Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. In a 2014 Slate article, she wrote that a book Mattel put out that linked Barbie to computer science missed the mark. Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year. Pastry Chef. By 2020, it hopes to increase that number to 100 million kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

5 Lessons Video Games Can Teach EdTech Developers. Teachers Report Sharp Growth in Game-Based Learning by District Administration (July 2016) – reports that 48% of classroom teachers report using games in classroom instruction in 2015. Author Alexandria Neason writes an article about what is happening at Quest to Learn.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

1 we have a coding class in our 6th grade rotation and all students participate in the #hourofcode #mdusdchat — Kevin Honey (@mrkhoney) May 11, 2016 Coding Unwrapped: Coding is fun, but that doesn’t mean it should be relegated to one hour a year in school. Check out this article New EdTech Resource. Robots are cool.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” (The narrative structure of these sorts of articles is always the same: crisis occurs; tech will save the day. Shares closed at $13.46

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

At the 2016 CES conference, an electronics and consumer tech tradeshow, BrainCo’s Focus 1 device flopped in a live demo, which attempted to use human brainwaves detected by the headband to control a robotic hand. Included in the email with the meta-analysis, BrainCo shared a WebMD article noting “that we still need more research.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

According to the article, it’s looking to sell off its two remaining schools, Arizona Summit Law School and Florida Law School. Articles about laptop bans – for or against – are not quite the worst. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” By 2016, Glam Media, rebranded as Mode Media, shut its doors , transferring ownership of Ning to Cyndx.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. in 2016 on a student visa.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?”

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Disclosure alert : no mention that Edsurge, which published this article, shares an investor with Class Central.). “Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry ?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan.” Where Are They Now?”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Kassner created Proctor U in 2008 with colleague Jarrod Morgan while serving as president of Andrew Jackson University (now known as New Charter University), and left the company in 2016.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Value of Education Industry Sector Transactions Nosedives in 2016.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Defeated" is too strong a word here. ” “ A.I.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The school recently announced that it would end its attempts to regain accreditation after the Department of Education withdrew recognition for the for-profit in 2016. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. More via Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Edtech Companies?” EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has launched The K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” edtech https://t.co/DOo11lof2f District Judge P.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This isn’t a “meanwhile on campus story,” but I’m not sure where else to put articles about sexual harassment and sexual assault. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. So it’ll go here.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “ Aflac ’s toy robot for kids facing cancer is the smartest toy of all.” Private city.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Most of the questions from New York ’s 2016 state tests are now public,” Chalkbeat reports. pic.twitter.com/hi32s3S9ke — Chris O'Connor (@ChristopOConnor) May 30, 2016. Via Edsurge : “Three Rookie Mistakes That Edtech Entrepreneurs Make.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.” “Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” “Why Fixing the Pipeline Alone Won’t End Edtech’s Diversity Problem ,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. ” asks the Student Experience Manager of the Minerva Project in an article in Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” ” See how many factual errors you can find in this article! Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Larry Cuban has another article on AltSchool , which he says marries Dewey and Thorndike. ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Via Edsurge : “Overcoming Hacking and Cybercrimes – The Next Obstacle to Edtech.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.” Also via Edsurge : “Meet Intel Education Accelerator ’s Newest Cohort of Edtech Visionaries.”

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016. According to Edsurge’s calculations , “US Edtech Brings in $122M in June.” The company has raised $61 million total. million total.

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

“Do You Have What It Takes to be a Successful Edtech Product Manager ?” Thankfully, IHE added a disclosure to the end of the article: “He also serves as chair of the McGraw-Hill Education Learning Science Research Advisory Council.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Take, for example, ProPublica ’s article on Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “consigliere”: “ The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.”). As I wrote in my article on “ the ‘new’ economy ,” automation, so we’re told, is poised to reshape “work.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Perhaps I need to start a new section in this article where I look at these sorts of b t predictions and proclamations and cliches. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This Edtech Company Says It Uses AI. “The industrial model of education is failing” and whatnot. Via Edsurge : “Help! What Does That Mean?

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