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For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?! million total.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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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. ” Via McClatchy DC : “Forced to watch child porn for their job, Microsoft employees developed PTSD, they say.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

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“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. ” So says the FCC.