, including Wave (discontinued, but some key features embedded in other tools), Apps for Education, and even incorrectly with Pearson OpenClass. Each time there is some possibilities, but Google has not shown interest in fully replacing LMS functionality. Google Classroom, announced in […]
Looks Like the NSA May Lose Its Standing Invitation to Weaken Encryption
There has been plenty of bad news when it comes to NSA spying, so it’s encouraging when the news is good. At the end of May, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology signaled the beginning of the end for NSA’s effort to undermine encryption, passing an amendment that extricates the NSA...
Obama administration advising cops to not disclose surveillance technology
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire …
Why I'm sending 200 copies of Little Brother to a high-school in Pensacola,
The principal of Booker T Washington High in Pensacola FL cancelled the school's One School/One Book summer reading program rather than letting all the kids go through with the previously approved assignment to read Little Brother, the bestselling young adult novel by Cory Doctorow. With Cory and Tor Books' help, the teachers are fighting back.
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YesAllWomen and Ed-Tech Conferences, or Why ISTE is Unsafe
Update 6/11/2014: ISTE has added a Code of Conduct to the website for its 2014 conference#YesAllWomen in ed-techEarlier this week, Ariel Norling published an incredibly brave article — an inc...
The Five Dumbest Ways That People Defend NSA Spying
Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying