techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The collaboration will provide educators with more instructional options and a seamless journey to personalized learning for every student. KinderLab KIBO ( kinderlabrobotics.com/kibo/ ) is a robot kit designed for young children aged 4–7 years old. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson , after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on learning management systems , is leaving the market as the company seeks to restructure itself and boost its profits.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Think again.” ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If we continue on our current trajectory, they will come of age in a world filled with smart cities, embedded augmented reality, smart robots and revolutionary nanotech. You can teach an old dog new tricks, but you have to be both prepared for the challenge and flexible as you find the best ways to shift your learning community.

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Industry System Common Core iPhone 60

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 Get rid of it.’” The company has raised $61 million total.

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Education Company Report Data 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

In math, the game is aligned to the Common Core and has particular focuses on algebra, probability and statistics, as well as geometry. This is why I think it''s so important to build learning communities and plans as locally as possible, and why I think it''s so important to involve stakeholder groups in doing so.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Learning From Algorithms : Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 2).” ” Immigration and Education. What Does That Mean?

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. “Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52