Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I have never been able to make it to this event -- it's always coincided with the end-of-the-year series I've traditionally written for Hack Education. I did speak, a few years ago, at the OEB Midsummit event in Iceland. I can't say I've ever seen other keynote speakers at ed-tech events get heckled. So they jeered.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Video learning and microlearning.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Solid adaptive instruction in reading and math, with data at the ready. Great adaptive learning comes with live teacher support, unique rewards. Bottom line: This effective tool leverages the capabilities of 1-to-1 environments and offers both teacher- and student-paced learning. Imagine Math. Nitro Type.

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Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 66

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to. 70+ million users’ account details.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Solid adaptive instruction in reading and math, with data at the ready Bottom line: Quality, responsive instruction and the deep dive into data make this a strong contender for classrooms. Absorbing daily news stories offer kids just-right learning content Bottom line: Up-to-date, high-interest articles meet students right at their level.

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Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Solid adaptive instruction in reading and math, with data at the ready Bottom line: Quality, responsive instruction and the deep dive into data make this a strong contender for classrooms. Absorbing daily news stories offer kids just-right learning content Bottom line: Up-to-date, high-interest articles meet students right at their level.

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Khan Academy Classroom Assessment Exercises 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and uses adaptive learning, interactive storytelling, and a personalized digital tutor to help students conquer fractions. Students at schools that subscribe to both the English and Spanish language versions can toggle between the two at the article level.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 51

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Students can write original, creative stories, biographies, retell a historical event, retell from a new perspective, tell a math word problem as a story, tell a story of a science experiment, etc. We all have stories to tell, and we can integrate storytelling into just about any grade level or subject area.

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Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

” These two appliances are meant to serve in the article as an analogy for ed-tech adoption – something about how quickly we embrace products that fit into the home as-is as compared to ones that require we restructure entire rooms and lay new pipes – “incrementalism” versus “transformation,” I suppose.

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Robotics Company Technology System 67

Brainscape

JANUARY 11, 2023

Because Student B made use of a powerful learning strategy called interleaving or mixed practice , which has been widely shown to improve learning and retention. The problem is, while interleaving study practice is a powerful learning tactic, it’s also woefully underused in the formal academic environment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Adaptive learning platforms are gaining prominence as personalized becomes more critical for student success. These platforms use artificial intelligence to tailor lessons based on individual student progress and needs, making for a more effective and customized learning experience. How has technology impacted K-12 education?

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Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 95

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If we go back to the War of 1812 lecture example, we can see the value of adaptive learning if we instead embrace these tech advancements. Other students noted that because Radical Reconstruction was more of a movement rather than an event, it is difficult to establish the exact dates.

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Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Apple held one of its big media events this week, this one focused on education. Udacity held a big PR event this week. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Apple ’s learn-to-code app Swift Playgrounds adds AR lessons.”

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 16, 2016

The pressure to “go digital” is shocking to David Levin, president and CEO of McGraw-Hill Education, one of the panelists at the event, because “people don’t know what it means.” In a report issued with the event, Allen put forward four ideas to expand and improve charter schools.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.” ” Edsurge profiles Lexia Learning in a new research series paid for by a variety of investors and corporations. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” This is the Center for Humane Technology , which had a big PR push this week, with articles in Edsurge and Education Week. The “adaptive learning” company has raised $23.5 National) Education Politics.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Educause has published an article about “ The Mastery Transcript Consortium ,” a group of independent schools that are “reinventing” the college transcript. (I’m Its website touts the “Highlights from Apple’s keynote event.” The new executive director: Janet Haven. Apple had a thing.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Here’s Edsurge’s take on the AEI event. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” (The article features a photo of Arne Duncan – a reminder that the former Secretary of Education now works for the Knight Commission, as well as for the venture firm Emerson Collective.). .”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” Via Chalkbeat : New York City “Mayor Bill de Blasio announces plan to expand universal pre-K to 3-year-olds.”

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) The Death of Aaron Swartz.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” ” Via AIR : “Getting Back on Track: What Math Content Is Taught and Learned in Online and Face-to-Face Algebra Credit Recovery Courses ?” See her article on Betsy DeVos in the politics section above.).

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Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. ” Diaper fiasco.

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Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

The New York Times covers its own recent education event : “Educators Discuss the Future of Higher Education.” ” Funny headline as most of the speakers at this annual event aren’t actually educators. The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60