The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 22, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryemergingtech on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018). The call for proposals is now open.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryemergingtech on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018). Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The closest it comes is something called “Internet Gaming Disorder,” and that is listed as a condition for further study, not an official diagnosis. There are brain-imaging studies of the effects of screen time, he says. Then, there is a group of mostly girls who misuse and overuse social media.

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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.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryemergingtech on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. She is the author of the book Emerging Library Technologies: It's Not Just for Geeks (Elsevier, 2018). Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. She moved to the Bay Area in 2018 to work for a different charter network, and that’s when she met the handsome, “uncommonly honest” school counselor. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! And the business of student loans is off to a strong start in 2018 with fundraising news in the venture capital section below. pic.twitter.com/bThvHTXGYD — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 3, 2018. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Via Education Week (from last Friday – as I work on the week’s round-up of news, I try to avoid looking at social media, but I think there was another school shooting this morning): “10 Dead, Most of Them Students, and 10 Wounded in Texas High School Shooting.” ” Finally.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

SeanMcElwee) April 11, 2018. ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New Study on Income-Driven Repayment Plans.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. There’s more about Mattel’s robots and privacy in the privacy section below. classrooms: An army of robots to help autistic students learn social skills.” Trillion in 2018.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

“After the SAT make-up test was given this weekend, reports again circulated on social media that the make-up test included many questions from an SAT widely available in Asia,” says Inside Higher Ed. link] [link] — Ryan Mac (@RMac18) September 18, 2018. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Online Program Management : Spring 2018 view of the market landscape.” .” This is my shocked face.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” It feels kind of dirty that the founders behind Predictim, the babysitter AI social media scanning service, are the same guys who founded Social Filter, a service you can pay to find your own “inappropriate” social media posts to delete before going to jobs interviews. .”

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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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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

hey siri show me a vision of hell made especially for me pic.twitter.com/wbs9E7BuKf — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2018. Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Sara Goldrick-Rab on food insecurity on college campuses : “It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry.” ” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

First Lady Melania Trump launched her “Be Best” campaign this week, encouraging people to be nicer on social media. At least some people heard her message: #BeBest [link] — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 10, 2018. ” The alleged cheating involved study materials posted to Quizlet. Klout is closing.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TIME’s new cover: This is what it’s like to be a teacher in America [link] pic.twitter.com/RayMe3ieO0 — TIME (@TIME) September 14, 2018. ” And from Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Blackboard Learn Ultra in 2018: Is it ready and does it matter?” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Thank God we spent the last 20 years paying a dozen middle-aged white men to rehash the same articles on how political correctness on campus is the true threat to free speech [link] — Dara Very Rude Elevator Screamers Kaye (@DaraKaye) October 29, 2018. 1/ pic.twitter.com/MDuwuX3Hv2 — Clare McCann (@claremccann) October 26, 2018.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Uganda National Teachers unions supports Gov closure of unlicensed Bridge Schools @BridgeIntlAcads #studentsbeforeprofit @UNATU_ORG pic.twitter.com/MQqFjqCTvr — Mar Candela (@marcandela77) February 24, 2018. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Accreditations and Certifications and Competencies. ” Testing.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Department of State has received emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect additional information regarding certain visa applicants ’ travel and employment histories, familial connections, and social media usage in accordance with a notice it posted in the Federal Register May 4.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via Bklyner.com : “ Brooklyn Public Library and Bard College to Offer Free College Degree Programs in 2018.” Amy Silverman writes in The Phoenix New Times about ASU ’s decision not to approve a disability studies major. ” That’s Tariq Ramadan , a professor of contemporary Islamic studies.

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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. The social media platform had raised $2.5 Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Legislation in Iowa would end tenure even for those who already have it.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” If your marketing department thinks this is a good idea, if your media studies department thinks this is a good idea, tell them to read more. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Notice anything missing from that list?

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… The New York Times on “How the Parkland Students Got So Good at Social Media ” – a really important corrective, I’d argue, to that “digital native” silliness. SXSWEDU pic.twitter.com/kyy2r7bTud — Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVosED) March 6, 2018. schools. .”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” “Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. The college lecture is dying.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

.” The sale comes with conditions, including: 1) the Department of Education demands a letter of credit valued at 25% of the company’s federal funding allocation; 2) the company cannot add or change its educational offerings or open new locations until 2018; and 3) enrollment must be maintained at or beneath current levels.

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