Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 14, 2009

While I''m sure the eBeam Edge software and hardware works very well, why spend hundreds of dollars reproducing what the creative open source community has given us? Johnny Chung Lee came up with the original prototype for the "wiiboard" in early 2007. I always appreciate feedback on my posts.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. Alice Keeler is a Google Certified Teacher.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 23, 2009

These seemingly universal music players have evolved from monochrome bricks to an elegant multimedia platform which is constantly fed by iTunes, its software counterpart. In 2007 Apple opened a dedicated educational podcast forum it named iTunesU (iTunes link). Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This is a throwback post, first published in March 2014 (and referring to yet another post all the way back in 2007). First, I know more computer science and computer programming now than I did in 2007. Second, I’ve been using computers and software more and more in my teaching. Mostly this is because of two things.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Learning Revolution Events Global Education Conference , November 17th - 21st, 2014 Partner Spotlight Africa ICT Right (AIR) is an ICT-oriented non-profit organization established in 2007 with its Headquarter in Ghana and run by a team of volunteers. More information at [link]. More information. Share your ideas with Joel here.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Virtual worlds in 2007, for example. But that doesn’t jibe with “software is eating the world,” does it?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

and MAIT : Beyond the Buzzwords: How to infuse SEL, flipped learning, & more into everyday activities Kate Baker, M.Ed and MAIT : Beyond the Buzzwords: How to infuse SEL, flipped learning, & more into everyday activities Kate Baker, M.Ed

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Hack Education

JULY 2, 2016

VR appeared in some of the earliest Horizon Reports for example, with the 2007 report positing that virtual worlds would be adopted by higher ed institutions within two to three years’ time; funnily enough, the 2016 report offers the same outlook: we’re still two to three years out from widespread adoption of VR. “Soon.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The New York Times broke the news this week that New America ousted its Open Markets team after it praised a recent EU fine against Google : “Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant.” ” New America has received more than $21 million from Google. Facial recognition software.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” The Google Memo. Via Motherboard : “ Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ ” Via Wired : “Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer’s Manifesto.” million total.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Much like “brain training,” “brain scanning” was repeatedly hyped this year as a possible way to improve the efficacy of education software. Say, the Android device in Google’s Cardboard Viewer and Expeditions program.). ” Some promise to monitor and measure brain activity. “Soon.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). Ponddy Education has raised $6 million for its language learning software from Chenco Holding Company, Osnaburge Ventures LLC, and the MIC Ponddy AR Fund. Upgrades and Downgrades. million total.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

.” DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince , is the founder of the private military company Blackwater , infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. Google has acquired Quiklabs , a tech training company. ” (emphasis mine).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. AltSchool founder Max Ventilla was a Google exec. Who worked at Google. And then I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about the current state of ed-tech – products or propaganda. This is the “PayPal Mafia.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

As she writes, “many of these models encoded human prejudice, misunderstanding and bias into the software systems that increasingly manage our lives.”. Shaw, which is a hedge fund, and I started in June 2007, so right before the credit crisis started breaking. Nor was I particularly psyched with the actual department I was in.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Texas and Fisher v.

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