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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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. Khan Academy will revolutionize education. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

What drew you to that technology to help students? So back in 2011, we ran a big data project. Sal Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Khan Academy. We thought, why don’t we use all this data we’re already collecting for their benefit? Chris Anderson, Curator, TED. The next semester they’d take chemistry.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

It sets these schools apart from a more recent wave of personalized learning, which is often dominated by technology and dogged by criticism that it isolates students from each other and from learning’s larger purpose. Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Report 111

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. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.).

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The Electric Educator

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

2010-2011 Goals. So, here it goes, my goals for the 2011-2012 school year 1. Build a Professional Website This past year opportunities have opened up for me to do some training and consulting work related to educational technology. I even beat out the Khan Academy! My goal is to add 15 new tutorials this year.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools. The graduation rate rose dramatically, from 81 percent in 2011 to 91 percent in 2017. Khan Academy ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Shortly after the turn of the century, efforts to support data interoperability in K–12 technology systems were driven largely by compliance. This was one of the needs behind the development of Ed-Fi , a set of education data tools and standards, in 2011 with support from the Dell Foundation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is no exception.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. Universities, as well as online education programs like Udacity or technology bootcamps, have. established themselves as popular breeding grounds for young entrepreneurs and their upstart ventures.

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Microsoft Accessibility Google Khan Academy 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

EVENTS The 2011 Global Education Conference is next week: November 14 - 18. Peggy , Lorna , and Kim host the Conference Co-Conveners and Organizers of the "2011 K12 Online Conference" who will share and tempt you a with lively discussion of upcoming topics that the presenters will include in their presentations and keynotes.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. I’m feeling quite tentative about whether or not the insights that I might be able to glean about the year will have much relevance for the business and politics of education technology under Trump.

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Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

" Or maybe I'd tell you a little bit about pigeons — I've done a whole keynote on that topic too — and on how the birds have been used as weapons of war and as models for education technology. In technology, all that matters is tomorrow." " As the new technology emerges, a lot of attention is paid to it in the press.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Here''s the direct link to our latest podcast: [link]. The podcast feed link is [link].

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 26, 2012

The Khan Academy videos have been hailed as a departure from 'boring old lectures', and I suppose the same could be said for the TED series of videos. What happens to all those students who cannot afford or access the technology they need to participate in this kind of learning? There are several vaunted examples of this.

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Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Moodle Digital Divide 74

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures).

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

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. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” million from Morningside Technology Ventures, University Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank.

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Bridget Foster has been named the head of the SIIA’s ed-tech association, the Education Technology Industry Network. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy.” More on layoffs at the University of Phoenix in the for-profit higher ed section above.

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