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Peter Thiel and the Future (and Funding) of Education
Technology
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Audrey Watters on Peter Thiel: "At the core of the
companies that Thiel has founded and funded is
surveillance. Palantir. Facebook. AltSchool. The regime of
data collection and analysis is framed as
'personalization.' But that’s a cover for compliance
and control."
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Use of Technologies at #IWMW16
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If you haven't been watching it must seem like the entire
world has changed. Here's the list of technologies used as
described by Brian Kelly: Slack, Lanyard, Whova. The last
is completely new to me. Whova Link
(which sponsored the event) "allows your event to go
mobile, and supercharges your attendee engagement and
networking experience." It provides things like agendas,
check-in, maps and links.
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Why is Twitter no longer No 1 on the Top Tools for Learning
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I was watching a item on the news this morning tracking
Twitter reaction to some televised events and I thought to
myself, "why track this if all the traffic is bots?" And
that's part of the answer to the question in the title of
this article. And as Jane Hart writes, "over the years the
dark side of Twitter has emerged – in the form of the
trolls – and this is something that has put off new
users signing up to Twitter.  In fact, now that
Twitter is up for sale, we can see that this is one of the
things that is deterring potential buyers."
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Rangatiratanga: How Tapping Into New Zealand’s Indigenous
Concepts Sparked New Educational Gains
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Rangatiratanga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino_rangatiratanga is a
Maori concept for taking personal and collective control
over your own future. It formed the basis for the treaty
creating New Zealand's unique society. According to this
article, it's also the basis for a school district renewal
project restoring Maori education. I wish the article had
focused more on how Rangatiratanga was practiced by the
district, but the author talks mostly about paying for
their educational costs and passing tests.
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