Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

ISTE Standards for Students , released in 2016, were developed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process of exploration, creativity and discovery no matter where students or teachers are in the thoughtful integration of technology. The standards mesh perfectly with the guiding philosophy of the.

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Robotics Groups Technology Libraries 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Produced with the insights of an international panel of experts, and with nearly one million downloads per year, this report on emerging technologies for learning is likely the most well-read report identifying key technology trends for primary and secondary education. Personalizing Learning. Online Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. Writing again for Slate in 2016, Fiesler had a positive take on “Game Developer Barbie,” a doll released that year. Another of Vedati’s challenges is perhaps all too familiar for edtech companies: creating personalized learning experiences for each child on the platform. Pastry Chef.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 71

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

The following year, LAB prioritized strengthening their programming for less traditional activities such as robotics, student council and video game design, with an emphasis on explicitly connecting these experiences to specific competencies in the framework. Those two hours weren’t enough.

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LMS Classroom Assessment Robotics 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I learn a lot about each student. We do group projects and hands-on learning. I'm getting Blue-Bot robots this year, so we can do coding in first grade! Since we started differentiating with eSpark, our 2015-2016 annual NWEA state assessment gains were terrific. We have physical movement twice a day.

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Strategy Robotics Laptops iPad 125

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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Elementary Training Libraries Robotics 104

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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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The report notes, “Success in teaching is closely tied to test results, and teachers are not frequently rewarded for innovative approaches and improvements in teaching and learning, much less allowed to scale and replicate these breakthroughs.” Teachers are becoming more comfortable with this idea of “blending learning.”.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

MindShift

JULY 1, 2016

“We did self-driving cars, virtual reality; we talked about life extension, and robots.” A growing number of schools make personalized learning — a student working at his or her own pace — part of the curriculum. Here, personalized exploration is built into every school day. Copyright 2016 NPR.

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Khan Academy Personalized Learning Groups Robotics 44

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2017

K-12 education in the first quarter of 2017, and iOS claimed 73 percent of the mobile market–up from 70 percent in 2016. Schools said they expect to see an increased use of digital platforms for teaching, learning and assessment, along with more personalized learning, in the coming school year. The Kahoot!

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Google Classroom Tablets Survey 13

User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

They often contain the tools, machinery, and technologies associated with making – 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, high tech robotics, vocational tech machinery. As Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame noted in his 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire talk: What is making? There are lots of results that are good that come from making.

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Libraries Classroom Maker Movement Robotics 164

Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

From “blended learning” to digital worksheets, below are a collection of comments from ten educators about their biggest edtech pet peeves. Blanca Herrera: Here it is: personalized learning. I don't think most people understand what it means, and I think we need to focus more on helping students learn in general.

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EdTech Trends Blended Learning Personalized Learning 154

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history. ” But what did Facebook do?

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

Robotics room? But the existing space—formerly home to a bicycle company—was for sale in 2016 for about $1.7 Recording studio? Makerspace? Community garden? Costume shop? Virtual reality suite? Fitness center? Science lab? Industrial kitchen? Space station? Check, check, check and more checks.

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Learning Course Company Robotics 140

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.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 118

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

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. The collaboration will provide educators with more instructional options and a seamless journey to personalized learning for every student.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 73

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. In Boston, home of the Atlas robot.

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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

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Steven and his co-founders, both just 19, picked up their tech skills through early exposure to programming and robotics in Detroit and its metropolitan area. They competed against each other in robotics competitions but teamed up in 2016 to start building their labs.

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Robotics Chromebook Education Company 103

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Obama administration’s Education Department failed to consider key evidence when it reviewed and ultimately terminated its recognition of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools in 2016, a federal judge ruled late Friday.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

This week, Edsurge covers a charter school there and its promotion of “ personalized learning ” and assessment technologies. ” Via Education Week : “‘ Personalized Learning ’ Guidebook Geared to Rural Districts’ Needs.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Priorities.

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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 company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total.

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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

on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 “‘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.

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. ” “ Personalized learning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives,” says The Hechinger Report , in a very glowing look at the Summit Public Schools ’ ( Facebook -built) learning management system. Private city.

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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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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

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

MARCH 16, 2018

” 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. Via Edsurge : “ VR Could Bring a New Era of Immersive Learning.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

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. “Why the Best Personalized Learning Programs Start Way Before High School,” according to Edsurge. “ It’s Time to Take Back Personalized Learning ,” says Phyllis Lockett in Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” “Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016 ” by Edsurge (which mislabels ISTE as the biggest ed-tech conference in the world).

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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.” National) Education Politics.

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Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Everest Education has raised $1 million from unnamed investors for its “personalized learning” platform. percent in 2016 to total $208.6 ” Via Education Week’s Market Brief : “Global K–12 Market for Personal PCs to Contract in 2016, Experts Project.” ” “The U.S.

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Education Report MOOC E-rate 40