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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teachers with AI and data literacy can leverage AI-powered tools for personalized learning, use data analytics to track and improve student performance, and even integrate AI topics into the curriculum. What used to be measured in decades now shifts within years, challenging educators to continually adapt, learn, and grow.

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From Silos to Sharing: Why Are Open Educational Resources Still So Hard to Find?

Edsurge

In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. Fishtree believes in giving students “voice and choice” to select the resource that matches their learning style. Other adaptive learning vendors claim they can choose the right resources automatically. Last year, the U.S.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007. Google’s Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Many in Silicon Valley like to point to the Montessori experiences of famous founders like Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jimmy Wales, and Jeff Bezos and suggest that their early childhood education helped make them creative thinkers — although it’s probably not fair to blame Montessori for the destructiveness to our democracy from Google and Amazon.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Here’s a science textbook I was assigned at his school in 2007. Also via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans.” Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” Jerry Falwell Jr. " No s**t.