tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55062812024-03-07T19:31:58.587-05:00Education & Tech - Passive Magister • Active LearningEducation & Tech is a professional website that promotes and supports editorial coverage on K-12 education, higher education, research, analysis, and opinion. We believe that an excellent education based on technology integration is possible for all people. Our mission is to inspire and empower a new citizen through strategic planning, enabling him abundance not only spiritually but economically.Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-73217630559861944402023-03-04T11:26:00.003-05:002023-03-04T11:29:10.514-05:00 The Bachelor’s Degree Serves as a Signaling Function<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLBhFwNq3Kpvdl0BFGUiRwDkdMP0rxnusW5ye5CFrNxPtqTh_zulEuqJ9VgqNn2Ror7PyUOYl8LLkJFPdubMfgO06bOp7dXcXLZN8XciA2wUKcQrHrgT_xC1FRFvyMJ_IGM2ziAoPEua_kQ2XU_UdOHQVGTBFIMnRIr-wFW_OzIp5A-W5ag/s1856/college%20devaluation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1856" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLBhFwNq3Kpvdl0BFGUiRwDkdMP0rxnusW5ye5CFrNxPtqTh_zulEuqJ9VgqNn2Ror7PyUOYl8LLkJFPdubMfgO06bOp7dXcXLZN8XciA2wUKcQrHrgT_xC1FRFvyMJ_IGM2ziAoPEua_kQ2XU_UdOHQVGTBFIMnRIr-wFW_OzIp5A-W5ag/w400-h279/college%20devaluation.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><small> Photo:Manfred Werner</small></div><br/><blockquote>Approximately 41 percent of all recent graduates are working jobs that do not require a college degree. It is shocking when you consider that 17 percent of hotel clerks and 23.5 percent of amusement park attendants hold 4-year degrees. None of these jobs have traditionally required a college degree. But due to a competitive job market where most applicants have degrees, many recent graduates have no means of distinguishing themselves from other potential employees. Thus, many recent graduates have no other option but to accept low-paying jobs. <div><br /></div><div> The value of a college degree has gone down due to the vast increase in the number of workers who possess degrees. This form of debasement mimics the effect of printing more money. Following the Law of Supply and Demand, the greater the quantity of a commodity, the lower the value. The hordes of guidance counselors and parents urging kids to attend college have certainly contributed to the problem. However, public policy has served to amplify this issue.</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #656565; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #2c3e50; font-size: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Reading:</h2></div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #656565; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peter C. Clark: </b><a href="https://medium.com/@peterclark7979/why-college-degrees-are-losing-their-value-peter-clark-deeedea7763c" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #e51515; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Why college degrees are losing their value</a>. </div><div style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #656565; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><i style="background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #656565; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: #e51515; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.17s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-19611176143131469772023-03-02T08:10:00.001-05:002023-03-02T08:10:20.946-05:00Are Conversational Large Language Models as gptCHAT a Real Game-Changer For Science?<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ0iYwYVJaRfkVHVrhKFRr5XpvDFClyreb2XuFLX-FGUR3cfFRMK-rnRn_FPjigMqfh3vKipFzE23ISHaH7EN9QJZJj3SxyjdK9sjN8dzA6mPoXyBfra3QBvHSDciaweKZgUZKnuw-4E1jMFWCq4B2vWxFU8_QiMsBW-wrm7CieDPmQ2EVg/s1155/AI.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1155" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ0iYwYVJaRfkVHVrhKFRr5XpvDFClyreb2XuFLX-FGUR3cfFRMK-rnRn_FPjigMqfh3vKipFzE23ISHaH7EN9QJZJj3SxyjdK9sjN8dzA6mPoXyBfra3QBvHSDciaweKZgUZKnuw-4E1jMFWCq4B2vWxFU8_QiMsBW-wrm7CieDPmQ2EVg/w400-h315/AI.png" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><small>Photo: Kuba -OpenClipChart</small></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving field transforming how we live, work, and interact. One area where AI has made significant contributions is in the field of research, where it is being used to automate and accelerate various processes. One such tool that has gained immense popularity among researchers is the gptCHAT, an AI-based chatbot that can converse with humans in natural language. In this article, we will discuss the use of gptCHAT in research, its benefits, and its implementation challenges. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00288-7" target="_blank">Van Dis et al.</a> (2023) define the de model as "a large language model (LLM), a machine-learning system that autonomously learns from data and can produce sophisticated and seemingly intelligent writing after training on a massive data set of text" (para 2). However, using this language to present specialized research will likely introduce inaccuracies, bias, and plagiarism. It is important that the reader and the publisher learn and declare the difference between content provided by a human writer and gptCHA, a task that will become increasingly difficult, making it even harder to recognize when the chatbot provides incorrect information.
<br /><div><br /></div><div>Firstly, gptCHAT can be used to conduct surveys and collect participant data. It can engage in conversations with respondents and gather valuable insights that can be used for further analysis. gptCHAT's ability to converse naturally with humans can help overcome some of the limitations of traditional surveys, which can be impersonal and lack engagement. Additionally, the <a href="https://www.animateyour.science/post/how-to-use-chat-gpt-opportunities-and-risks-for-researchers" target="_blank">data collected </a>through this LLM is easily transferrable to different formats for further analysis.</div><div><br /></div><div>Secondly, gptCHAT can also be used to analyze large volumes of unstructured data. Its natural language processing capabilities allow it to analyze text data and extract meaningful insights that may have been missed through traditional methods. For instance, the chatbot can be used to analyze customer feedback from online reviews, social media, or support tickets to understand customer sentiment toward a product or service. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thirdly, the OpenAI GPT-3 family model can be used to generate research questions and hypotheses when you <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mushtaqbilalphd_how-to-use-chatgpt-intelligently-and-ethically-activity-7034965885706465280-6lLV/" target="_blank">ask intelligently and ethically.</a> By engaging in conversations with researchers, the chatbot can help you identify research gaps and generate questions that can be further explored. Additionally, AI, in this case, can also help researchers refine their hypotheses and suggest new avenues for research.</div><div><br /></div><div>Conversely, despite the benefits of gptCHAT, some challenges are associated with its implementation. One major challenge is ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the data collected. Its accuracy on the responses obtained largely depends on the data quality the LLM has been trained on. Therefore, it is important to ensure that gptCHAT is first trained on high-quality data to ensure the accuracy of its responses. </div><div><br /></div><div>Another challenge is ensuring its ethical use. gptCHAT's ability to engage in natural language conversations with humans raises questions about informed consent, privacy, and data protection. Researchers must ensure they obtain proper consent from participants before using it to collect data. Additionally, serious scholars must ensure that the data collected through gptCHAT is properly protected to prevent any unauthorized access or use and approved by its respective IRB.</div><div><br /></div><div>In conclusion, this machine learning system could revolutionize research by automating and accelerating various processes (It can be your assistant, not your replacement). Its ability to converse naturally with humans can help overcome some of the limitations of traditional research methods. Nevertheless, its implementation also poses challenges, such as ensuring the data's accuracy, reliability, and ethical use. With proper training, planning, and implementation, gptCHAT can be a valuable tool for researchers in various fields.</div><div><br />
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</div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-55382445125711571382021-03-07T15:58:00.004-05:002021-03-07T15:58:51.956-05:00MICROBOL: State of Micro-credentials in the European Higher Education Area<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDO2HtkqZzxgFHQDGRVRslbJ21um0F15EFRuwBIhusuQPanuvZerqW0SZnHs602Hr_NiwM1TAeWg7On4Whe5193664MjD5Zi77AEnGvjBy4FbojFGSDUaW8BM9HeAdku3irJv/s1000/micro-credentials.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDO2HtkqZzxgFHQDGRVRslbJ21um0F15EFRuwBIhusuQPanuvZerqW0SZnHs602Hr_NiwM1TAeWg7On4Whe5193664MjD5Zi77AEnGvjBy4FbojFGSDUaW8BM9HeAdku3irJv/w640-h360/micro-credentials.jpg" title="Microcredentials recognition" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Photo: RMIT University</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>
<div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;">The majority of countries have implemented policies related to the recognition of micro-credentials, but many countries do not have specific policies. As for the purpose of recognition, most of the countries recognize micro-credentials with the aim of increasing learners’ competitiveness in the labor market, both for academic purposes and for further study (also in the form of recognition of credits and of prior learning).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;">In almost half of the countries, learners can accumulate micro-credentials to build up to a degree program (but in some cases, stackability is not possible towards a full degree). The data shows that several countries, but still not the majority of respondents, do not recognize micro-credentials from providers other than higher education institutions.</span></blockquote><p> </p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></div><div><h2>Recommended Reading:</h2></div><div><b>University World News: </b><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210302104300698" target="_blank">Starting points for recognition of micro-credentials</a>. </div><div><br /></div><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-61203241352977773962020-11-27T23:01:00.001-05:002020-11-27T23:07:44.176-05:008 best proven ways to learn English effectivelyLearning English is no mean feat and hence there has always been a curiosity among students as to how effective steps can be taken to improve the language skills within a short period of time. English tuition teachers particularly follow certain techniques and strategies to ensure that students fill in their logic gaps and brush up on the basics in areas like grammar and vocabulary.<div><br /></div><div><i> So, what exactly are these ways in which one can learn the English Language effectively?</i></div><div><br /></div><div> <b>#1: ENGLISH TUITION </b></div><div><br /></div><div>This may seem like an obvious tip but many people shy in fact away from it due to time and cost. The most efficient way to learn English will be to take a course in it as self-teaching a language may end being way too daunting of a task for many. </div><div><br /></div><div> With a structured course like English tuition, people will be able to pace themselves appropriately and be committed to following it which can also help for motivation. Students can opt for online English tuition or even <a href="https://www.championtutor.my/view-tutor-malaysia.html" target="_blank">private home tuition</a>; the choice lies in the hands of the student based on various factors. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> #2: KEEP LISTENING </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Constantly listening to English during free time is very effective. This is a tip that in fact can work for any language. Listening to English can include watching shows, movies, podcasts or simply listening to others talk. Even if without understanding what the speakers are saying, the words that they say will subconsciously enter the brain. As such, it is much more helpful than people actually think.</div><div><br /></div><div><b> #3: SAY IT </b></div><div><br /></div><div>People should practice speaking English with close friends and/or family. Simply listening to English and memorizing words is not enough to guarantee <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2009/09/how-does-technology-help-in-learning.html">proficiency in the language</a>. Moreover, learning a new language is generally used for conversing with others, not usually for writing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thus, speaking to friends and family will not only help them practice enunciation but also allow others to correct any mistakes that they make. However, it is important to only do this with close friends and family whose opinion that they trust. If they try practicing with people who do not really care, they can easily demotivate them from learning the language. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> #4: PRACTICE </b></div><div><br /></div><div>If the primary aim is to learn how to talk in English fast, learners should focus more on speaking, not on grammar or vocabulary. Learning good grammar and a wide range of vocabulary will allow people to be more fluent and clearer in the point that they are trying to make. However, this is in fact not that important or necessary for beginner learners to master. </div><div><br /></div><div>Time spent memorizing grammar rules and vocabulary words can be put into much better use practicing to speak the language. So, for new learners trying to improve their communication skills in the language, it is time to put the textbooks away for now and focus on their fluency in speaking it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b> #5: THE SOUNDS AND THE RHYTHM </b></div><div><br /></div><div>New learners should try to find similarities between their native language and English. The hardest part of learning to speak a new language is getting used to the sounds, flow, and rhythm of the language. By relating some sounds of letters or strings of letters to their native language, they can build a sturdy fundamental to build upon. However, new speakers must be cautious of misremembering a sound just because it sounds similar to a sound in their native language. Learning from scratch is easier than learning it wrongly and being forced to correct it later. </div><div><br /></div><div> <b>#6: THE BEST LEARNING STRATEGY </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Some people are visual learners instead of auditory learners and thus listening to others speak or watching movies and tv shows may not be very effective. These types of learners should still adopt a similar learning strategy but use visual cues to remember words. For example, when looking at the sun, people can associate the words ‘sun’, ‘warmth’, and ‘hot’ to it which makes it easier than learning each word separately and trying to memorize them without relating them to each other. </div><div><br /></div><div> <b>#7: THE CONTEXT</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It is somewhat impractical to just learn words by themselves because a very large number of words have multiple meanings. By simply memorizing words individually, it is very easy to misuse it and for others to misunderstand it. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBNQebnfX9XMW4SGJKU-13I9uk7x4YJ7NoxdieTd6tfHMg-JRh7U4XKm3t0_TMDFp1OgPmo6bOBbcx4gOpcSD8xGwTf_3GsBA17wi5_JiQV2bC6_s3r0H5FwQJgw0SZnM_og-/s700/context-matters.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="700" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBNQebnfX9XMW4SGJKU-13I9uk7x4YJ7NoxdieTd6tfHMg-JRh7U4XKm3t0_TMDFp1OgPmo6bOBbcx4gOpcSD8xGwTf_3GsBA17wi5_JiQV2bC6_s3r0H5FwQJgw0SZnM_og-/w400-h225/context-matters.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Ivan Netto</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>The words could have been used for a different intention as compared to what most people would interpret it in the context. Thus, it is more practical to learn common phrases and also learn how certain words are grouped.</div><div><br /></div><div> <b>#8: ASK QUESTIONS </b></div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2008/06/second-life-offers-more-than-second.html">learning a language isn't easy</a>. The English language can be very confusing at times and it is very important for new speakers to clear any doubts that they have to someone who already has a good understanding of the language. Being ashamed to ask questions is very detrimental to their learning process and will make it much less efficient. Learn to love the process of learning and you will succeed; it’s just a matter of time! </div><div><br /></div><div>
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</div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-1668634998425969952020-11-16T10:48:00.000-05:002020-11-16T10:48:21.055-05:00Students Experiences After Concluding Successfully an Online Education Course
I am on the border between deciding which of the strategies that I learned during this course was the most useful. Currently, I would say it is a tie between the note-taking styles/methods, and the time prioritization/management charting. The note-taking strategies I will be applying throughout my other courses as selecting the best methodology as appropriate to the study material and goals. Having not previously encountered note-taking methods, I was stuck with the list and summary methods informally applied, but after learning about new processes this has opened up some organized possibilities.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJXrxjnfhvo_aCRcnMNoClOP-D5u0gRG4fm-SwoK6V7wWvBcq0DUk-O28FsMJrYOt0daVMJvSOJF3Kg8LDO78vK-XiigNLS0Z-jyifj1-0G5JglKxbwd_wiagjw13FjSnMreT/s1368/uopeople.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1368" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJXrxjnfhvo_aCRcnMNoClOP-D5u0gRG4fm-SwoK6V7wWvBcq0DUk-O28FsMJrYOt0daVMJvSOJF3Kg8LDO78vK-XiigNLS0Z-jyifj1-0G5JglKxbwd_wiagjw13FjSnMreT/w640-h280/uopeople.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I especially liked “Starbursting” (Rudy, 2016) but the other methods were new to me as well and I can foresee utilizing them.
Regarding time-prioritizing/management, the charting in the textbook was very helpful in showing exactly how time was being spent, as opposed to how I thought it was being spent. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was definitely eye-opening to see where the time was going, and how much time I thought I actually had. Applying informed decision making to that information is a major boon toward further success. This has already impacted my learning strategies through improved time budgeting, planning, and prioritized allocation. </div><div><br /></div><div>The most surprising thing I had encountered this term, was the breadth of personal experience and information that is present as part of the Discussion Forum. The subject directed format, coupled with the personal experience integration with the topic responses, allowed for the sharing of experiences, and experience, while still adhering to the topic at hand. </div><div><br /></div><div>The surprising portion was just the breadth of experience that people had dealt with which often carried relevant information or lessons learned that were applicable in my life.
After introduction to the peer assessment concept and its integration with the<b> UoPeople experience</b> I thought that it would be a vital role in the learning experience, acting somewhat like a pseudo campus and classroom. I do believe it accomplished that and more. The public forum and mandatory participation ensured that everyone was exposed to everyone else’s ideas. In any social environment, there is the tendency to form groups, but the peer assessment implementation at UoPeople makes it so that everyone is at minimum equally interactive. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of similar effect, one has to go out of your way to avoid exposure to other people’s ideas, which builds the feeling of community and familiarity. This exceeds the expectations and has definitely provided bonuses in the form of new perspectives and experience shared from people that might not have normally interacted.
Through the application of free review, through the Discussion Forum, we are able to apply the social interaction in the online media, while still worrying about social graces, and attempting to operate where we may have to justify our positions. </div><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, the assignment assessment clearly provides guidance and filtering of the assessment criteria, so that the assessment process is significantly less based on the assessor’s capabilities or material knowledge. Having participated in the assessment process, I am significantly more comfortable, and confident with it. I have also benefited through the peer assessment in both my courses, not just learning new perspectives, but different paths to problem-solving that have definitely been useful. </div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, I am very happy about my <a href="https://www.uopeople.edu/" target="_blank">UoPeople experience</a> so far and the value it has already brought me.
</div><div><br /></div><div>Reference:</div><div>Rudy, L. J. (2016) Starbursting: How to use brainstorming questions to evaluate ideas , Envato Tuts+
https://business.tutsplus.com/tutorials/starbursting-how-to-use-brainstorming-questions-to-evaluate-ideas--cms-26952 </div><div><br /></div><div><i>This article was written by Bruce Bonnick, a UoPeople Computer Science student and it is edited and reproduced with his authorization.</i><br /><div><br /></div><div><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i>
<br /><br /></div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-50082787312783910502020-11-15T17:41:00.007-05:002020-11-15T17:50:30.026-05:00 Teachers will have one of their own in the White House
This was some of the words of president-elect Joe Biden during his speech the Saturday in Wilmington, Delaware. He hasn't been confirmed as president yet, but he's working on reversing the actual Secretary of Education's decisions. <div><br /></div><div>Biden does not have a candidate for the same position, so he referred to his wife, Jill Biden, an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College.<div><br />
His campaign pledged to boost the $16 billion Title I program by triplicating its funding preferably to increase teachers' salary that is considered to be 20% less than other professionals with the same amount of education. </div><div><br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFX5rlXHEblXES0bmKiys_DiVg03wD0IJNt_s1qYqLzuDJzbYA2HU9h9ke3Kah8kbaUsRljd-BPkEAbUoTY3k48jjXgBjriObIkSXXUVYJfCwP9iPjfAlGV47TGHnzaMqZoDs/s1023/Jill+Biden.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Dr. Jill Biden" border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1023" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFX5rlXHEblXES0bmKiys_DiVg03wD0IJNt_s1qYqLzuDJzbYA2HU9h9ke3Kah8kbaUsRljd-BPkEAbUoTY3k48jjXgBjriObIkSXXUVYJfCwP9iPjfAlGV47TGHnzaMqZoDs/w400-h266/Jill+Biden.jpg" title="Dr. Jill Biden" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr. Jill Biden in Lancaster - Photo Christopher Dilts for Obama for America</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<div><br /></div><div><blockquote>One of the biggest ways in which the incoming administration will signal its support for educators is through the naming of an education secretary. "It is a teacher. A teacher. Promise," Biden told the NEA, the nation's largest teachers union, back in July 2019.<br /><br />
"It seems like something we would take for granted, that the secretary of education would be an educator," the NEA's Pringle said. "But no, it is something we have to say out loud." And she added, "It brings a smile to my face to say it."<br /><br />
However, that doesn't necessarily mean a K-12 teacher. "The most politically savvy thing for them to do," the Fordham Institute's Petrilli said, "is to pick somebody from the world of higher education who can get around some of the complications with their reform wing versus the union wing within the [Democratic Party]."</blockquote><p> </p><h3>Recommended Reading:</h3>
<b>NPR: </b><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/10/933423976/what-a-biden-presidency-could-mean-for-education?" target="_blank">What A Biden Presidency Could Mean For Education</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><i> Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> </div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-32432564425300926742020-10-11T14:36:00.004-04:002020-10-11T14:37:38.438-04:00Dialectic's President on why e-learning is killing education Dr. Aaron Barth, head of <a href="https://dialectic.solutions/about-us/" target="_blank">Dialectic & Learning Snippets</a>, provides social psychologists, learning specialists, researchers, and creative designers with transformational ideas not only on these areas but also on leadership and <a href="https://blog.jostle.me/blog/people-at-work/aaron-barth" target="_blank">human resources</a>. <div><br /></div><div>Dr. Barth and his gifted team of scientists have implemented interactive learning experiences for global 500 companies, uncovering education instructional design barries, employee sentiment in the workplace, and mobilizing qualitative and quantitative research to propose impactful strategies.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;">In this video, he tackles mobile elearning for storytelling adult virtual education. We've forgotten about the destination learning consumers, the people, he sentenced.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<i> Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> <br /><br /><br /></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-16273247640720112322020-09-28T12:19:00.000-04:002020-09-28T12:19:13.425-04:00Shemar Affected by COVID-19: The Challenges of All Those Kids With No Internet Access and Special NeedsOnline education and the digital divide are leaving low-income students to their own. As has been reported more than once, these students now have to do school work in small spaces shared with family members, which in some cases is just a single room. In some other cases, these students are to stay home alone. They don't have a computer or don't know English yet; in sum, low-income students are disadvantaged in this new online learning environment.<div><br /></div><div>Schools in Los Angeles, New Hampshire, or Baltimore are<a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-13/online-learning-fails-low-income-students-covid-19-left-behind-project" target="_blank"> cheating poor students</a>. This assertion is established after studies and reports call out on <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2020/07/US-school-reopenings.html">school safety</a> after the pandemic situation we all are living with. Teachers are leaving their profession in regards to protection. Besides, they feel no ready to transition from in-person to online education, sometimes regarded as a <a href="https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/27/the-pandemic-is-widening-educational-inequality" target="_blank"> poor substitute for in-person learning.</a> After all, you can blame them. Many of the teachers came of age before smartphones and social media.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVcBilVfK8HUWJ4BmJYyzkWwkKApAiR5KaqU4WpAzpNHrvolMo-QuFCftt478jcleWujTcelEOydxrmXRptbo5GFodKIvwMbcTyLuiH-Bu98ZWwhU5rQoXxwD5YPIYie54Ote/s690/remote-learning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="690" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVcBilVfK8HUWJ4BmJYyzkWwkKApAiR5KaqU4WpAzpNHrvolMo-QuFCftt478jcleWujTcelEOydxrmXRptbo5GFodKIvwMbcTyLuiH-Bu98ZWwhU5rQoXxwD5YPIYie54Ote/w400-h266/remote-learning.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Brian Kim</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><i>ProPublica</i> and <i>The New Yorker</i> ran a piece about Shemar's <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning" target="_blank">story</a>, one of the thousand special cases American families live with every day. The story takes place in Baltimore but uncovers more than inequity in the remote learning. Here is an excerpt of what the Shemar's grandmother had to say about remote learning that education authorities may want to think hard before deploying it and whether schools should open or not:</div><div><br /></div><blockquote>
“There’s too many kids that need to go to school,” she said. “That homeschooling is not going to get it.” She went on, “I can’t even see, so I can’t help him, and most of the time the rest of them are gone. What do you want to do, teach him online? I don’t even know how to get online, so I can’t be no help to nobody.” Shemar, she said, “is not one of those kids who says, ‘I’ve got to do this’ and do it. You’ve got to sit right there with him.”</blockquote><div><br /></div><div>
<i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> <br /><br /><br /></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-82192741877272759882020-09-28T11:04:00.001-04:002020-09-28T12:24:32.790-04:00Black Student Voice: "We don’t need teachers to tell us what we need.”<div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Lives Matter is a movement that hit many different places beyond the black and brown communities.<a href="https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/09/23/do-americas-public-schools-owe-black-people.html" target="_blank"> Education Week</a> recorded the message of </span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 black high school students countrywide about how they think issues of race and racism should be handled in school. </span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The students express what they want educators to know to improve their school experience. Participants also discuss the impact of school security, and their experiences talking about race in classrooms.</span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The students believe they need a seat at the table allowing them to identify school policies that lead to inequities and be the advocates for things like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ke3TURO2Q8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">representation within curricula and counseling supports</a>. </span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Ke3TURO2Q8" width="560"></iframe>
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<i><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i></div></i></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-83094854221132930772020-09-05T15:24:00.005-04:002020-09-05T15:24:27.712-04:00Post-Pandemic Pod Schools in a Velvet Rope Economy<div><br /></div><div>In days all our students are coming back to their classroom, one thing that remains untreated and few are paying attention to is is the social divide. Education is not only about buildings and camaraderie, it is about personal connection writes <a href="https://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/profiles/steven-wilf" target="_blank">Professor Steven Wilf</a> from the University of Connecticut School of Law.</div><div><br /></div><div>He refers to the ascending of these new <a href="https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-microschool-learning-20200821-ngyll4sncbcaraafhbh47ubobi-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pod Schools</a> or micro-schools which are small groups of children who happen to gather together for socialization and in-home instruction aimed at overseeing the remote school. The problem is that not all students can afford this personalized learning causing what author Nelson Schwartz has called a <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2020/3/3/21154745/velvet-rope-economy-nelson-schwartz-book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">velvet rope economy</a> most commonly see it at airports or health service facilities. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcnCoFsI395jWTAQL7MNXP4O71e6GynaMykQTFaF3nhdqwRTjeavC3wzJei5rLltmia4Ku8ioC4mHAQIzzaKwJrQQRABqdA3PMnK6MjqEk1-pTuIXNyxjUV8vVPjnPCYKLhu_/s2048/pod+schools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcnCoFsI395jWTAQL7MNXP4O71e6GynaMykQTFaF3nhdqwRTjeavC3wzJei5rLltmia4Ku8ioC4mHAQIzzaKwJrQQRABqdA3PMnK6MjqEk1-pTuIXNyxjUV8vVPjnPCYKLhu_/w500-h331/pod+schools.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Public Domain</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Steven Wild wrote:</div><div><br /></div>
<blockquote>Before the pandemic, successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs were already limiting screen time and seeking tech-free educations for their children. Rich parents will continue to pay for schools that provide maximum individual attention through tutoring, special services for counseling, and — this is especially true for Ivy League institutions in higher education -all sorts of pampering. After the virus took hold, wealthy families dissatisfied with online education quickly began to form private “pod schools” with in-person tutors and teachers for small groups of children.<div><br /></div>Anyone familiar with college knows that individual attention is the rarest commodity. In elite institutions, papers are carefully analyzed by professors and soon-to-be-professor graduate assistants. The sciences offer research opportunities in top-flight laboratories, the humanities allow for frequent opportunity to travel abroad. Students are often taken under the wing of a particular faculty member. Numerous extracurricular activities, residential college living, dining -especially at places such as Princeton and Yale— and mentorship systems build networks.</blockquote><p> </p><div><h3>Recommended Reading:</h3><div><b>Harford Courant: </b><a href="https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-wilf-digital-education-pandemic-0830-20200830-oeghm3exyff3hhbkbergls7nym-story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A new divide is brewing, and many students will be left behind the ‘velvet rope'</a></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> <div><div><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-51405074525484926032020-09-01T11:34:00.001-04:002020-09-01T11:34:54.379-04:00How to Use Google Slides in Zoom Without Your Students Seeing the Presenter Notes<span face="" style="color: #030303;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the pandemic was announced and confirmed, higher education institutions rushed to protect their faculty and students and everyone started feeling nervous that didn't know what to do. It was <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-p-broome-phd-97025725/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. </a></span><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-p-broome-phd-97025725/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John P. Broome</a> who came with the idea to create a group where professors could share not only their frustrations but how they were dealing with the closure of their classes. </span></span><div><span face="" style="color: #030303;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: #030303;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is how the <a href="https://higheredlearningcollective.org/" rel="" target="_blank">Higher Ed Learning Collective</a> group on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/HigherEdLC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> evolved to become "a global higher education to work together to solve problems."</span></span><span face="" style="color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div><span face="" style="color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">From the thousands of experiences and resources shared, <a href="https://edspiration.net/about/" target="_blank">Dr. Corinne Hyde</a> has developed a video to make it usable for those in the good practice of education technology.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g34pCscCdPU" width="560"></iframe> </div>
</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i> Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> </div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-10575233505571239682020-08-29T19:47:00.001-04:002020-08-29T19:48:21.268-04:00US DOE New Distance Learning Regulations Spike CriticismThis past week the Department of Education released the <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2018/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">final unofficial version</a> of its new regulations for remote and distance learning concerning online and <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-issues-new-distance-learning-regulations-spur-high-quality-distance-and-competency-based-programs-better-serve-diverse-population-higher-education-students" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">competency-based higher education</a>.<div><br /></div><div>We have to say unofficial because the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has established that higher education institutions can opt for <i>new flexibilities, </i>as soon as the ruling appears in the Federal Register.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="600" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwItx2t-HtrIec3W2Adr5S5BkTU9Mjblaet0N9VBVYIYfNzIzJZ-UWzLb4e94eE1OKJ6OgvA7PARsJYXx6fKSaVj-aQnUiG4EAAxJylHHDmUR7JsUH4URRrJ-7dktTlQSjM1mc/w500-h260/policy-distance-education.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="500" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by SAGE Publications, used under CC license.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The new rulemaking is to get into effect the next year 2021 by the first day of July.</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the rules figure, the necessity colleges have regular and substantive interaction with their online students to qualify for federal financial aid.</div><div><br /></div><div>Colleges are not obliged to use individual instructors; rather they can hire instructional teams the same way Western Governors University has been doing.</div><div><br /></div><div>To avoid credit inflation, DOE has proposed a new definition of the <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2009/credit.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">credit-hour</a>, opting for a <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/training/materials/clockhourslides.pdf" target="_blank">clock-hour</a>. This shift, however, works with synchronous instruction. The <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2018/distanceandinnovationunofficialreg.pdf" target="_blank">new rules</a>, though, allow colleges to use asynchronous instruction, such as under the condition that institutions use technology that can monitor how long students participate in each activity.</div><div><br /></div><div>It will be easier to get a degree following competency-based education. It means a student can receive federal aid when they are allowed to complete as many courses as possible over a fixed period of time and demonstrate mastery of concepts or skills.</div><div><br /></div><h3>Recommended Reading: </h3><div><b>EducationDive:</b> <a href="https://www.educationdive.com/news/5-takeaways-from-the-ed-depts-final-distance-education-rules/584123/" target="_blank">5 takeaways from the ed dept's final distance education rules</a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i> </div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-64470485410549752182020-08-25T13:13:00.002-04:002020-08-25T13:13:54.545-04:00Making a Google Slide for Your Classroom - Step by Step<a href="https://www.pocketfulofprimary.com/" target="_blank">Michelle Ferré </a>is an educator hailing from Maryland. She has a successful YouTube channel where she shares videos to help teachers integrate educational technology into their classrooms. <div><br /></div><div>In this video, she shows you step-by-step how to use Google Slides for Teaching. If you are of those professionals missing the PowerPoint from Microsoft, this information provided by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4ktrnK_jWG1mC7U7fNphA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pocketful of Primary</a> walks you all the process to successfully elaborate a slide in only 20 minutes.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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</div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-72797338357590250772020-08-23T10:44:00.002-04:002020-08-23T13:11:04.776-04:00Will Google Disrupt Higher Education Placing Power on Certificates Rather Than College Degrees?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrSkrRA3hYJLJvDFMqagnFfOWv_7l39fa7d3-e9GWjf0vvYXF4YGFAGZ_V2j5Y-0mCP0lS_cySxVWtt58FotMUY2BscGr83sqN5_X6k0ryow2DinI-hrH-Mhuno4Le0vk5nbp/s2048/Google.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrSkrRA3hYJLJvDFMqagnFfOWv_7l39fa7d3-e9GWjf0vvYXF4YGFAGZ_V2j5Y-0mCP0lS_cySxVWtt58FotMUY2BscGr83sqN5_X6k0ryow2DinI-hrH-Mhuno4Le0vk5nbp/w500-h331/Google.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Trade school is a term that regurgitated these last years for different reasons. One is that college tuition has become unreachable for many students, and the other is the devaluation of a college degree. Businesses no require a bachelor for positions that otherwise will be perfectly served with a high school diploma.<div><br /></div><div>In this spectrum and after the preponderance of remote work and remote learning, what it was seen as a second class education, this post-pandemic era has changed the mindset of education officials that have been forced to implement online learning to try to control the spread of an uncontrollable virus.</div><div><br /></div><div>When free distance education (MOOCs) appeared through <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2014/03/step-by-step-mooc-online-registration.html">Coursera</a>, EdX, and other platforms, society though that was a turning point for higher education. It didn't work, and little by little, universities stopped providing the free-access courses.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Google Career Certificates</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In order to propel labor and economic development with so many people unemployed and business closing down, Google comes a new proposal, the Google Certificates that words of its representatives replace the four-year degree for related careers in American colleges.</div><div><br /></div><div>To help with economic recovery, Ken Walker, senior vice president of global affairs in Google, states that <a href="https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/grow-with-google/digital-jobs-program-help-americas-economic-recovery/" target="_blank">college degrees are out of reach for many Americans</a>. He asserts that economic security shouldn't rest on a college diploma, rather job-training from enhanced vocational programs such as the<a href="https://www.coursera.org/collections/google-career-certificates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Career Certificates</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Certification Availability - Skills Over Degrees</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Courses are not available, but there is no clear information about costs. What is known is they will last 6 months, will be developed by Google, and taught by specialists in each area. </div><div><br /></div><div>Beyond popular <a href="https://grow.google/certificates/" target="_blank">IT Support Specialist</a>, the 3 new courses to be released are Data Analyst, Project Manager, and UX Designer. Courses are open to all US citizens regardless of previous job experience or education level.</div><div><br /></div><div>Google made the announcement back in July and we think they still are creating awareness and collecting applicants. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Employment Requirements Impact</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It is clear that not everyone will land employment with Google, but how this will change the evolving higher education industry is something we need to see. However, the opportunities will expand and open for those picking, for example, the high demand for Project Management.</div><div><br /></div><div>As <a href="https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-plan-disrupt-college-degree-university-higher-education-certificate-project-management-data-analyst.html" target="_blank">Justin Bariso</a> from Inc notes, if you're an in the HR department for any employer start by asking yourself these 3 questions: </div><ul><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Is it time to rewrite our own job descriptions, to eliminate the requirement of a four-year degree?</li><li> Can we take advantage of educational programs like those offered by Google and other online platforms?</li><li>Do we have the resources to design our own online training to help increase our pool of qualified candidates and simultaneously provide an additional source of revenue for our business?</li></ol></ul>
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Jennifer Gonzalez is one of the most successful educational consultants. Thanks to Cult of Pedagogy, education professionals can <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/contact/#language" target="_blank">enjoy the information in a not sophisticated language</a> because "teachers don’t have much time to dig into academic research or books on methodology".
<div><br /></div><div>In this video, Gonzalez showcases a problem teachers are confronted at the end of the day, contacting parents by phone for any particular student issue. If you scroll forward to minute ( 3:22) you'll discover some strategies for talking to parents about problems in a school day.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhtImNfko1I" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more <a href="https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/videos/" target="_blank">videos</a> related to teachers' advice and published by Cult of Pedagogy, you are welcome to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh8j72So6cvxXXDmLGdCKno6zcKRxWbTO" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-51767947799119864712020-08-17T12:13:00.002-04:002020-08-23T23:07:20.203-04:00Candidate Harris and Four of Her Stances on Education<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7eJk38xNiYOsdn0i8iZ7IHpti2sqErPTJLu4Duf4fNrMSE3CA8viibBqnhHfB4emZ8VIq6Z5OVzzHbv6jf0NbSZ2VSkT0a2B8lBqWVaqjOkkUkRETI6kKdH_bAOzZZBFd0WO/s2048/Kamala+Harris.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7eJk38xNiYOsdn0i8iZ7IHpti2sqErPTJLu4Duf4fNrMSE3CA8viibBqnhHfB4emZ8VIq6Z5OVzzHbv6jf0NbSZ2VSkT0a2B8lBqWVaqjOkkUkRETI6kKdH_bAOzZZBFd0WO/w500-h331/Kamala+Harris.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Senator Harris during a visit to the King Elementary School in Des Moines 2019. Photo by Phil Roeder </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>As customary, vice presidents tend to have a portfolio that is focused on their experience. As expected, for Senator Harris this will be a criminal justice reform to which many Afro-Americans are not so happy about for Harris's practices.</p><p>Despite the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/politics/cnn-poll-biden-trump-august/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tighten match</a> up according to polls between both presidential candidates, probably due to the enthusiasm about the national convention to be celebrated by Democrats this week, an ABC poll suggests a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/08/17/biden-holds-lead-over-trump-polls-show-but-theres-signs-race-is-tightening/#2e0fb46cced5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">double-digit lead</a> for candidate Biden.</p><p>How Ms. Harris nomination has improved those numbers? Well, Senator Harris was not initially in the plans to become a vice-presidential candidate, that spot was reserved for Senator Elizabeth Warren. However, last week, Biden finally made a decision to select Harris to be in his presidential ticket because he assumed she has put forth several policy ideas that may help de Democratic campaign.</p>
<h3><p>Educators Excited with Candidate Harris</p></h3><p>As a California Senator, Harris already earned an <a href="https://www.nea.org/home/74747.htm" target="_blank">"A" from the NEA</a>, for her focus on attracting and maintaining educators in neighborhood schools, and for understanding how this translated to the success of students in every zip code at a time when America is in the midst of a nationwide teacher shortage" as stated by journalist Amanda Menas.</p><p>Here some of the stances on education, that should Kamala Harris get elected, American education can benefit:</p>
<ul><p></p><li>1. Harris K-12 proposal is to increase the average teacher salary by $13,500, which makes teacher unions happy but it would cost an estimated $315 billion over 10 years to the country.</li><p></p><p></p><li>2. She has endorsed Sander's College for All plans that would make public college and universities tuition-free for families with a ceiling income of $125,00, the community college will become tuition-free and the student loans will receive an interest cut in half.</li><p></p><p></p><li>3. As an attorney general, she made headlines for securing a $1.1 billion judgment against <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-has-battled-profit-colleges" target="_blank">Corinthian Colleges, Inc</a> on grounds that they committed securities fraud and consumer fraud. Harris as other Democratic policymakers is not so fond of for-profit institutions.</li><p></p><p></p><li>4. Senator Harris has pledged $ 60 billion for the <a href="https://www.ontheissues.org/2020/Kamala_Harris_Education.htm">Historically Black Colleges and Universities</a> (HBCUs) to honor the role she says, Howard University has played in her professional life.</li><p></p></ul><p>John Bailey, a visiting fellow with the American Enterprise Institute <a href="https://www.aei.org/education/kamala-harriss-education-policy-stances/" target="_blank">writes</a> about the celebrated immigrant roots of the potential vice president of the United States, "Two immigrants came to the United States, married, and watched their child grow up to become a state attorney general, a senator, and now a member of a presidential ticket. Senator Harris’ story is a distinctly American story of immigration that deserves to be celebrated."</p><p>After reading about this shortlist of the strong points on education by Senator Harris, you may also want to read more about her drafted policy on education published by the <a href="https://educationvotes.nea.org/2020/08/11/6-reasons-educators-are-excited-about-kamala-harris/">National Education Association.</a></p><p><i>Follow Milton Ramirez on <a href="https://twitter.com/tonnet" target="_blank" title="@tonnet">Twitter</a></i></p><p><br /></p>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-45227003358852711372020-08-16T13:11:00.004-04:002020-08-17T08:03:48.199-04:00Top 3 Free and Cheap Plagiarism Detectors for Teachers Topics<i>By Afrasiab Ahmad *</i><div><br /></div>
Plagiarism is an important issue that teachers find in an assignment. They deduct marks when there is plagiarism. It is essential for the students to pick material from different sources and convert them in their own words to show their skills. Moreover, by writing in their own words also show that students have learned and understand the concept of assignments they have done. So, it's<a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2008/12/playing-cop-when-dealing-with-research.html"> important for the teachers to check plagiarism </a>and do grading accordingly. <div><br /></div><div>If you are looking for the plagiarism software so you should know how your students worked on the assignment. You may want reliable software that perfectly identifies the copied material. If so, then here is the guideline through which you can find the right software that quickly picks up the<a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2010/08/plagiarism-is-learned-sin-but-it-is-not.html"> copied material that your student added in the assignment. </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Why there is a need to check plagiarism? Teachers prefer to use a <b>Plagiarism Checker </b>that is reliable. It is important to search for the right platform to avoid any spam. If you are still in doubt and don’t know which plagiarisms software is ideal for you or your college does not provide you one, then look below for the top three free and cheap plagiarism checkers. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipybXIj_QO67Rd97iKK37QL4O9EI4HU_UM2jrAWhBSqTYp7D5VQR8xCVhwOpAn0bE86wF7vbTfR56NLQbQYLLETGp6ugal4gQ4cNd4kE6onqr4Qp8tA0BMeRdiEvkcOJtbpjzv/s1408/plagiarism-scanners.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1408" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipybXIj_QO67Rd97iKK37QL4O9EI4HU_UM2jrAWhBSqTYp7D5VQR8xCVhwOpAn0bE86wF7vbTfR56NLQbQYLLETGp6ugal4gQ4cNd4kE6onqr4Qp8tA0BMeRdiEvkcOJtbpjzv/w500-h331/plagiarism-scanners.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><b>1. <a href="https://copyleaks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Copyleaks.</a> </b>It is known to be one of the best <b>plagiarism software</b> that meets all your demand. The thing that makes this platform exclusive and a helping tool for teachers is that it uses artificial intelligence. Through that, it detects the paraphrased content, plagiarism, and texts that are similar. After finding the result, it shows the content that seemed to be copied. </div><div><br /></div><div>It cross-checks the documents from all the academic journals all those files throughout the Internet. Therefore, students cannot feel safe now, if they copy verbatim some paragraphs their teacher can find out.</div><div><br /></div><li>Furthermore, the software works in different languages so people from all over the world can use Copyleaks to utilize its features. The supported languages are English, German, French, and other 100 plus languages.</li><li>Another exclusive feature is that it helps the teacher in grading assignments. It incorporates reviews from previous journals and by using AI technology, it provides a grade to the documents submitted.</li><li>Even if you want to compare two files and want to check whether students have written their own, Copyleaks will help you find such duplication. </li><div><br /></div><div><b> How to use it?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It is very easy to utilize Copyleaks' features. Follow the two steps below: </div><div>- First, create your account and log in <code>https://copyleaks.com/account/login</code></div><div>- Now check your documents for free and see how your students are working. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>A point to ponder</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>One thing you have to remember is that Copyleaks allows you only 10 free checkings of the assignments. For more reviews, you'll need to subscribe. But don’t worry prices are economical that you being a teacher can easily afford or your institution can even pay.</div><div><br /></div><div> <b>2. <a href="https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-checker" target="_blank">Prepostseo Plagiarism Checker.</a></b><a href="https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-checker" target="_blank">
</a> This is another of the well-known online tools that detect every single line if copied material from journals or web sources. Students must do hard work to write a paper. Its characteristics are:</div><div><br /></div><li>The online tool has the ability to compare the document within seconds with billions of journals, blog posts, and social media on the internet.</li><li>The best thing is that it is absolutely free.</li><li>This plagiarism tool works in more than 140 countries and many different languages.</li><li>Although it is free of cost, teachers can use the premium version as well to get more accuracy in papers. They can share accounts with students so they can check their documents before submission to save them as well as the teacher's time. Highly recommend for the educational organizations.</li><div><br /></div><div> <b>How to check for plagiarism?</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>- The plagiarism checker is not difficult to use and has fast rules to check a document. </div><div>- Open your browser visit <code>https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-checker</code></div><div>- Paste the text in the text box or upload your file.</div><div>- Within seconds you will get the report with the percentage that your text is copied or unique. </div><div>- Check the report and if any level of plagiarism is present return the file back to the student to remove the copied content. </div><div><br /></div><div> <b>3. <a href="https://www.scanmyessay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scan My Essay Plagiarism Checker.</a> </b>It is important before checking any files that the teacher identifies whether one of his students is really working on a project or just copying the material.</div><div><br /></div><div>The software has the ability to check about 5 million journals. Moreover, it can detect general content from websites as well. </div><div><br /></div><div>My Scan my Essay supports multiple languages that include English, Spanish, Italian, and many more.
It is the free plagiarism checker that works efficiently and provides a genuine report of an academic document. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>How to use it?</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>Just like the other best and free plagiarism checkers it is very easy to use. </div><div> - Visit the website <code>https://www.scanmyessay.com/</code></div><div> - Copy the text you want to check and then paste it on the box.</div><div> - Click on submit to get the final plagiarism report with percentage. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is an amazing software that is completely reliable and most teachers trust it because of its perfect plagiarism checking features. </div><div><br /></div><div><b> Final verdict</b> </div><div><br /></div><div>All three-plagiarism checkers are best to use when checking documents, if you want to get a research document authentic and reliable, then it’s good to choose the premium version of this software, assuming you University/College does not have a subscription. Don’t worry you don’t have to pay too much rather a small investment will save you time as well as it will be helping you find students who are working and those who are lazy in their studies. </div><div><br /></div><div> <i><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/afrasiab-ahmad-5851431a2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(*)Afrasiab Ahmad</a> writes SEO articles for online business marketers and SEO tools users to make their Google rankings surge. He contributes articles about digital marketing, SEO techniques, and tech regularly to </i>Prepostseo.com<i>. He tweets at @afrasiab_5 and you can contact him at afrasiab.ahmad.5 [at] gmail.com
</i></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-39178771416076993152020-08-14T09:16:00.001-04:002020-08-14T09:20:05.706-04:00London-based Startup Has Raised £500,000 to Grow its Digital Education Platform<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgarbM-BsLKvizMykqLmcZYzwph34qGhryT50lMXKare3qAGhY50Mry9CGI1KNpteFnJDYhmQOhV5feurtrCrna5Qpp1KgzFV0ETw3mnugkSDfJALNm30MJcLjLPJd_L5wwUhe/s1536/BibliU+Digital+Books.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1536" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgarbM-BsLKvizMykqLmcZYzwph34qGhryT50lMXKare3qAGhY50Mry9CGI1KNpteFnJDYhmQOhV5feurtrCrna5Qpp1KgzFV0ETw3mnugkSDfJALNm30MJcLjLPJd_L5wwUhe/w500-h250/BibliU+Digital+Books.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
Edtech startup <a href="https://bibliu.com/#/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BibliU</a> has raised £500,000 as part of a Series A extension funding round, supported by Angel Investment Network (AIN), the world’s largest online angel investment platform.<div><br /></div><div>Due to the pandemic, our world has changed drastically in the past few months, forcing education providers to use digital services to meet students' necessities. Those needs may come as a result of remote learning or <a href="https://bibliu.com/blog/bibliu-perfect-100-percent-accessibility/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">accessibility</a>.<br /><div><br /></div><div>BibliU is a digital education platform that provides students with digital access to their textbooks and libraries across all their devices. The startup endeavors to deliver its class-leading content platform to more universities in the United States.</div><div><br /></div><div>The campaign funding round, an addition to its £6.5m Series A, was in response to a surge in demand due to COVID 19. Completed in eight weeks, the funds will be used for new technical hires to support demand from Universities. </div><div><br /></div><div>The startup is <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bibliu-raises-10-million-to-empower-remote-learning-for-students-in-the-us-301042850.html" target="_blank">scaling rapidly</a> with 60+ new pilots across the globe. </div><div><br /></div><div>Founded in 2014, the company now has over 100 university customers including Oxford, Imperial, University of Phoenix, and Coventry University. The company has digitized content from more than 2,000 publishers including Pearson, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press. The content is licensed directly to universities, who can then provide access to students and include the costs in their existing tuition fees. </div><div><br /></div><div>David Sherwood, CEO and co-founder of BibliU stated: "BibliU is the perfect intersection for universities that are looking to create a seamless distance-learning experience, and do so in a way that introduces operational efficiencies to their workflows. We’re thrilled that AIN was able to assist us in this rapid extension to our Series A, and are excited to see where this round takes us.” </div><div><br /></div><div> According to Sam Louis from Angel Investment Network, who led the raise: "EdTech is a tough area to gain real traction and I think what BibliU has stood apart from many of the others which is why we've seen such great uptake from investors."</div><div><br /></div><div>Get the BibliU application in <a href="https://startacus.net/culture/bibliu-raises-500k-with-support-from-angel-investment-network" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a> and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/bibliotech/id1246739658" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Store</a>.</div><div> </div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-45041895909237402832020-08-12T11:34:00.004-04:002020-08-12T11:44:24.863-04:00Protecting Student Data Across All Communication Channels<p><i>By Stefan Vucicevic*</i></p>
<p>For quite some time, schools have been relying on
online communication to interact with their students, <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2010/08/4-tips-to-prevent-students-hack-into.html">preserve and protect their data</a>, and stay in line with numerous regulations that secure their
operations. Given recent developments worldwide, there are now three aspects
that make this already difficult challenge even more demanding and prone to
errors.</p>
<p><b>An increasing number of communication channels</b></p>
<p>First of all, the number of communication channels has
been increasing for a decade now. The advent of social media has brought about
new platforms and forms of communication. New apps rise and die each year, and
students readily change their main means of communication. To stay in touch
with them, schools need to do the same. And to be fair, schools, albeit slow at
adapting given the size and complexity of their operations, have made progress here.</p>
<p><b>Complex legislation regulating school data</b></p>
<p>The second challenge comes from the complex
legislation, at least in the U.S., where <a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2010/12/12-ethical-principles-to-ensure.html">schools need to make sure to preserve every single interaction between their staff and students and parents</a>. Emails,
texts, instant messages, gifs, images, and emojis are considered official
records and so need to be in school’s focus. This issue is exacerbated by
different retention periods, scope of authority, intersection of different laws
(which one has precedence), compliance issues, and data management policies.</p>
<p><b>Unpredictability and the need to adapt </b></p>
<p>Finally, we have the still ongoing global pandemic, as
the game changer, that shows the unpredictability and need to be agile.</p>
<p>Whatever schools were doing to modernize and
streamline their digital processes, once the pandemic broke out, they had to
switch fast to a fully remote mode. They had to quickly adapt to previously
unused communication channels, or at least not used on such a large scale. Zoom
meetings, online classes, WhatsApp, and Viber groups have become the norm. In
the wake of this transition, there was plenty of room for privacy mishandling,
data loss, and non-compliance.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDM-d-H2sqchrlE5h85EPxqqpeicYL7d8_6qVbffyXfYW6bMNA_rwEg_ry80oUTabOhqPJwdc7ZCOPZsZ4PRZOX8_Tj7AE7JBgtjF5KL4h0uNdctlsYY4H40apTVpZzIoZkeS/s2048/protect-data-communications.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDM-d-H2sqchrlE5h85EPxqqpeicYL7d8_6qVbffyXfYW6bMNA_rwEg_ry80oUTabOhqPJwdc7ZCOPZsZ4PRZOX8_Tj7AE7JBgtjF5KL4h0uNdctlsYY4H40apTVpZzIoZkeS/w640-h424/protect-data-communications.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>
<h3>What Schools Need to Do to Protect Their Data</h3>
<p>So now that we know the challenges, let’s see how
schools can try to work out these while ensuring they stay compliant and
<a href="https://www.educationandtech.com/2015/07/tips-to-protecting-your-students-online.html">prevent data loss incidents and privacy infringements of student data</a>.</p>
<p><b>Have a clear understanding of compliance
responsibilities</b></p>
<p>There is a lot going on in an average school district
in a regular school year. From applications and enrolments, to procurements, to
organizing classes, and field trips, communicating with vendors, replying to
administrative requests, it’s easy to oversee a requirement that a school needs
to meet.</p>
<p>Add to this changing legislation and subsequent
processes, as well as the sudden change of work, where everyone now works from
home, it becomes even more difficult. Can all your staff access all the data
required? Is it safe to use Zoom? Can a school district get fined? Which
communication channels are ok? Which software do I need to get parents’ consent
for?</p><p>
</p><h3>How to Protect Student Data Across All Communication Channels</h3>
<p>To stay on the safe side, it’s worth looking at your
internal processes closely. While this often seems like a no-brainer, it’s
often overlooked, resulting in hefty fines. So, what can schools do here in
practice? Here are a few tips and things to consider:</p>
<ul><li>Write down all the communication channels you and your
staff use. Be thorough here. It’s important to get it right from the get-go, so that you can prepare a comprehensive strategy.</li><br />
<li>Is there a clear policy on which channels it’s ok to
use and not? Eliminate the channels that you have neither parents’ consent for nor vendor agreement. Identify the channels you want and are allowed to use.</li><br />
<li>What formats do you need to preserve? Do you have
the necessary tools to do that? Do you need to preserve only emails, or do you
also need to preserve social media and instant messaging tools? Which social media and which formats?</li><br />
<li>Do you have a clear records retention process? Do
you do it manually at regular intervals or do you have that process automated?</li><br />
<li>Who’s in charge of preserving data? Make sure to
assign responsible people.</li><br />
<li>Do you have a reliable backup of all your data? Can
their safety be jeopardized? How easy is to retrieve this data in case of an information retrieval request?</li><br />
<li>How do you monitor conversations going on these
channels? Make sure you’re able to spot the signs of potential incidents early on.</li><br />
<li>Spread awareness among your teachers and staff.
Make sure everyone understands the importance of persevering communication and
implications of non-compliance.</li><br />
<li>Find tools to help you archive and preserve this information,
but first, understand your specific needs. No tool can assist you unless you understand exactly what you want to accomplish.</li></ul>
<p><i>(*) <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stvucicevic/" target="_blank">Stefan Vucicevic </a>is a tech writer at <a href="https://jatheon.com/" target="_blank">Jatheon Technologies</a>, an
information archiving company from Canada. He covers information archiving in
regulated industries, specializing in education, healthcare, and public sector.</i></p><p><strike><b style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">full-width</b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #5e5e5e; font-family: "open sans", sans-serif;"> </span></strike></p><p></p><p></p>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-74201443915625907902020-08-10T08:22:00.000-04:002020-08-10T08:22:29.966-04:00Pros and Cons of Using Educational Technology in the Classroom<a href="https://tll.mit.edu/about/janet-rankin-phd" target="_blank">Dr. Janet Ranking</a>, an MIT professor and scholar, has developed a Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering Course (<a href="https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemistry/5-95j-teaching-college-level-science-and-engineering-fall-2015/" target="_blank">Fall 2015</a>) that addresses educators' concerns referred to the knowledge and necessary skills to succeed in teaching STEM classes.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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There is anxiety about the reopening of higher ed institutions because nobody has found the proof bullet formula to guarantee students' health safety. The Washington Post, for example, published about a Yale University study that states, students can safely return to college if tested for coronavirus every two days. While faculty and staff in these same institutions are asking administrators and government officials to stop the magical thinking an return to online classes.<br /><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm54zzXqpG8Ps8x33_muISrjHFJYScHhqDm5TZpzM3lGXCx0cQeTWVtN2JhsR7_bVC2w4tWPDZDpz4ULN3phpWYMDl1cLbe54wBS9oQkHe2GQ2s0d_uuHn1oyu-Tvh0_74tdXq/s680/Rochestown_+College-Ireland.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm54zzXqpG8Ps8x33_muISrjHFJYScHhqDm5TZpzM3lGXCx0cQeTWVtN2JhsR7_bVC2w4tWPDZDpz4ULN3phpWYMDl1cLbe54wBS9oQkHe2GQ2s0d_uuHn1oyu-Tvh0_74tdXq/w500-h375/Rochestown_+College-Ireland.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Rochestown College, Ireland.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br>
<h3><i>The Atlantic</i></h3><div><br /></div>
<blockquote>
...Many colleges will likely, within weeks of reopening, place a quickly expanding set of students under lockdown. And if these measures fail, the colleges will close on short notice. At that point, thousands of students—many of them infected with COVID-19—will board trains and planes to go home, spreading the virus to their families.<br><br>
If colleges reopen, kids from parts of the country with high case counts will, inevitably, travel to parts of the country with low case counts—and bring their home-state problems with them. This is why the biggest threat posed by reopening colleges is not to students, faculty, or staff, but to the surrounding community.</blockquote><br />
It remains to be seen if college student protesting their school reopening, can simply not sign up for this semester.
Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-18187378424195152472020-08-05T10:58:00.005-04:002020-08-05T11:10:33.514-04:00Reality Pedagogy Defined by An Urban Education Scholar
The article makes no mention to Paulo Freire and Henry Giroux. Still, I believe the conception of a new Reality Pedagogy is based on both the Critical Pedagogy and the Theory and Resistance in Education. Independent of my personal perception, <a href="https://chrisemdin.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Emdin, Ph.D</a>., makes justice the last changes in the social influence of institutional education. <div><br /></div>
As part of <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/education/category/teaching-education-history/" target="_blank">On Teaching</a>, a project initiated in <i>The Atlantic, </i>Emdin published an essay where he advances his conception about what he calls, a <a href="https://www.csuchico.edu/ourdemocracy/_assets/documents/pedagogy/emdin,-c.-2011---reality-pedagogy.pdf" target="_blank">Reality Pedagogy</a>. He moves from a story of what happened that 7/11 day in 2001 to the racism practice exhibited when police killed George Floyd.<div><br /></div>
The author comes to conclude that "teachers place metaphorical knees on the necks of young people in classrooms all the time." If you are a teacher, this is a call to action this next upcoming classroom session<div><br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g-dbWRFRFxhHBeT_3noT8-cAuh4A0uSSZ5nk7S_Dg29iBx58mefefa5G_Vyd5Zstj8uDnRmQhJWVCIUmQzi_D01JpczvOZGwjP3OEI9tGD5RQpYFQFOFqKeDxGxNkzj_GV2W/s1600/students-coparticipation.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Reality Pedagogy" border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2g-dbWRFRFxhHBeT_3noT8-cAuh4A0uSSZ5nk7S_Dg29iBx58mefefa5G_Vyd5Zstj8uDnRmQhJWVCIUmQzi_D01JpczvOZGwjP3OEI9tGD5RQpYFQFOFqKeDxGxNkzj_GV2W/w400-h254/students-coparticipation.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Photo by Mitch Miller - HUD)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>
In essence, Chris Emdin summarises his Reality Pedagogy on these terms:<div><br /><div><blockquote>I call it reality pedagogy, because it’s about reaching students where they really are, making sure that their lives and backgrounds are reflected in the curriculum and in classroom conversations.<div><br /></div>
Reality pedagogy interrupts the notion that teaching is about managing students and their behavior. Instead, I’ve learned to see them as co-teachers, and I create space for dialogue—in small groups outside of class—about how they experience the classroom and the world beyond it. It’s a space for connection, but also for any critiques they have of my teaching. These conversations are generative for everyone involved. Teachers need feedback from their students, who can see what teachers have been trained to ignore in their blind pursuit of a calm, quiet classroom. And students need a sense of agency, which they are often denied.</blockquote><div><br />
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For more about the story about a pedagogy of protest, <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/07/reality-pedagogy-teaching-form-protest/614554/" target="_blank">click here.</a></div></div>Milton Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251724628150681450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506281.post-41420579752735290712020-08-04T09:22:00.001-04:002020-08-04T09:22:34.000-04:00Toward a Social Culturally Relevant Pedagogy - Tolentino TeachBrian Tolentino, M.Ed., is an 11th Grade English Teacher in L.A. He seems to be interested in translanguaging and culturally relevant learning according to his <a href="https://twitter.com/TolentinoTeach" target="_blank">Twitter profile</a> description.<br /><br />
He asserts this is an introductory explanation of social culturally relevant pedagogy. His discussion is based on<a href="https://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/social-development/" target="_blank"> Lev Vygotsky's studies</a> (1979) and <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/74-interview-researcher-gloria-ladson-billings-on-culturally-relevant-teaching-the-role-of-teachers-in-trumps-america-lessons-from-her-two-decades-in-education-research/" target="_blank">Dr. Gloria Ladson Billings</a> (1989).<br /><br />
Tolentino says, "Sociocultural learning theory postulates that you not only have to build on a student’s prior knowledge to teach students but that you have to leverage their "funds of knowledge" or the home culture of students." <br /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vrbJrXMgrhU" width="560"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in more information about the topic, head over to his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVnC3TU90xGfwGGJj--dHA" target="_blank">Tolentino Teach</a> YouTube Channel and learn about the three propositions Gloria Ladson Billings believes are the foundation to becoming a <a href="https://www.cue.pitt.edu/sites/default/files/images/REQUIRED_Source%207%20-%20The%20Theory%20and%20Practice%20of%20Culturally%20Relevant%20Education%20-%20A%20Synthesis%20of%20Research.pdf" target="_blank">culturally relevant teacher</a>: academic achievement, cultural competence, and socio-political consciousness.
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