EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s hot in education technology? Will investing in flashy new education technology better prepare your students for success in higher education and their future careers? What if instead you asked yourself, what is my rationale for investing in this technology? By Steve Halliwell and Cheryl Miller.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

I could never have expected that I’d go on to earn an associate degree in electromechanical engineering from New York City College of Technology (NYCCT). Two things I knew at that point: I wasn’t great at tests, and I loved technology. There is a big focus on technology and how it will change our lives and careers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

This business model—provide the product to schools for free, rely on families to pay for the license—was a gamble for the young company, Rivard Dexter admits, but so far it’s paid off. If the model sounds unique, it’s actually catching on—and showing success—at a handful of other game-based learning companies, including Prodigy and codeSpark.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

From 2006-2011, I supported and advised over 2,500 teachers. However, as mentioned in an article just yesterday by Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn: “Remember that dystopian view of the future in which technology displaces millions of people from their jobs? in Curriculum and Instruction. It’s happening.

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techlearning

APRIL 11, 2018

(Dallas, TX) April 11, 2018 — RoboKind , the world leader in social robotics and the creator of Milo and robots4autism , today announced its partnership with Tom C. When I first met Milo, RoboKind's humanoid robot, I was blown away by its ability to help kids with autism unpack social and emotional skills. “The

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. million students. million students. The LMS market today is valued at $9.2

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done? So how do you choose?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like Lego blocks clicked together, two educational robot companies have combined to offer their collective programming and robotics lessons to students spanning from 4 years old to college. Modular Robotics , the Boulder, Colo.-based based maker of Cubelet robot blocks, has acquired Dexter Industries , a Stafford, Va.-based

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2017

Her work founding a leading a company landed her on Inc. After serving students in Austin since 2011, Sara will begin leading Montessori for All’s Redbud school in San Antonio when it opens for the 2017-2018 school year. @kylesmitley. Jen and Kyle are cofounders of Detroit Prep. Nancy Bernardino, Solar Preparatory School for Girls.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Much of the funding for this educational experiment came from philanthropies set up by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who made their money from technology and have argued that introducing more of it in classrooms can transform the education system. I think people still see the need, but they don’t know the right way to get there.”.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 6, 2014

That is, the degree to which technological transformations — computerization and automation — privileges high-skill workers over low-skill workers. One model of schooling that is gaining increasing attention for developing and spreading these skills is the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH for short.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Tim Draper will lead his students in learning about the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America’n business leaders. In 2011, Tim founded Draper University to teach entrepreneurial skills, fostering young leaders and innovators as they set out to light the world on fire. Twitter: @malcolmtyson.

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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. Technology. There have been several technologies that made my life better through this big change. Board Games.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

. ” Via The Clarion-Ledger : “Contracts between the Mississippi Department of Education and two of the state superintendent’s former co-workers appear to duplicate technology-related services while costing the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.” ” (Hmm. .” Via The Washington Post : “Former U-Va.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The reality is that in recent years, 88 percent of job loss in manufacturing is due to gains in productivity , such as increased use of robots. This country created 82 million jobs from 1967 to 2011, and all of them were in service industries. The popular notion is that the jobs were shipped to low-wage countries like Mexico or China.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. In December 2012 – we all remember 2012 right? I use the verb “summoned” deliberately. And I thought “like hell I will.” Thrun “drove.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ 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.” National) Education Politics.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. The measure failed. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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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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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” National) Education Politics. Inside Higher Ed on “The End of a Blogging Era at Harvard.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Predictions that were consistently wrong.)

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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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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

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. Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit. Increased by just 2, but still.). ” (Wow. ” Shrug.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

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

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” The school in question: Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. – to the New York-based company Cyndx. Founded by former Pearson exec Larry Singer , the company will offer openly licensed resources to schools. The company has raised $7.45 Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Bridget Foster has been named the head of the SIIA’s ed-tech association, the Education Technology Industry Network. 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.

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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. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The tutoring company has raised $244.2 The tutoring company has raised $780,000 total. million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Remember: Jeb loves Betsy.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. ” “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. million total.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–17.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via MIT Technology Review : “Growing Up with Alexa.” ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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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.” “Could robots be marking your homework ?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. It’s the relationship of these companies to information and to education. (A

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