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Student Photos and Data Privacy

#Bookmark: When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem? and the associated journal article (languishing behind a paywall): Rosenberg, J. M., Borchers, C., Burchfield, M. A., Anderson, D., Stegenga, S. M., & Fischer, C. (2022). Posts About Students on Facebook: A Data Ethics Perspective. Educational Researcher, 51(8), 547–550. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X221120538

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Usability et al.

I went down a “usability, universal access, human-computer interaction (HCI), user experience design, and user-centered design” rabbit hole today. Bookmarking for another day to read:

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AI in the News

I’ve been aggregating various links to articles or other sources about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it relates to learning and instruction within this Padlet: Featured Image Photo by John Schaidler on Unsplash

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SEL Framework: five broad and interrelated areas of competence and highlights examples for each: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making

Examining the SEL Critique

To examine the social emotional learning (SEL) critique, I’ve pulled verbatim excerpts (without my synthesis) from websites and news articles that define SEL, describe the genesis of recent critiques, and provide an example of how SEL is being prohibited in schools. What is SEL? From the CASEL.org website: “The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional

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Deadlines & Flexibility

A recent tweet by Hannah Snyder has me thinking about academic deadlines. I love them as an instructor, and I did as a student. So do most of the 220+ in her comments; mostly by teachers. However, some noted a move away from deadlines at their schools. Others noted allowing more flexibility. IMHO, my assignments

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Teachers as Instructional Designers

Jen Vanek, a colleague who works at World Education, recently published an article titled Supporting Quality Instruction: Building Teacher Capacity as Instructional Designers in Adult Literacy Education that considered how the roles of educators are shifting. Jen suggests it’s becoming necessary for teachers to, “build their capacity to design technology-rich instruction that meets the needs

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140:365 | Description & Captioning Keys

I took a closer look today at two resources from the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) Key for Access website: The first is The Description Key – recommendations, suggestions, and best practices for “verbal depiction of key visual elements in a television program, video, DVD, or other multimedia presentation” The second is The Captioning

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138:365 | One for the Books

I had a wonderful evening with colleagues at the Chicago Literacy Alliance (CLA) “One for the Books” event at the Literacenter. While I’m thrilled to return home with a signed copy of “Calypso” by David Sedaris, I’m so proud Designers for Learning represents one of the 140+ nonprofit members of the CLA. Thank you to

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