Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

In January 2016, the parent teacher organization at Roosevelt Elementary generously purchased a number of new tools for our school including Spheros, Dash and Dots, Cubelets, Snap Circuits, Osmos, Marble Mazes and a 3D printer. They were allowed to visit the lab, but they were asked to help out while they were there.

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MindShift

JULY 1, 2016

“We did self-driving cars, virtual reality; we talked about life extension, and robots.” ” He’s sitting on a picnic table with a small group of seventh- and eighth-graders, who are nibbling on their lunches. ” Khan asks the group, adding, “Do you think intelligence and ego is correlated?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Teachers have long known learning is a social process — when students create meaning together, often the results are much more effective. Achievement Gap and Personalized Learning: These are two issues that the 2016 Horizon Report identifies as thorny challenges — those that are “complex to define, let alone address.”

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. A couple of years ago, I was part of a year-end webinar with MindWires’ Consulting’s Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein and one or other of them – I don’t remember now – predicted that 2016 would be a big year for the LMS.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

The group pledged to review all its policies to prioritize equity. To preempt resistance to changes that will open up gifted seats to a more diverse group of students, she argues, you have to convince everyone, or just about everyone, that it is a good idea. Yet diversification efforts have borne little fruit. No, that is not likely.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction. There is reason to wonder, nonetheless.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

HOONUIT’S NEW COURSES ( www.hoonuit.com ) Hoonuit announces the launch of accredited professional learning courses. The courses will be provided through Pathways, a new enhancement to Hoonuit’s online professional development solution, which groups similar modules together to provide a well-rounded study of a topic.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 15, 2016

First, here’s an account of an Israeli-American robot designed to teach children. It has strong personalization, which connects with the resent rise in personalized learning. Additionally, while Tega personalized learning, it worked with a group of 38 learners. How should higher ed prepare?But

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Robotics Technology Education Secondary 40

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Last year’s most popular post on Shake Up Learning was, “ 16 Things for Teachers to Try in 2016.” Consider this list your 2017 Challenge , and tweet your progress with the official Shake Up Learning hashtag: #SUL. Program a Robot. Or try something more sophisticated like the Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot robots.

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eBook Robotics Google Facebook 77

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of scholars object to a decision by the University of California, Berkeley , to remove many video and audio lectures from public view as a result of a Justice Department accessibility order.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Language Learning Apps Haven’t Helped Struggling ELL Students.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive Personalized Learning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The student travel abroad company WorldStrides has raised $500 million from Eurazeo and Primavera Capital Group.

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Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

in 2016 on a student visa.” Bless this headline ( from The 74 ) ’s heart: “Educators & Experts Say Personalized Learning Is Not About Technology or Money but Leadership and Relationships.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via The Intercept : “Conservative Provocateur James O’Keefe ’s Group Hit With Restraining Order, Blocking Latest Sting.” on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a signed order Tuesday that she was restoring the federal recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools , the for-profit accreditor that had waged a fight for reinstatement since the Obama administration withdrew its recognition in 2016.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. For more news about robots not taking jobs, see the HR section above.

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) May 10, 2016. From the HR Department. Don’t do this.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ISTE calls this “ personalized learning.” ” Contests and Conferences. .” Turning Point brought in more than $8.2

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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 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.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Republican Tax Proposal Gets Failing Grade From Higher-Ed Groups.” Lots of details this week as tech executives testified in front of Congress about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. tax on some college endowments at private universities.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.” million for its personalized children’s clothing box.”

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Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bipartisan group of 30 attorneys general signed on to a letter Thursday opposing House legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act over a provision that would bar states from regulating student loan servicers.” Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

.” Via Politico : “The nation’s governors say they’re ‘concerned’ the Trump administration’s new guide for crafting state plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act doesn’t prioritize outreach to a variety of groups and individuals, like civil rights advocates, parents and state lawmakers.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The sale of the Apollo Education Group , parent company of the University of Phoenix , has been finalized. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Trump administration’s entry ban triggered wide condemnation from colleges, associations, faculty groups and others in higher education.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Some 280 incidents since January 2016. Immediately following the 2016 elections, I tweeted that “Under a Trump administration: I very much want ed-tech companies and schools to reconsider collecting so much data about students.” The stakes now are much, much higher. Education Technology in a Time of Trump. Predicting.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Religious student groups could block people who do not share their faith from becoming members. 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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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. How much money does the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative spent in order to place advertorials about personalized learning in ed-tech publications like Edsurge ?

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

How Expeditionary Deeper Learning Engages Students Through Inquiry, Discovery & Creativity.” ” Education Week has published a new report on personalized learning. Among the articles , “ The Case(s) Against Personalized Learning.” But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

Via PBS Frontline : “ Climate Change Skeptic Group Seeks to Influence 200,000 Teachers.” ” The group in question is the Heartland Institute , a libertarian think tank. “Will Personalized Learning Become the New Normal?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Welp. million total.

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Education Coursera Pearson Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” The Thurgood Marshall College Fund , a national group supporting public and private HBCUs, announced a $25.6 edX has partnered with the World Bank Group. Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.”

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Wonder Workshop has raised $20 million from WI Harper Group, Idea Bulb Ventures, Learn Capital, Charles River Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, and TCL. 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.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” “ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Hiring Personalized-Learning Engineers ,” says Education Week. “Learning engineers.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The New York Times : “Learning to Think Like a Computer.” ” That is, shuttered for-profits like ITT Tech.

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Education Coursera Robotics MOOC 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” The students allegedly used the group messaging app GroupMe to collaborate. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Still more student loan news in the legal section above.

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.

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