The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. If asked to assess the current posture of higher education leaders across the nation, it would be reasonable to describe it as a “defensive crouch.”

Education 93

Education Robotics Social Media Study 93

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” Here’s a science textbook I was assigned at his school in 2007. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 2 job at the U.S. Department of Education, sources say.” Jerry Falwell Jr.

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Good thing we’re relying on him, instead of social media, eh? Or did you see another CNN host beclowning herself, when a reporter/host/robot confused Edward Snowden and Edward Scissorhands ? CNN loves to play stories of crime and disaster, worshipping passionately at the altar of “if it bleeds, it leads.”

Social Media 40

Social Media Robotics Report Survey 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. A 30-minute search.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71