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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

Edsurge

The company that I started, myON , helped to transform literacy in the classroom with unlimited books, and it continues to deliver on its promise. Renaissance just acquired Schoolzilla , which was launched in 2011, for this reason. What's been most disappointing in edtech? The role of the teacher, however, is still critical.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From Boing Boing : “Paterno was fired in 2011 after it emerged that during his tenure, [assistant coach] Jerry Sandusky had assaulted dozens of youngsters in his care. “ Marvel Announces Science, Tech, and Math-Devoted Comic Book Covers,” Popular Science reports. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” “Dean Dad” Matt Reed on “‘ Netflix for Books.’” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Sounds legit. ” Gotta keep hyping that VR thing. .”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. a month.). ” (Wow.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. Tressie McMillan Cottom ’s new book, Lower Ed , is now out, and you should buy it and read it. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017.