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

Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences

Working on a couple of paper drafts and added a few citations from the 2022 edition of the Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences:

Welcome to the party, Bard!

As was predicted, Google announced it’s entrant to the “coversational AI” party with a tool named Bard. I asked ChatGPT, “What does bard mean?” and this is what I got:

Open Ed Week ’23 | March 6-10

It’s that time of year! Open Ed week is rolling around again from March 6-10. I’ll be participating in a webinar with colleagues working on an OER project, so I’m proudly displaying my OE Week badge on my site. Featured Image Photo from Open Ed Week

Volunteerism

I dug into volunteerism in the US to frame a reflection on service learning. The most current data I Ianded on comes from AmeriCorp. Here are the highlights from the Volunteering and Civic Life in America Research Summary from September 2020- September 21 Feature Image Photo by ray sangga kusuma on Unsplash

Welcome to the party, Google!

I’ve been waiting for an announcement like this. According to this post on Verge.com, speculation about Google’s planned February 8th live stream at 2:30 pm CET (see below) suggests they will be unveiling a tool to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Featured Image Photo from Google’s YouTube Page

Seeking Literature

I’m helping nearly 30 students prepare literature reviews over the next 14 weeks. In the process, I’m building my own skills at quickly finding sources (e.g., peer-reviewed academic publications) related to myriad topics. While Google Scholar is still my go-to first stop, I’m very much enjoying Semantic Scholar I’ve been diving into after searches on …

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Wokeness

Apparently, the 2024 GOP battle lines have been drawn between Wokeness and Fascism. Governor Ron DeSantis, a frontrunner in the 2024 presidential field, has been working diligently to codify as illegal anything that goes against his personal ideology. These ideas (and people) are lumped into tidy buckets of “Wokeness” and “Indoctrination.” Best of luck trying …

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