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Thu Aug 17 / VOL 37

Examining Elite Data Power

Ben Williamson argues that as companies move into educational data generation and use, a new form of data politics is opening up within education.

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Google Expands Free Computer Science Education Program

Libraries are being recruited as Google igniteCS program sites where college students can mentor and share their computer science skills with K-12 students.

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From Our Community

Resources For Educators To Use In The Wake Of Charlottesville

The Future of Many School Libraries Is Anchored to Makerspaces

Education Dive

The New Education #bookreview: A Review of Cathy Davidson's New Book

Steve Wheeler

Moderation and Sense of Community in a Youth-Oriented Online Platform: Scratch’s Governance Strategy for Addressing Harmful Speech

Berkman Klein Center

Poor Schools Face “Double Disadvantage” in STEM Education

Remake Learning

The Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative: Collaboration, not Isolation

Students at the Center Hub

In Defense of Complexity: Beware of Simplistic Narratives about Teens and Technology

Katie Davis

Opportunities

Job Opportunity: Digital Learning Lead Librarian

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Call for Manuscripts: Special Issue: Tinkering in Technology-Rich Design Contexts

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

Congressional App Challenge Is Live! - A National Initiative to Encourage Youth to Explore Tech

Congressional App Challenge

Job Opportunity: Associate or Full Professor, Teacher Education/Director of Teacher Education Program-Graduate School of Education

UC Berkeley

Job Opportunity: Research Librarian for Digital Humanities & History, UC Irvine

UCI Libraries

Job Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Learning Analytics Research Network (LEARN), NYU

Learning Analytics Research Network

Events

Webinar: Understanding the “Post-Emergent” Phase of a Makerspace [Aug. 22, 4pm PT]

Educator Innovator