The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Key to that success, Johnstone says, was that the district had already started teaching math differently back in 2009. In that year, they hired two recent graduates of Loyola Marymount University’s Center for Math and Science Teaching, and began training veteran teachers. Ryan Smith, executive director, The Education Trust-West.

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Groups Robotics 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots. Who Isn’t Being Served?

Industry 145

Industry STEM Education Survey 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But that technology won’t be entirely homegrown: Chinese companies, particularly those building products or services laced with the machine learning algorithms, are increasingly playing a role in the tools that we call “AI.” He started a venture capital firm in 2009 based in Beijing called Sinoventures. I would advise, don't.

Khan Academy 150

Khan Academy Company Software EdTech 150

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. 2009 – the phones in their pockets. So we can reorganize the bar graph.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. Board Games.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Software Comparison 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 23, 2018

College and career readiness was popularized in 2009 under the Obama administration's Race-to-the-Top initiative and it is what fuels the Common Core Standards. There students make things that matter using tools like laser engravers, 3D printers, robotics, and more.

Digital Badges 95

Digital Badges Common Core Industry Robotics 95

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway. So many people predicting this company would disrupt higher ed.

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

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.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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. It’s the relationship of these companies to information and to education. (A Small world, I guess.).

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71