Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

2016 was such a terrible, terrible year, and as I composed my reflections on it for this annual series, I wanted to start by recognizing the pain and the loss. ” These beliefs are readily amplified and shared by the very “network effects” baked into the infrastructure of social media platforms.

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. He is active across social media as PC Sweeney.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. He is active across social media as PC Sweeney.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. ” The company has raised $12.5

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Education Company Data Pearson 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. He is active across social media as PC Sweeney.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. He is active across social media as PC Sweeney.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” — Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. ” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 “Disrupt.”

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Derek put his education into practice in Washington state, first as a business consultant for McKinsey & Company, where he helped businesses, non-profits, and government agencies run more efficiently.

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Libraries Data Conference Broadband 34

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

(For its part, ALEC’s legislative advocacy focuses on three “free speech” areas : campus speech, the privacy of donors to campaigns and 501(c)(3)s, and commercial speech.) In 2016 that meant 111 speakers on 77 campuses. Social Media and Weaponized Data. Gee, that last name seems familiar.).

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Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via Education Week : “The founder and former CEO of an online public school that educates thousands of Pennsylvania students pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal tax fraud, acknowledging he siphoned more than $8 million from The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School through for-profit and nonprofit companies he controlled.”

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Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll Bootcamp or Bust.

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Derek put his education into practice in Washington state, first as a business consultant for McKinsey + Company, where he helped businesses, non-profits, and government agencies run more efficiently.

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Data Conference Broadband Libraries 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Kelly Cottler , from the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University , on "Protecting Our Principles and Patrons’ Privacy on Social Media: Libraries Sharing Without 'Oversharing.'" Their topic will be "A Current Update on Library Records, Privacy, and National Security Letters." All events will be free of charge to attendees.

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. Since 2016, when the couple launched an LLC to coordinate much of their charitable giving, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed $142.1 But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common.

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