The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Students don’t want a robot to teach them; they might use a robot to help them, but they don’t want AI to teach them.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. Credit: eLearn.fyi. When the coronavirus pandemic first struck and classes shifted online last spring, Sophia Joffe was in 11th grade. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

She’s the namesake of Maria, a destructive robot character from the 1927 silent film “Metropolis.” Maria Bot can only access a pre-approved sliver of the Internet. Regardless, I know Maria Bot is an “it,” not a “her,” yet Barry encourages me to engage with the robot as a sentient being. I am told I am a robot for good every day.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

How can educators effectively embrace AI in the classroom when there is valid concern about students misusing tools and undermining the learning process? Elizabeth Alvarez Racine acknowledges that there is often concern that new technology might stifle creativity or make students too robotic in their thinking.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A panel of 59 experts from 18 countries discussed major trends in education that are driving the adoption of technology, as well as the big challenges to effective implementation. Trends affecting the adoption of technology in schools. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition).

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

The cloud can serve as a force multiplier in achieving this goal, putting additional tools to enhance student learning directly into the hands of educators. Indeed, hundreds of millions of students, educators, and researchers in more than 200 countries and territories have access to education technologies and online curricula running on AWS.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It enables children to use artificial intelligence to train and build robots. Druga talked about how kids first assumed the robots were super brainy. But once students learned how to train a robot, she said, “their perception goes from, it’s smarter than me to, it’s not smart, significantly. Subscribe today!

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Khan discusses the potential of AI tools in creating personalized learning experiences, envisioning a future where every student has access to a personal AI tutor and every teacher is assisted by an AI teaching assistant. With over 2.7

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class. Tobie Baker Wright, a former senior program manager with JFF.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2017

One long-term trend that’s working in our favor is technology. The Foundation supports the use of technology to offer students access to a high-quality, customized education and empower teachers to help their students succeed.”. We advocate instead for as much freedom as possible,” she said. Her charter school uses edtech.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Cyber attacks a serious, and under-reported, threat to Boulder Valley companies | Boulder Daily Camera → Specific to the Boulder, CO-area, but useful overview of cybersecurity trends. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A graduation rate requirement for access to special funds for minority-serving institutions in a proposed House Republican rewrite of the Higher Education Act would exempt historically black colleges and universities.” “ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” The proposed bill would eliminate the 15-year time limit on accessing education benefits. ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. ” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” for Robotics Contest.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. ” Some 20 Facebook engineers work on the software, and according to The Washington Post , the student information it tracks and stores is not housed on Facebook servers, although Facebook does have access to the data.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

The open-access publisher PLOS has a new CEO : Alison Mudditt. He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via The Washington Post : “The U.S.

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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. Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” ” “ A.I.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The Dallas News (one of many publications I cannot access from here in Europe, incidentally, so I think this is the headline): “ Charter School Founded by Southwest Key Wants to Educate Immigrant Kids Housed in Its Shelters.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Conferences. .”

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

Whether it’s a webinar, a learning program, or an offline event, emphasis is placed on making the content engaging for attendees. The learning domain is also seeing a similar trend because interactivity enhances the absorption and retention of knowledge and, in turn, boosts learning effectiveness.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

.” Via Techcrunch : “What Apple ’s education announcements mean for accessibility.” “A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on Personalized Learning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose. .” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. To continue a trend that I monitored last year , it’ll be worth watching who becomes a power-player in the business of ed-tech procurement.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” In other financial aid news – via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “Hackers Had Access To Tax Data For Up To 100,000 FAFSA Users.” ” “ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Hiring Personalized-Learning Engineers ,” says Education Week. “Learning engineers.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Can personalized learning prevail? .” $100,000. ”). .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Inside Higher Ed looks at “ inclusive access ,” which is a very misleading way of saying you’re forcing everyone to buy the course materials or digital textbooks thru a fee tacked on to tuition. “ Tech is making ed more inclusive, accessible to students with special needs,” says Education Dive.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” “Scaling Educational Access ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson , after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on learning management systems , is leaving the market as the company seeks to restructure itself and boost its profits.” ” LOL.

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