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

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Earlier this year, Microsoft made headlines when it debuted Tay, a new chatbot modeled to speak like a teenage girl, which rather dramatically turned into “ a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours ” of its release, as The Telegraph put it. See, for example, the learning management system.) Commercially viable.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft Robotics Software Education 40

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 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

That means that students at these schools — where only 15 percent of students are black or Hispanic, compared to almost 70 percent citywide — are getting almost $18 million more this year than they would have without the bonus, according to Department of Education data. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

Report 51

Report System Groups Training 51

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 Software 145

MindShift

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Spatial skills don’t get a lot of attention in K-12 education, despite research pointing to the link between spatial reasoning and academic achievement, creativity and the arts. In 2007, Columbus School for Girls added “spatial skills development” to its new strategic plan, based on suggestions from Swarlis and a fellow administrator.

Robotics 28

Robotics Training STEM Software 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

The bulk of my concern was expressed in these two paragraphs: Open education currently has no response to the coming wave of diagnostic, adaptive products coming from the publishers. For example, imagine two versions of a college algebra course. You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).if

OER 60

OER LMS Pearson System 60

Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I graduated with a Masters in Instructional Technology in 2007. Mobile technology was becoming more pronounced in the educational arena and I was asked “can we do without a lab?” To see examples of what is being done regarding STEAM read our blog here [link] In 2016-2017 the requirement for 2 technology-based projects went away.

Technology 40

Technology Digital Citizenship Khan Academy Elementary 40

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

The bulk of my concern was expressed in these two paragraphs: Open education currently has no response to the coming wave of diagnostic, adaptive products coming from the publishers. For example, imagine two versions of a College Algebra course. You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).

OER 60

OER Pearson System Assessment 60

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

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 84

Industry Trends System STEM 84

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.). Any day now.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Educators, policymakers and students from across the country seem to be making that shift. Our kids are tired of education,” said Dougherty, who teaches history. The rate of teen suicide has also risen since 2007. Peer-led social-emotional learning is the answer,” he said. They haven’t seen much outside of rural America.

Tools 111

Tools Report Survey Groups 111