The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2014

This event will take place entirely online, all sessions will be recorded via Google Hangouts on Air, and participants will have access to recordings indefinitely. Students may have access to new technologies. Is your library mobile friendly? Registration and more information is available at www.giesummit.org. Alt Ed Film Fest.

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Digital Citizenship Google Libraries Conference 50

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Udacity ’s mobile apps now support “ offline learning.” “ Telcel customers can now access Khan Academy free of data charges on mobile apps and es.zero.khanacademy.org thanks to partnership with Carlos Slim Foundation and Telcel,” says Khan Academy. Knewton has partnered with WebAssign. .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The quotation is from 2012. Indeed, according to the latest statistics from the Department of Education – now granted, this is from the 2012–2013 academic year – there are 4726 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States. A 46% increase since 1980. And the Internet?

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Educator Innovator

AUGUST 6, 2014

Historically, these programs aim to boost the educational and employment prospects of students who do not have a history of postsecondary educational attainment or access to high-skill, high-income employment opportunities. Moreover, access to entry-level employment in the technology sector has also garnered praise. Among all U.S.

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Education STEM Outcomes Robotics 29

Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” Also via NPR : “‘I Hope This Will Set A Precedent,’ Says Trans Teen Who Won Case Over Bathroom Access.” “Education recoded: policy mobilities in the international ‘ learning to code ’ agenda” by Ben Williamson, Annika Bergviken Rensfeldt, Catarina Player-Koro, and Neil Selwyn.

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Education MOOC Social Media Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.” ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.”

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Education Report Android Libraries 40

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. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Thiel was one of the biggest financiers of Ron Paul's super PAC in 2012. “Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. Or something.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. Like many students in the district, she has no access to the internet at home. On a recent afternoon inside a first-floor computer lab at Northridge High, efforts to bolster the students’ cyber prowess are on display.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40