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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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'The Brave Little Surveillance Bear' and Other Stories We Tell About Robots Raising Children

Hack Education

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

." Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Weekly Update.

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Is Betsy DeVos good or bad for edtech?

eSchool News

According to Philanthropy magazine in spring 2013, DeVos serves as chairman of the Windquest Group—a privately held, multi-company operating group that invests in technology, manufacturing, and clean energy—which she founded with her husband in 1989. One long-term trend that’s working in our favor is technology. Here’s What We Know.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? “ No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. . Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.