How do we teach our communities about being good digital citizens. Apparently, a new “digital citizenship and media literacy” bill was just introduced. #digitalcitizenship #DigitalCitizen #k12 #education #medialiteracy #edsurge @edutooters @donwatkins @philshapiro

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-02-19-the-growing-importance-of-digital-citizenship

The Growing Importance of Digital Citizenship

In an era where technology and digital platforms are integral to our everyday lives, the role of digital citizenship is ever more critical. This is ...

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As the EdSoftware space explodes, how do districts know if the content they’re paying for is actually valuable?

#CSUFedtech #EdTech #ISTE #EdSurge

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-05-08-establishing-a-research-based-framework-for-edtech-product-quality

Establishing a Research-Based Framework for Edtech Product Quality

ISTE’s Teacher Ready team focuses on the user experience

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Opinion: Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?
By Matthew Tower
Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?
As 2022 turned into 2023, EdSurge asked educators and education leaders to share reflections on learning “lost” and “gained.”

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2023-01-11-edtech-has-grown-more-common-more-global-and-more-sophisticated-what-s-next

#education #edsurge #edtech #teaching #learning #k12 #edutooter @edutooter @edutooters

Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

This past year was a hard one, defined by the exhaustion of trying to return to “normal.” And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech ...

EdSurge

Speaking of #Giftedness, it's important and useful to acknowledge that the notion has a dark history, connected with #Eugenics.
https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-vexing-legacy-of-lewis-terman

There's been some coverage of recent controversies about that marred past on #EdSurge, a year and a week ago.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2021-08-03-the-strange-past-and-messy-future-of-gifted-and-talented

The Vexing Legacy of Lewis Terman

The legendary Stanford psychologist helped hundreds of gifted children and showed America that it’s okay to be smart. But behind his crusade was a disturbing social vision.

It does sound like we're a new phase wrt this "edtech revolution" that #EdTech founders and #journos were discussing.
Fun that a former #EdSurge editor turned #Googloid would simile #Knewton and #AltSchools as #Theranos of education.
We miss Cassandra.
https://www.edsurge.com//news/2022-03-14-who-is-the-theranos-of-education/
Who Is the Theranos of Education?

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial ...

EdSurge

Speaking of #OpenEducation, #Education more generally, #ÉducationÀDeuxVitesses, and #podcasting
Wonder if we could do some sort of #collaborative listening of this #EdSurge episode on a “new” model for #GiftedEducation.

https://overcast.fm/+xZ-f1X47Q

I’m just reaching the counterpoint section.
Sounds juicy. And fair.

As a disclaimer, I’m predisposed to disagree with the elitist, topdown approach with an explicit connection to Thiel’s secret society.

A New Approach to Gifted Education — EdSurge Podcast

A new effort is trying to bring a fresh approach to gifted education, and it doesn’t take place in a school building. Instead, it works either as a project-based homeschool curriculum and support system, or as an unusual boarding school option that involves a kind of educational road trip. How does it fit into broader debates about the future of gifted programs?