The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

This event is being organized in partnership with Jim Lynch from TechSoup for Libraries , Kate Laughlin from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries , and The School of Information at San José State University. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017. Much like how town librarians stepped in to save the school libraries in 2017, they also provided crucial space, books, Wi-Fi, and activities to students during the pandemic.

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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. From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. A Wi-Fi system.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” It’s 2017, and Wired still promotes a narrative that “ hackers ” are all young men.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” Via Chalkbeat : “New York City’s largest school charter network, Success Academy , has won the 2017 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools.” ” Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” More on the study from The Chronicle of Higher Education. .” More on changing her tune from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There were some notable updates in the MOOC world this year, I suppose, in addition to Thrun bringing his puppy, strapped to his chest, on stage at one of Techcrunch’s events: Coursera laid off about 13% of its staff, Recode reported in October , that despite raising $64 million at a $800 million valuation in June.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

.” Christian school @BetsyDeVosED is visiting in her #trumpbudget ad doesn't accept special education students [link] pic.twitter.com/OYN49iCgrK — Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) May 23, 2017. Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. So I’m including a lot of events in this article that are not “ed-tech” per se. And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. The US Presidential Campaign.

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