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Posts tagged as “technology”

HB 1184 Regulates Digital Learning Platforms to Protect Student Privacy

Many South Dakota schools use digital learning platforms. The Regental institutions use Brightspace/D2L. The Spearfish School District uses Moodle (which is open source, bless you, Spearfish!). Digital learning platforms, also called virtual learning environments, extend the classroom to a safe,…

Modern Education Pushes Data Collection over Discussion

Ah, the Tuesday after Labor Day, when the reality of September hits us full force, and when school starts in a humane and moral society. As I take my little one to her first day of school and then zoom…

Handwriting Helps Kids Learn; Common Core Concentrates on Keyboarding

Last week my friend and Democratic District 33 Senate candidate Robin Page voiced her displeasure at the removal of cursive handwriting from the Rapid City School District curriculum. Blame that on Common Core: the new mostly nationwide education standards tell…

New Online Common Core Test Wastes More Teacher and Student Time

The Sioux Falls School District used children as unpaid guinea pigs this spring in its field test of the Smarter Balanced Assessment, the new statewide, online standardized test our children will take to measure their fulfillment of the Common Core…