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Google Classroom advances personalization
Google has announced “practice sets” as an opportunity to personalize student learning. The approach promises data from student behavior for educators to consider and recommends resources algorithmically identified to assist students. Without putting down the Google effort, I do think … Continue reading
Twitter Change
Social media services try to be helpful which is in the opinion of some manipulative. The services create your feed based on an algorithm that attempts to deliver what is assumed will be most likely to attract your attention. There … Continue reading
CollaNotes
I was reading this post from Jonathan Wylie describing note taking apps for the iPad and encountered an app that was new to me. The app was CollaNote and I now recommend it to anyone exploring note taking apps. The … Continue reading
UND esports
The University of North Dakota is starting an esports BA. It looks to me like the program is mostly a combination of existing courses with a few new specialized courses. I worked at UND for many years before my retirement … Continue reading
No benefit from test data
This research summary from Hechinger is likely to get a lot of attention and a lot of different interpretations. The review of multiple studies asked the question what was the value of educators reviewing data from standardized tests evaluating student … Continue reading
Old Reader
Following my most recent post, I was doing a little reading about Google Reader. Among other things, I learned that supporters have attempted to launch a very similar product and called it Old Reader. I have been giving it a … Continue reading