OLDaily Text Edition ~ Oct 13, 2016

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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Oct 13, 2016
We’re Proud to Announce the Launch of MappingEDU
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This is a very specialized piece of technology, but if
you're building learning technologies, it's also an
important application. "MappingEDU
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system designed to do one common, time-consuming data
integration task well: map one data standard to another.
The primary users are data analysts and technical staff who
create mappings between data sources. MappingEDU also
contains features to assist subject matter experts in
reviewing data mappings." See also this press release
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Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature for Creating New
Poetic Expressions within the Great American Song Tradition
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Normally I'd be celebrating a Nobel for peace or physics or
something, but this year's Nobel prize in Literature speaks
to me. "Dylan has released album after album, decade after
decade, that showcase his unparalleled wordcraft in various
song forms. And some of his finest work has appeared only
in recent years, when it seems his career might have come
to a close."
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Digital Sunscreen – What does your school do?
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This is not a coherent post - not even close. But there is
something interesting going on here. The core metaphor of
'digital sunscreen' is not defined (except for the fact
that it lasts two hours). Meanwhile there is an
undercurrent about teachers and tech leaders becoming part
of the problem we're trying to solve. Then there's this:
"I’ve been using the term edumedia sarcastically. The
proper term is mission-driven marketing –  a way
to turn awareness into action with those new to your
product or to engage already-supportive people in
deeper ways. It uses teachers, enlists paid and unpaid
teachers and ex-teachers – to present itself as
‘the future’ in a duplicity of discussions and
forms." Lovely.
There's a follow-up post
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today that helps a bit. Dean Groom writes, "I think
I’ll actively promote two hours a day (school+home)
is an essential contract between parents and teachers." So
I think the point is to limit screen time to two hours.
Groom admits "Two hours a day is going to sound ridiculous
to kids and adults alike." And the concern underlying the
limit is this: " is dominated by the commercial agendas and
belief of a few mega-brands – Apple, Google, and
Microsoft. The ‘social stream’ of edumedia is
seduced and propositioned by brands." He's not wrong - but
the remedy needs to be fixed.
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