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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

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Beyond the MOOC. School and “Skills” MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education. The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013. MOOCs and Anti-MOOCs. The Collapse of For-Profit Higher Education (Or Not). The Compulsion for Data. Indie Ed-Tech. The Business of Ed-Tech.

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. Yildiz, Faculty Come take a tour!

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Week's Events - GlobalEd Waitlist - CoSN - Google Forms - Breaking Down Library Walls - Better Than College - OZeLive Kudos

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Follow us on Twitter #liveclass20. Following recent conversations about the assessment capacity of MOOCs, this is a great topic! Click here to register. Wednesday, February 26th at 9pm Teachers Teaching Teachers , Weekly conversations hosted by EdTechTalk, a collaborative open webcasting community. Learn more here. Thanks, Ted!

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STEMxCon - Today Is the Final Deadline for Proposals; Great Keynotes + Sessions; Need Volunteers!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas!

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” “Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. “Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via The Washington Post : “Actually, every single Yahoo account got hacked in 2013.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The book was racist.