MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. The STEAM labs, STEAM coordinators and technology education teachers are part of a district-wide embrace of “computational thinking.”. Aileen Owens).

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Colleges Find Few Reasons to Lobby a Friendlier Education Dept.” ” “Education Dept. ” “Education Dept. More on Candice Jackson ’s resume in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Education 97

Education Khan Academy Company Libraries 97

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.” ” Via Politico : “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights chief have the Education Department churning through civil rights complaints.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. I do so in Seymour’s memory.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In 1967, fully three-quarters of the American workforce had a high school education or less. It was all the education they needed to earn a middle-class living. Related: If the anger that propelled Trump’s win is economic, can higher education fix it? But what we really have is an education deficit. The key growth in U.S.

Dropout 40

Dropout Industry Policies Robotics 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Seventy-five different languages are spoken in the schools, and many of the refugees who populate classrooms haven’t been formally educated in years. “I Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MAY 24, 2017

This talk was given today at CENTRO's symposium "Data, Paper, Scissors Tech-Based Learning Experiences for Higher Education" in Mexico City. Digital technologies, even education technologies, are implicated in all of this, and if we are not careful, we are going to make things worse. Thank you very much for inviting me here today.

Technology 76

Technology Education Industry Company 76

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” The US Secretary of Education appeared on 60 Minutes this past weekend.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Among other things, they say, their work could lead to the kind of robotic exoskeletons imagined in the movie Aliens. Compare that to the public university system in Illinois, which has cut its higher education budget so deeply that Moody’s downgraded seven universities, including five to junk bond status. Higher Education.

Industry 92

Industry Trends System STEM 92

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Education Politics. “ Betsy DeVos , Pick for Secretary of Education , Is the Most Jeered” by The New York Times’ Dana Goldstein. Via The LA Times : “ Betsy DeVos ‘is unprepared and unqualified ’ to be Education secretary, charter school booster Eli Broad says.” ” asks The Atlantic.

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. ” Many educators were angered , insisting that this wasn’t their fault. I get that.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71