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Fake News and the Crap Detection Radar

Mun Shing Cheong November 14, 2021 November 14, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizenship, Digital Ethics, Ethics, fake news, information literacy, tech, values

Besides using technology, education is our next best hope in fighting fake news. Teaching students to develop information-literacy skills can help combat fake news as students become savvier netizens.

Ethical AI by Design: Key Issues of Ethical AI

Mun Shing Cheong October 31, 2021 October 31, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, AI, AI Bias, artificial intelligence, Ethics, future of learning, robotics, tech, values

As machines get more intelligent, it is equally important to be aware of and contemplate the ethical issues and risks arising from advances in AI.

Tech and Formative Assessment in Co-Taught Classrooms

Teaching Sixes May 16, 2021 May 16, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, assessment, coteach, formative, formative assessment, ISTE 2: Connected Learner, tech

Formative assessment is an essential part of effective instruction in many classrooms. It occurs when teachers and students use assessments to make decisions about lessons and student learning. This can be an important for a whole class and to differentiate instruction for individual students or groups. This is important because,

Teams for Business & Education: Best Integrations for Extended Capabilities

Mun Shing April 18, 2021 April 18, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, apps, Collaboration, Digital Tools, productivity, teams, tech

Differences between Teams for Business vs. Education and an exploration of the best integrations to extend Teams’ capabilities.

Is Screen Time Dead?

Mun Shing January 24, 2021 January 24, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, connected learning, Digital Citizenship, Empowered Learner, parenting, tech

Traditional views may have shaped us to think of all screen time as “bad”, but with classroom learning around the world switching online en masse due to the pandemic, there arise a need for us to reexamine the concept of screen time and technology usag…

Distilling Truth from a Sea of Disinformation

Mun Shing January 10, 2021 January 10, 202101 - Visionary leadership, 02 - Teaching, Learning, & Assessments, 03 - Digital age learning environments, 04 - Professional Development & Program Evaluation, 05 - Digital Citizenship, 06 - Content Knowledge & Professional Growth, Digital Citizenship, tech

The internet can sometimes be a double-edged sword. Whilst the internet age has made research and access to information so much quicker and easier, this convenience comes with it a host of other problems. With the plethora of information that pops up i…

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