Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I''m also a proposed panelist for "Education2.0 - Social Media Drives Student Success" being hosted by Jennifer Openshaw. The presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace. November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. You want to extend and maximize their time in the system,” said Jose Ferreira, Knewton’s founder and CEO. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. You want to extend and maximize their time in the system,” said Jose Ferreira, Knewton’s founder and CEO. Google’s search engine serves up more of what you’ve clicked on in the past.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. Mind reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton was acquired by Wiley for $17 million — LOL — having raised over $180 million. Google was fined $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube. LOL LOL LOL.

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

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. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” More via The NYT. ” Maybe.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star.

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