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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Like, how would you argue against “collaborative learning” as occurring – now or some day – in classrooms?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Economy by 2030.” ” “The One-Teacher, One-Classroom Model Needs an Upgrade,” says Edsurge. ” From the Google blog : “ Google Science Fair 2018 : Resources for educators to get ideas flowing.” ” Also from the Google blog : “More tools for homeschoolers.”

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Via Google’s blog : “ Howard University opens a new campus at the Googleplex.” ” It’s a three-month summer program with classes taught by Google engineers and Howard faculty. “Despite the buzz, competency-based education remains a challenging market for software vendors,” says Inside Higher Ed.

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This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.). ” More on VR from Edsurge : “The 10 Best VR Apps for Classrooms Using Merge VR’s New Merge Cube.” ” Enjoy those Alexa in the classroom! Upgrades and Downgrades.

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” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. “How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom” by The New York Times’ Natasha Singer – through some pretty shady practices, no doubt. Education in the Courts. Upgrades and Downgrades.