Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. “Why are there 72 slides about gaming, from a company invested in EA, Zynga, Mobcrush, and Magic Leap?” ” he asks.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. .” The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926. Guglielmo Marconi did file his patent for radio in 1897.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. The pair launched the first CoderDojo in June 2011, hosted by the National Software Centre in Cork. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Robotics Blended Learning Laptops Software 64

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.

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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. The same goes for middle and high school options.

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 119

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via Mother Jones : “How the Justice Department Is Trying to Dismantle Georgia ’s Segregated Special-Education System.” Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” asks Fast Company. (I’m and Corinthian Colleges Inc.

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” Isn’t Liberia outsourcing its education system to a Gates and Zuckerberg-backed startup , Bridge International Academies ?

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

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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Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Via The New Yorker : “ Georgia ’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System.” “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.” Immigration and Education.

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Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Matthew Porter, a student at Craig High School, inspects a “collaborative” robot at Prent Corporation, in Janesville, Wisconsin. The high school students clustered around a four-foot-tall red robot with long arms and cartoonish eyes. A student at Parker High School, in Janesville, Wisconsin, shows off the robot he has programmed.

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Robotics Learning Company Report 110

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” ” Also via Education Week : “What Counts as a School Shooting ?

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

. “The Snooki bill” is a response to $32,000 that the Jersey Shore star received from Rutgers in 2011. officials approve new rating system.” Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Here’s an op-ed in The Hill : “College accreditation goes rogue: Another unaccountable system.” Here’s a trend to watch in 2017 : companies and organizations who “help” schools buy ed-tech : The Hechinger Report looks at a couple of these , LEAP Innovations and LearnLaunch. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. Via the BBC : “ Edinburgh University blames a system error for ‘failed degree’ emails.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. 6,263,439, titled ‘Verification system for non-traditional learning operations.’ ’ What kind of ‘verification system’ does Solocron claim to have invented? From MIT President L.

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Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011, so the move is largely symbolic and appeared to be aimed at distancing the departing administration from any effort by the new president to revive the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or Nseers.” LMS is learning management system.

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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 I get that.

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