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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” The Google Memo. ” Via The Guardian’s Julie Carrie Wong : “Segregated Valley: the ugly truth about Google and diversity in tech.” Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. It is fair, however, to blame “Montessori 2.0” The TED Talk.

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'The Ed-Tech Mafia'

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” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. ” Facebook’s CEO believes in personalized learning. Netflix’s CEO believes in personalized learning. Knewton founder Jose Ferreira formerly worked at Kaplan. AltSchool founder Max Ventilla was a Google exec.

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