Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. Users with a personal Google account can now both join and create classes. Keep reading!

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. One of our portfolio companies LearnPlatform publishes a regular “ Edtech Top 40 ” list of the most used edtech products in K12 schools nationwide: perhaps unsurprisingly, Google products take 8 of the top 10 spots.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If 2012 was “ The Year of the MOOC ”—massive open online courses, usually offered for free—2017 could be “The Year of the Microcredential.” EdX, the nonprofit founded by Harvard University and MIT to offer MOOCs, now lists 40 “MicroMasters” programs from 24 colleges and universities around the world.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 13, 2017

From the article, “ 5 Unusual Facts About Google’s Odd (and Wildly Successful) Management Practices “(read the whole thing ): 5. Google found that they don’t predict anything. ” Consequently, it’s not uncommon to find 14 percent of some Google teams are people who’ve never attended college.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 30, 2017

There are a million ways that you can use google forms, but the ability to use “google forms” is not innovative’; it is what you do with it that creates the innovative practice in the classroom. I am not about absolutes, so if you do a multiple choice exam here and there, I am fine with it, but it is not innovative.

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The Principal of Change

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Instead of teachers coming in on certain professional learning days, if they were to blog or share actual work and link it back to a simple google doc, they could earn days in lieu through the process. September 24, 2017 When will you know you are “there”? September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon!

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

I do my best to be thoughtful of my work, and if I have a great quote in my head, I Google it before I put it out there. November 30, 2015 4 Reasons Why Referencing Others Is a Good Thing September 15, 2016 The Arrows Go Back and Forth #IMMOOC September 8, 2016 The #InnovatorsMindset MOOC Starting Soon! Great leaders give credit. .

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. If so, what are they?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

raised more than $9 million in a recent Series A round , and handheld wireless sensor company PocketLab is now teaming up with Google to bring the pocket-sized lab equipment to the Google Science Journal. million assessments, and is on track to hit 4 million in 2017. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Comprend.io

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. ” (Its MOOC competitor edX also announced this year that many of its courses would no longer be free.)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

So much so, the New York Times even dubbed 2012 the “ Year of the MOOC.” Advocates for the courses would point a finger at the unaffordability of traditional education, promising that MOOCs could offer cheaper, more innovative alternatives. And why would MOOCs need to decolonize? But in many ways, the times have changed.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2019

When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. Two years later, Dubuc’s company, OpenClassrooms , has closed deals with both of them.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 21, 2017

Send them a google calendar appointment (PS…this was a classroom where all students had a laptop) if you like, and then use the other 19 minutes and 30 seconds to do something where the students have to be thoughtful, not mindlessly write off of a board. I am learning to do what you tell me.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the long feature article in Time magazine on Khan Academy from July 9, 2012, it says (emphasis added): Khan is using the money [ from donations from Google, etc. ] In 2013 it was all about Khan Academy; in 2017, MOOCs; today the new hotness is AI. I will be writing more about that in the coming weeks. What will it be next?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. MOOCs continued to increase in number and attendance.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2017: The Stories We’ve Been Told. 2017 has been an extraordinary year for education news and for technology news – two areas that provide crucial context for everything that happens with education technology. Beyond the MOOC. The series kicks off on Saturday, 2 December. Indie Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

. … The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Raise $146.1 A Wi-Fi system.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

From the press release : “FBI Releases 2017 Hate Crime Statistics.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” More robot news up in the MOOC section above.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Larry Hogan (R) declared via executive order that beginning in September 2017, the Maryland school year won’t start until after Labor Day – a decision that prompted sharp criticism from school leaders, who are accusing Hogan of favoring the tourism industry over education.” The states in question: Texas and Nevada.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

.” New: Disclosure forms show top education official Jim Manning previously consulted for student loan org USA Funds [link] pic.twitter.com/LeIW1TwNyV — Annie Waldman (@AnnieWaldman) June 5, 2017. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” The non-speakers: James Damore, the fired Google engineer, and Lucian Wintrich, a journalist with Gateway Pundit. “Who is blocking campus speakers now?”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX. Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. Via Quartz : “ Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. It’s worth reexamining how we’re recreating these educational walled gardens online—as we move from the heyday of MOOCs in 2012 to the gradual decline of open access courseware in 2017. Content-Driven vs. Connection-Driven.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017. pic.twitter.com/yehgZ82br6 — Shahien Nasiripour (@nasiripour) October 5, 2017. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. 2 Post at Ed.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. You must be so proud.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “The MOOC is not dead, but maybe it should be,” says Rolin Moe. ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” There’s some ACICS accreditation news in the accreditation section below.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology. Not sure why this is called a MOOC. CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.” Tech CEOs visited the White House to talk about “modernizing” a.k.a.

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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. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing. Via Edsurge : “ MOOCs Are No Longer Massive.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. It’s a bit too early to tell what 2017 will bring.). This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). It also includes Cupertino, where Apple is headquartered. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” Doane University has joined edX. He was a faculty member at Michigan State.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

“ Google , Facebook , Verizon , Comcast and AT&T each contributed $200,000 to a committee opposing the proposed ballot measure, and lobbyists had estimated that businesses would spend $100 million to campaign against it before the November election.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

employee @kevxindy should know short/little is redundant like Russian colluding/traitor or pussy grabbing/sexual predator [link] — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 15, 2017. Via Reuters : “ Apple , Google , Facebook skip legal challenge to new travel ban.” Are MOOCs webinars? Are webinars now MOOCs?).

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