Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Too many edtech initiatives treat teachers as robotic implementers of a higher plan. Technology should inspire teachers' creativity, not stifle it.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Two debt collectors said in separate statements this week that they will not assess collection fees on defaulted student loan borrowers who quickly enter repayment, despite new guidance from the Department of Education.” More on racism at a robotics competition in the immigration section above.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” I hope none of these programs are teaching “data science,” because this is just a silly claim based on bad data. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Good grief. Even worse?

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

At the same time, we must remember to connect to the content standards while facilitating and assessing 21st century skills. Whether your students design robots with PenPals in Asia, write poetry with PenPals in Europe, or create environmental solutions with PenPals in Africa. You may need to get parent permission.

Resources 58

Resources Classroom Sony Digital Citizenship 58

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. Since 2011, families have been able to apply to any of the city’s 72 public elementary schools, submitting a ranked list of choices. Koehler scrambled to get the boy assessed and recategorized.

E-rate 114

E-rate Elementary Education Report 114

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

But skeptics warn that underneath the language of “student-centered” pedagogy is a tech-intensive model that undermines communal values, accelerates privatization and turns public schools into big data siphons. She added, “Facebook plays no role in the Summit Learning Program and has no access to any student data.”).

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. ” More data on military enrollment in for-profits in the “research” section below. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Is the absence of “data” or algorithms really a problem?)

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Department of Education today announced the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for an income-driven repayment plan. New encryption protections have been added to the Data Retrieval Tool to further protect taxpayer information. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool will return Oct. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” The “nation’s report card” is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP. ” There’s a data dashboard, so you know it simply has to be useful. ” Shrug.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Seattle Times : “A cellphone belonging to the man who claims he shot and wounded another man in self-defense during a demonstration last month at the University of Washington had been wiped clean of data before being seized by police, according to search-warrant documents filed in King County Superior Court.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

.” “The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle what was left of a lawsuit over a graduate student’s dismissal from an engineering program in 2011,” the AP reports. ” The program in question: The Global Assessment Certificate program. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It’s a powerful story, but not a prediction made based on data or modeling or quantitative research into the growing (or shrinking) higher education sector. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. But the data is flawed. I don’t think so.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40