Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
Today is the birthday of Benjamin Bloom, educational psychologist and creator of the famous taxonomy of learning objectives. Born in 1913, Bloom was also an early proponent of mastery learning. pic.twitter.com/yrfCvKeBPk
— edutopia (@edutopia) February 21, 2021
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more on Bloom’s digital taxonomy in this IMS blog
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Your weekly reminder that Oracle’s PeopleSoft shapes vast aspects of the lives of faculty, students and staff in universities in many countries around the world… https://t.co/06Ajvyc7um
— Kris Olds (@GlobalHigherEd) February 18, 2021
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/18/oracle-china-police-surveillance/
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more on Promethean and student data privacy
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more on technology and education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=%22technology+and+education%22
Quite interesting to hear how MI6 funded Pergamon Press, allowing Maxwell to distribute Springer’s backlog of academic papers that had built up during WWII. https://t.co/uzyghp7lZ6
— Samuel Moore (@samoore_) February 18, 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/m000s1b5
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more on publishing house in this IMS blog
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Thinking about bundling in home phone, cable TV, home security or smart home controls with your internet plan? Here’s what you should keep in mind. https://t.co/CZFELedS1F
— CNET (@CNET) February 18, 2021
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/when-should-you-bundle-home-internet-with-other-services/
This guide will help you examine the benefits and disadvantages of bundling specific services, so you can decide if bundling services is a smart fit for you.
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more on ISP in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=ISP
1. Advance planning.
2. Functionality and flexibility.
3. Fun and inviting.
4. Modern and modular.
5. Colors and finishes.
6. Compatible furniture.
One pandemic-driven solution in Kentucky has been to put mobile hotspots in public school parking lots so kids without internet at home can keep up with schoolwork, but that isn’t without its own flaws https://t.co/Ne47p3SkS9
— CNET (@CNET) February 18, 2021
https://www.cnet.com/features/biden-broadband-plan-digital-divide-appalachia-rural-test-case/
While FCC data holds that about 93% of Kentucky has broadband access, last September, Microsoft vice president Shelley McKinley said the portion of the state’s population actually using the internet at broadband speeds (defined as 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up) is only about 31%. Those findings echo Microsoft’s 2016 estimates that 162.8 million Americans are not using the internet at broadband speeds compared to the FCC’s count of 24.7 million.
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more on net neutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality
Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced at her first meeting as head of the agency a new task force to improve the FCC’s broadband maps. https://t.co/PCwteKPcCo
— CNET (@CNET) February 18, 2021
https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-chair-rosenworcel-launches-broadband-mapping-task-force/
The FCC has acknowledged that the maps it uses to figure out how to distribute the billions of dollars in federal funding it offers each year to subsidize the cost of building out infrastructure are flawed.
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more on net neutrality in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=netneutrality
Jan Resseger: Trust The Teacher to Tell You How Your Child Is Doing, Not Big Data
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more on big data and education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=big+data+education
Facebook has blocked all news content in Australia, but Google didn’t. Here’s what you need to know about the battle between Australia, Facebook, and Google over who pays for news online, and how it could affect the rest of the world👇https://t.co/Cd5YHQPngT
— Business Insider Tech (@SAI) February 18, 2021
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more on Facebook in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=facebook
more on GOogle in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=google