EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

The 4 C’s of Learning in a Connected Classroom. Fri, 07/27/2018 - 13:34. K–12 schools transitioning to a connected classroom model should be focusing on four key aspects, or the “four C’s” of learning , to create a successful learning environment, according to a Cisco report on using technology in the classroom.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

The company describes it as a “digital, adaptive personalized learning solution.” SMART Technologies adds new collaboration features to its Learning Suite Online software, as well as a new remote device management system that works with third-party devices (iOS, Chrome, Windows, etc) and its own hardware.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

At this stage of the edtech revolution, most educators are focused on using tech to enhance lessons rather than on the tech itself. In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. Supporting school activities: St.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Through our direct interactions with educators and school leaders around the country working to implement effective personalized learning models in their schools and districts, we find that technology’s role in this arena is yet to be clearly defined on a broad scale. So, what role(s) should technology play in education?

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

– Lexia Learning today announced that its online literacy program Lexia PowerUp Literacy (PowerUp) received Tech & Learning’s 2018 ISTE Best of Show award. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning’sISTE 2018 Best of Show awards highlighted outstanding products exhibited at ISTE. For more information, visit.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Gray shared their uphill path to success at the 2018 T&L Phoenix Leadership Summit. When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.” KOOV is an educational robotics and coding kit for ages eight and up, made up of blocks, sensors, actuators, and a companion app. TECH USED ?

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

From the SPARC press release : “Congress Funds $5 Million Open Textbook Grant Program in 2018 Spending Bill.” Andrea Zafirakou has won the 2018 Global Teacher Prize. Via Campus Technology : “Recipients of 2018 McGraw Prize in Education Revealed.” The third: lifelong learning. Contests and Awards.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. They are making hundreds of titles available digitally to libraries and schools for the first time, with more planned for 2018.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

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 ? Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

So here’s an early contender for “Worst Education ‘Take’ of 2018’” by Gary Wolfram in Education Week : “ Make Public Education a Market Economy – Not a Socialist One.” Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.” Private city.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

ISTE amping up/normalizing surveillance in education at this year's conference: "Smart badges at ISTE 2018" [link] Note: EventBit doesn't post a privacy policy, but parent company's policy is hardly comforting: [link] #edtech #ISTE2018 #ISTE18 — ???????? ?????????? douglevin) June 11, 2018.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

1, 2018, Eilif Serck-Hanssen will become the for-profit company’s new chief executive officer and Ricardo Berckemeyer will take over as the company’s president. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

— Airbnb Citizen (@AirbnbCitizen) November 2, 2018. Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill with “Notes on EDUCAUSE 2018.” ” All those teachers promoting their personal brandzzz on Insta will be thrilled! ” Via Edsurge CEO Betsy Corcoran : “ Edtech Incubators are Fading. I have an idea.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

PiDay Source: [link] pic.twitter.com/R4hjfke2Ku — Federal Student Aid (@FAFSA) March 14, 2018. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. “ Artificial Intelligence: Could emerging technologies ‘humanize’ teaching & learning? .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” Also via WaPo : “Here are K–12 education programs Trump wants to eliminate in 2018 budget.” He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge.

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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. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

. “Learning styles” in the White House: President Trump doesn’t read his daily intelligence briefings, gets oral briefings on “select” issues instead, because reading isn’t “his style of learning,” the @washingtonpost reports [link] — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 9, 2018. High School.” ” Testing.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

. “The Future of AI, Data, and Education,” says Udacity , as it announces a new advisory board… You have got to be f **g kidding me pic.twitter.com/cPiW548WHR — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) February 21, 2018. pic.twitter.com/xtYTB3rE2F — rat girl (@stephdriggs) February 21, 2018. What Should We Teach?”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Edsurge on the Injini ed-tech accelerator in South Africa : “Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

It’s 2018, and folks are still so desperate to make VR a thing. You can learn a lot about how entrepreneurs view education when they’re talking with their investors about the business. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

A bill in Missouri would end tenure for all new faculty hires starting in 2018 and require more student access to information about the job market for majors. Education Week has a Q&A with Stanford professor Larry Cuban on personalized learning and progressive education. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” ” “ Personalized learning ” now includes working on a goat farm apparently. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The Guardian : “‘This is awful’: robot can keep children occupied for hours without supervision.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Memos from HR.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. link] — Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) April 18, 2018.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Edsurge rewrites the news , which is of course the point – it’s clickbait: “ Forbe s’ 2018 ‘30 Under 30’ Came Early This Year. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This Edtech Company Says It Uses AI. A sobering assessment and a warning.” Here’s Who Made the Education List.”

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What Trump’s Proposed 2018 Budget Would Mean for Higher Ed.” ” Via Edweek’s Market Brief : “ Trump’s Budget for Fiscal 2018: Cuts for Ed., Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Implications for K–12 Business.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

House Resolution 899 – sponsored by Representative Tom Massie (R-KY) is just one sentence long: “ The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Robots Will Save Liberal Education.” .” Yet.

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