The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The first question is the following: How many of you in this room go onto your personal social media while you are working? So what does this all mean for education and learning? We will always have constraints in education, but we can work within those constraints and create better opportunities for our staff and students.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2016

Today at 8pm GMT, the second #EDENchat of 2016 will be live on Twitter. 3) How are MOOCs and other massive open study opportunities changing or influencing out thinking as educators? Are we in danger of being left behind if our organisation/institution is not involved in MOOCs? 4) Is open content truly 'free'?

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 19, 2017

With so many districts sharing openly on social media, why not just ask who is doing it and how they are making it happen? There are lots of barriers in education, and they can cause issues for what we are able to do. Two things… They found a way. It might be hard, but you will figure it out. They figured it out.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

My brain is in so many different social media spaces now that I have no idea where this question came from, but someone asked (paraphrased), “What do we mean by risk taking?” September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! February 17, 2016 Starting From Scratch #InnovatorsMindset.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

This is such a strange and necessary time to talk about education technology, to take a class about education technology, to get a degree in education technology because what, in the past, was so often framed as optional or aspirational is now compulsory — and compulsory under some of the worst possible circumstances.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 8, 2015

In recent years, education has evolved to the point where learning can take place anywhere and at any time, usually beyond the walls of the traditional learning space. Although distance education has been in existence for more than a century, the various technological means by which it can now be conducted have advanced quickly.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Most educators have already heard about this teen who made the “Sit With Us App”, to help students find people to sit with at lunch. The number of times I have seen it shared on social media, or brought up in conferences has been staggering. September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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The Principal of Change

JULY 5, 2017

First of all, what has been traditionally considered the “basics” in education, and why? I always talk about this with educators in relation to how communication, and our views of it have changed over time. I think I have more questions than answers after so many thoughts being shared on Twitter. Bear with me.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. Are any education technologies, for that matter?

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Starting “ The Innovator’s Mindset ” MOOC this week ( #IMMOOC ), a lot of people are jumping into blogging, and many people are reluctant and nervous. I know that every educator I interact with can make me a better educator, but I always ask, “where is your stuff?” Rightfully so.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Jim described it as a way to think through technology in order to empower the educational community beyond tech skills and training. He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 12, 2016

Jim described it as a way to think through technology in order to empower the educational community beyond tech skills and training. He cited Jon Udell ‘s vision of Wikipedia as a place where knowledge is socially constructed. I asked Groom to describe the Domain of One’s Own movement’s state of the union in 2016.

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ProfHacker

JANUARY 19, 2016

— Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) January 2, 2016. Another example is a discussion of openness in education. — David Wiley, PhD (@opencontent) January 4, 2016. — David Wiley, PhD (@opencontent) January 4, 2016. Jargon: Someone uses the term MOOC. Both the doing and the detection.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable. “Why is there a slide about Peloton? Is this really a trend?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

It shows no signs of stopping as learners become more involved in their own education. Learners are now demanding that they are educated in a way that works for them. The corporate learning environment has been experiencing a great deal of development over recent years.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. This is about the stories we’re told about education, about technology, and about education technology. (No

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. Actually, I think that was the only education highlight. Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Education Politics. Via Education Week : “ Maine Gov. Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 19, 2016

Education Politics. One of the big stories this week: the US Department of Education ’s announcement about which “non-traditional providers” ( MOOCs , coding bootcamps ) will be eligible for financial aid as part of its EQUIP experiment. ” Education in the Courts. .”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

There was a Presidential Debate this week, but – no surprise and perhaps even a bit of a relief – education wasn’t much of an issue. ” Education Politics. ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” MOOC hype deja vu.).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

(National) Education Politics. And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! Well… Ask any of your British education colleagues. ” Via The Washington Post : “ Elizabeth Warren wants the Education Dept.’s ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Education Politics. Via Pacific Standard : “Department of Education to Investigate Alleged Discrimination in Richmond Schools.” “The Next Higher-Ed Funding Battle to Watch May Be in New Mexico ,” says The Chronicle of Higher Education. . WH Snapchat spells "Education" wrong.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. The education reform-minded publication The 74 says that “Educators Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences for Charter Schools in New GOP Tax Bill.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I want to start this year’s review of education technology acknowledging grief. I want to start this year’s review of education technology sanctioning, if such a thing is necessary, our mourning. I want to start this year’s review of education recognizing what’s been lost. Mourn and Organize.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

High School seniors (left to right) Hayley Striegel, Olivia Poplawski, Cheri Zheng-Fredericks and Julie Pignataro look for ways to verify information they’ve encountered on social media. My students are all about social media. High School social studies teacher. Northport, N.Y., Photo: Janis Shachter.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. From the US Department of Education ’s Press Office : “U.S. Fines Google $5.1

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Either way, he’s gone too soon; we’ve lost too much , too many in 2016. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” Read Mindstorms.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” is how Education Week describes the news. State and Local) Education Politics. Lazy, lazy, little children.).

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Immigration and Education. ” That’s Michigan , for what it’s worth.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the massive review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” “Make MOOCs great again.” ” Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. The topic of education didn’t really come up, save Clinton’s invocation of “The Trump Effect” and the increased bullying in school. Education Politics. Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” Via Education Week : “See Who’s Been Tapped to Lead Trump ’s Transition Team for Education.” ” Remind me again, all you fans of VR in education, how this technology is going to promote empathy? Education Politics. Via Scientific American : “How the FDA Manipulates the Media.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’m publishing this week’s Hack Education Weekly News a little early this week. Education Politics. I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. She would not commit to refusing to privatize public education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Always eager to associate itself with the latest tech craze, education technology embraced Pokémon Go with great gusto: “ Why Pokemon Go shows the future of learning gamification.” ” “ The Educational Potential of Pokémon Go.” ” “ Why Pokémon Go marks a new step forward in education.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill : Special Education.” For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” Immigration and Education. .”

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