Marketplace K-12

MAY 10, 2016

The company says it knows that about 100 of its markers accessed improperly posted test information. A Pearson spokesman said the vendor assumes someone then took the information and shared it with the British media—though as far as the company can tell, it was never posted publicly.

Pearson 40

Pearson Social Media Common Core Company 40

techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Discover released the survey results today in conjunction with Discovery Education as the two companies announced their Pathway to Financial Success in Schools program will be extended to a younger age group: middle school students. The two companies launched a financial education curriculum for high school students last November.

Survey 42

Survey Education Company Common Core 42

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 30, 2016

Nearly all of those excluded worked for test-prep companies, as my colleague Catherine Gewertz reported. ” In one of Reuters’ stories , the agency reports that test-prep companies posted people outside the March 5 debut of the new exam–and that they collected information from test-takers that was later circulated.

Pearson 40

Pearson Common Core Social Media Company 40

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Educational technology company Oddcast launched a new version of its Voki website for teachers along with a free iOS application called Voki for Education. Voices can be recorded, and talking Vokis can be emailed and shared on social media. Voki can be customized for a variety of subjects. and around the world.

Common Core 52

Common Core Game-Based Learning Social Media Survey 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. Beyond the MOOC.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

techlearning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I've had the pleasure of working with this company. This will require them to use a variety of keywords as they sort through the Creative Commons-licensed images available within Spark’s search tool. All opinions are my own. Note: There are lots of ways to share Spark creations and these are just a few examples.

Adobe 42

Adobe Classroom Social Media Common Core 42

EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

With the Common Core, state testing, interventions, and all else that goes on in the elementary day, how would I find time for my students to investigate and inquire into their interests? While some studied robotics and social media, others dived into different learning disabilities and schools around the world.

Classroom 85

Classroom Libraries Learning Elementary 85

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. is disappointed in Common Core.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 18, 2016

The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring Pearson PLC, the global education company, to conduct a business strategy review with an eye to becoming more profitable. million-member union says the company should consider changes designed to ensure that the company makes more money, citing drops in its share price over the past year.

Pearson 40

Pearson Company Assessment Exercises 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Its purpose is to raise awareness of how overly restrictive Internet filtering can impede student learning by blocking access to legitimate educational websites and participatory learning tools (including social media). Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech. The Common Core State Standards. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Beyond the MOOC.

Trends 40

Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” Robots hate the Common Core. She made $9.6

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

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.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this. What sorts of companies and what sorts of products do venture capitalists like, for example? And “platforming” was a story that technology companies were telling about their own goals too.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Via The New York Times : “Tech Companies Expect Free High-Speed Internet for Poorer Americans to Pay Off Later.” Education Politics.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. – this time in science. From the HR Department.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. More shadiness from Thiel in the campus news section below.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. The Minecraft-based-engineering company has raised $9.75 million total.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2016

Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. The Genius hour and 20% time projects cover multiple common cores standards. Today, we are beginning to see educators, educational institutions and educational companies do new things in new ways.

Common Core 28

Common Core Wiki Course Elementary 28

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.”

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

Check out the #trashtag challenge on social media, for example. There are local and regional resources like the Collective School Garden Network in California,and Growing Minds in North Carolina, which offers basic plans for a school garden as well as lesson plans that connect gardening to Common Core standards.

Classroom 50

Classroom Resources Common Core Study 50

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. And various technology companies — from no-name startups to behemoths like Pearson — boast of new programs meant to facilitate this style of education. I see their confidence level take off.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

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.”

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Become a Partner Organization! We're Still Taking Proposals! See our other sponsors, supporters, and partners on the conference website.

Conference 44

Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Via KJZZ : “ Arizona Board Of Education Replaces Common Core State Standards.” My bet is he joins the Trump administration; Edsurge thinks he’ll start a new company. The IMF has invested $15 million in test prep company BYJU’s. The English-language learning company has raised $15.25

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. More information and sign up at [link].

Chromebook 28

Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. Save the dates!

Chromebook 28

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

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” “ How Asian test-prep companies swiftly exposed the brand-new SAT.” This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 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. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. What Summit offers is highly rigorous, Common Core-aligned curriculum in a platform that is accessible to students and teachers.

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121