Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , organizer of the world’s largest robotics competition and leader in STEM education, is doing a careful examination of gender diversity.

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Robotics STEM Strategy Company 167

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

” For those interested in reading more, following is a (non-comprehensive) roundup of nine recent books, essays, and research studies exploring Maker education in K-12. The list is drawn in part from work presented recently at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, held here.

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Maker Movement Case Study STEM Handbook 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 3, 2017

I have started to see the study of Language Arts in the same way; ‘the creation or study of an expression of the life experience.’ We, Too, Are Connecticut was proudly represented at the 2016 NCTE National Conference and the National Writing Project Annual Meeting. The students produced a documentary about the experience.

Robotics 28

Robotics Meeting Study Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. The goal of this movement is to give students more control over their education and customize lessons based on their needs. Teira Rucker, 11.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Perhaps this could be part of a Makers’ Unit of Study that focuses on College and Career Readiness and 21st Century Skills.

STEM 60

STEM Resources Maker Movement Robotics 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

That was in January 2016. million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 28, 2017

I have no clue about what I want to do with my life; I have no interests because I saw every subject of study as work, and I excelled at every subject just for the purpose of excelling, not learning. We are more than robotic bookshelves, conditioned to blurt out facts we were taught in school. And quite frankly, now I’m scared.

Robotics 76

Robotics Industry System Conference 76

User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. As Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame noted in his 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire talk: What is making? It is a term for an old thing, it is a new term for an old thing.

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Libraries Classroom Maker Movement Robotics 164

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. Some of this is what Jane Mayer describes in her 2016 book Dark Money – the powerful and secretive networks of right-wing billionaire activists. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Max Newlon, a research scientist at BrainCo, adds the company is also studying if the headset could help students and families “train their brain” to improve attention skills. Newlon wrote in an email: “We will not be running any pilot study without the proper data privacy procedures in place.”

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Company Data Training Analysis 164

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Wednesday, November 16th, is the final day of our the seventh annual Global Education Conference. It's been an amazing conference, hope you can join us for some of the final keynotes or sessions! IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers: [link]. Want to volunteer to help moderate sessions?

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Conference Education Digital Badges Differentiated Instruction 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Education Department civil rights data, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Scott Peters found that on a state level “equity got worse” in gifted education from 2016 to 2018, with underrepresentation of Hispanic children in a majority of states and of Black students in three-quarters of states, he wrote in an email.

Elementary 121

Elementary Policies Data Report 121

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. announced the U.S.

Tools 56

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 56

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 18, 2017 Doubts about whether internet filters protect teenagers online | University of Oxford → A new study casts doubt on whether such technologies shield young teenagers after finding no link between homes with internet filters and the likelihood of the teenagers in those households being better protected.

EdTech 170

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

Education Department civil rights data, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Scott Peters found that on a state level “equity got worse” in gifted education from 2016 to 2018, with underrepresentation of Hispanic children in a majority of states and of Black students in three-quarters of states, he wrote in an email. Data source: U.S.

Elementary 48

Elementary Data Policies Report 48

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2019

“We can’t wait around for support at the state and federal level,” said Shiloh Turner, executive director of Cincinnati Preschool Promise, which was created with the city’s new tax revenue in 2016. Related: Universal preschool is most cost-effective, study finds. Related: How does your city stack up when it comes to pre-K quality?

Report 110

Report Elementary Training Robotics 110

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” “ Are Parent-Teacher Conferences Becoming Obsolete? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. “UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus,” says The Guardian. ” “No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study,” says James Koch in a NYT op-ed , criticizing schools spending money on lavish amenities.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

.” Campus Technology makes the case for “Why Higher Ed Should Do More with Blockchain Tech” – that is, according to a conference held at (wait for it…) Oral Roberts University. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?”

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Banning research on school vouchers ?

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Sara Goldrick-Rab on food insecurity on college campuses : “It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry.” More on University College London and its eugenics conferences via DC’s Improbable Science. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Empathy?! .”

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “ Michael Katze , famous for his studies of Ebola and the flu, ran a lab at the University of Washington where intoxication and sexual harassment went unchecked, and where he misused public resources for personal gain.”

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

The** Department of Education** has selected the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education to manage its #GoOpen campaign. ” 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. Memos from HR.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. " The majors include sociology, media studies, and political science. Educause is holding its annual conference this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Who’d have guessed?! million total.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” The Atlantic Coast Conference also announced it would move all of its championship games out of North Carolina , a response to the HB2 “bathroom bill.” percent in 2016 to total $208.6 On the horizon: makerspaces, online learning, robotics, VR, artificial intelligence, and wearables. But rah rah rah!

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via George Veletsianos : “A large-scale study of Twitter Use in MOOCs.” Conferences as a Way of Fighting Travel Ban.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The study was conducted by Blackboard and researchers by the University of Michigan. .”

Education 40

Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” “Lawsuits could lead to changes in the NCAA ’s concussion rules and threaten some athletic conferences, while broader questions about college football’s viability begin to emerge,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The White House said Friday it would delay an annual conference for historically black colleges and universities that had been scheduled for mid-September.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the Udacity blog : “ Your Exclusive Guide To Pursuing A Robotics Career.”

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Charter schools, according to a study based on this OCR data, have an even higher rate of suspending Black students and students with disabilities. ” As venture capitalist Om Malik wrote on the eve of 2016, “ In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All.” Black students are 1.9 Phrenology 2.0.

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. ” Contests and Conferences. “Could robots be marking your homework ?” ” “ Ed-Tech Research That Mattered in 2016,” according to Education Week. ” Victoria University of Wellington has joined edX.

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Via The New Republic : “Betsy DeVos is headlining Harvard’s Koch-backed conference on school choice – with no critics of school choice.” ” A follow-up from Cory Doctorow : “Deluded billionaire gives UC Irvine $200M to study homeopathy and ‘alternative’ therapies.”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Most of the questions from New York ’s 2016 state tests are now public,” Chalkbeat reports. ” More on this study in the research section below. pic.twitter.com/hi32s3S9ke — Chris O'Connor (@ChristopOConnor) May 30, 2016. Which is probably worse than no graduates.

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Jose is 21-years-old, a junior studying software engineering. In middle and high school, Jose enrolled in a technology magnet school and competed in robotics tournaments. She ran a small shop and studied law. TPS doesn’t confer citizenship or permanent resident status, so Gloria couldn’t sign for the loan. I studied.’”.

Study 43

Study Software Robotics Groups 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” “Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case.

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that penalties for breaking NCAA rules are largely consistent across conference membership – and that men’s basketball and football account for the vast majority of violations.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Go, School Sports Team!

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” That’s Jeff Sessions , Trump’s pick for Attorney General who tried in 1996 to prevent the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from holding its conference at the University of Alabama. Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40