Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

In 2011, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo was founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. But the real change came when Rosetta Stone’s computer-assisted language software became available for download as one of the first edtech products to become a household name within the U.S. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Google in June announced an. Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services both offer education programs, and now Google Cloud wants a part in shaping future computer scientists — and probably whatever they come up with using the tool. Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. Google breaking in? .

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. 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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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

The 21st Century Principal

MAY 21, 2011

According to the 2011 K-12 Horizon Report cloud computing and mobiles are on what it calls the “near term horizon” which means these technologies are likely to see mainstream adoption in the next 12 months. How has our adoption of Google Apps, a cloud computing solution, transformed our district and my school?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Exposure may be one factor: A Google-sponsored Gallup report ( PDF ) that found that female students are less aware of online and local opportunities to learn computer science. And it makes computer science a beneficial skill for all students to learn, regardless of whether they want to be a software engineer or not.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

That’s why he’s launching Rooted School, a high school that plans to train students to enter jobs in fields like 3D printing, software development and programming right after graduation. In 2011, blacks made up 11 percent of the nation’s workforce but just 6 percent of Americans working in STEM, up from 2 percent in 1970.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

But I do want to quickly note the other meanings of the phrase -- the ones that show up in the "Google Alert" I have set for the title. We already see this when we talk on the phone with customer support; we see this in Amazon warehouses; and we see this in adaptive learning software. Humans being bent towards the machine.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. The quotation is from 2012.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. The presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace. Google is holding its second annual Google Code-in competition.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Perhaps we’ve grown too accustomed to paying for purchases with a mobile app, or booking reservations online, or using Google to plan our daily commutes. Schools and districts needed a way to standardize data about their students’ backgrounds and achievement levels to meet state and federal reporting requirements. Reports to Insights.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 11, 2011

Matthew Peskay of KIPP LA Schools will discuss what students in his schools have experienced with the Google Cr-48 pilot program. link] "MINI-GEEK FEST" MONTHLY ONLINE CONVERSATION JUNE, 2011 (AzTEA 2.0 As a recent edition in the Horizon Report they have grown to become a powerful addition in any classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

That’s what we saw towards the end of 2017, as many of the first-wave bootcamps that started between 2011 and 2013 have been acquired or are in the process. Many products beloved by early adopters (think Google Glasses or the Segway) never cross the chasm to penetrate the mainstream market.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Students have been blocked from going to websites that web-filtering software categorizes as “education,” “news,” or “informational.” Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday. Censorship,” Samuels said grimly, “is a winning issue right now.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” “ Kickboard Looking for New CEO,” Edsurge reports.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lenore Skenazy President, Co-founder, Let Grow A journalist by trade, Lenore spent 14 years at The New York Daily News as a reporter-turned-opinion columnist, and two more at The New York Sun. In September of 2011, Chris was honored by the White House as a Champion of Change for his work in education reform. Founder of CoffeeEDU.

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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. Google versus Uber. Efficiency.

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Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. I’ll look more closely at discrimination by design – in software and in algorithms – in the final article in this series.) funding) and outputs (e.g.,

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ U.S.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Secret CPS report spotlights big vacancies, lopsided options for students.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.”

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” “The Snooki bill” is a response to $32,000 that the Jersey Shore star received from Rutgers in 2011.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Layoffs at Noodle.com (80% of its marketing and editorial teams).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But not in the case of our software." Another tactic – as much a statement of political protest as a technique to enhance privacy – is obfuscation.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But not in the case of our software." Another tactic – as much a statement of political protest as a technique to enhance privacy – is obfuscation.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. According to Summit’s own reports on those piloting the Basecamp software, “student growth has been positive amongst the cohort schools thus far. average by 1.23 in math and 1.95

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

.” “ Tennessee ’s former education commissioner called on Betsy DeVos to resign as the nation’s education chief Thursday because of her boss’s ambivalent response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia,” Chalkbeat reports. Other National) Education Politics. ” The Business of Student Loans.

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