Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. Related: What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us? Each student had a little bar chart on their desk that tracked their progress toward mastery in each standard. “I I was fascinated by it,” he said. “I Getting to this point wasn’t easy, though.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2015

” (Steger, Oishi & Kashdan 2008) quoted in The 5 Skills that Will Increase Your Happiness. . I’m not saying things like data-driven analysis can’t help us — it can help us know our students and personalize learning. .” Purpose gives meaning to your work. Lose your purpose, lose your joy.

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MindShift

JUNE 5, 2018

When a huge flood devastated Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2008 the community was faced with a host of problems more commonly seen in big cities, like homelessness. As the district works towards a 10-year plan that will include changes at all its sites, Anderson said Iowa BIG is offering interested students some of that personalization now.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The focus now is technology for personalized learning, including data analytics. In fact, the frequency of treating alone accounts for most of the variation in learning outcomes…” Plug this into the digital world, and. Notice the, ah, interesting case of a company recruiting unpaid tutors for online learning (2100).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding. Father Goose).Sea

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

To date, Stephen’s work has been featured by Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, TNT, Disney, Discovery TV, NPR, Teach Middle East, The Gulf National, and countless others. Roger Schank Chairman and CEO, Socratic Arts Roger Schank.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

But as it turned out, the zeppelin company had gone out of business – I imagine that many people, like myself, could only think about Christopher Walken and Grace Jones’ characters and opted not to go. In the meantime, these companies continue to collect a lot of “driving” data. Google versus Uber.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Tutoring company Ruangguru has raised $7 million in Series B funding.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Related: Social emotional learning is the latest flashpoint in the education wars. The past two years have been grueling for many teachers, as they coped with a pandemic that forced them to toggle between remote and in-person learning — and sometimes do both at once — and staffing shortages that have added to their workloads.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ ​Rhode Island ’s Plans to Become a ‘Lab State’ for Personalized Learning.” The suit against the for-profit chain and its American InterContinental University was originally filed in 2008.” ” Education in the Courts. Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. Via Techcrunch : “ Sphero ’s CEO discusses the company’s shift from Star Wars to schools.” ” The company, which has raised some $107.4

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Mostly surveillance posing as “ personalization ” startups. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. For its part, Udacity has fully rebranded itself as a high-tech job training company, a topic I’ll cover in more detail in a forthcoming article in this series.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” “ Personalized learning ” now includes working on a goat farm apparently. Speaking of pseudoscientific products, Education Week reports that “ DeVos -Supported ‘Brain-Performance’ Company Loses Appeal Over Misleading Advertising.” The tutoring company has raised $825 million total.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

EdSurge connected with O'Neil to hear how her behind-the-scenes view of the 2008 financial crisis led her to try to push for tools that can audit Facebook, Google, and other algorithm-fueled systems now asserting themselves in human affairs. Have you looked much at personalized learning algorithms? I think we deserve to know.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

students were enrolled in districts that offered some in-person learning at least a few days a week. And education experts still forecast huge amounts of learning loss and negative social and emotional impacts , especially for younger students, those with special needs and lower-income students. As of Nov.

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