Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. Learning with 'e's - Steve Wheeler 5. Unported License.

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E-rate Education Social Media Company 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. A monitor she is wearing as part of a PE project is going off, informing her she has reached her resting heart rate, and cueing her to make a note of her current activity.

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E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 109

Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The problem of disinformation and propaganda misleading social media users was serious in 2016, continued unabated in 2018 and is expected to be even more severe in the coming 2020 election cycle in the U.S. A sample headline with a rating from experts, as shown in our experiment. Expert or user ratings?

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E-rate Facebook Social Media System 41

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Its purpose is to raise awareness of how overly restrictive Internet filtering can impede student learning by blocking access to legitimate educational websites and participatory learning tools (including social media). Develop a toolkit for school leaders. Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines.

Digital Citizenship 41

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 41

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). According to the ECAR 2016 Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology , 96% of undergraduate students now own a smartphone. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. References: Brooks, D.C.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

. - #NYCSchoolsTech leader @Levy_Jason pic.twitter.com/IaPdb3MvAa — Lisa Nielsen (@InnovativeEdu) December 15, 2016 The excuses must stop and ensuring our students have access to the resource they need for high speed learning must become the issue that voters fight for if we want our children to be prepared for the modern world.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Internet Safety E-rate Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

Amal Abdi at her high school graduation in June, 2016. The last couple years have brought a renaissance in virtual guidance counseling—both new services and existing ones upping their game with mobile, social media and data analytics. It’s e-counseling 2.0. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016. Photo: Hajira Dahir.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Mobility Advocacy 40

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Via Wired : “Schools Are Mining Students’ Social Media Posts for Signs of Trouble.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” The Atlantic on Logan Paul : “The Social-Media Star and the Suicide.” ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Fall 2016 IPEDS First Look: Continued growth in distance education in US.”

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. in 2016 on a student visa.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems?

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016. Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” ” “A Gadsden City Schools principal has been suspended after coming under fire for a social media post he made following Trump ’s election,” the AP reports. Not so much.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” they do boost graduation rates.). Via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country.” ” Education in the Courts.

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. ” Via The Tennessean : “ Belmont University ousted a student Tuesday after he made a social media post using the N-word to describe black NFL football players, who he said needed a ‘bullet in their head.’” Heckuva job.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Maybe social media is broken, Cathy O’Neil suggests. “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. . “ Media Literacy When the Platforms Are Complicit ” by Bill Fitzgerald. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016.” ” No.

Education 46

Education Facebook Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” IOT e-toy maker Osmo has raised $24 million from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures, and K9 Ventures. ” “So-So Social Media Privacy? The company has raised $38.5

Education 40

Education Report Company E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.”

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.” Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. E-Rate has been, since the origin of the fund in 1996, the main way in which schools and libraries were supposedly guaranteed “reasonable rates” on telecommunications services. million in E-Rate rebates.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” The social media platform had raised $2.5 Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. Upgrades and Downgrades.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40