Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system. .”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

Blog: blog.learnzillion.com Twitter: @LearnZillion Facebook: facebook.com/LearnZillion. Eric Westendorf's favorite books about tech, education, and the mind. We didn’t have a system to capture that work so that teachers could stand on the shoulders of those who came before them. Eric Westendorf, LearnZillion CEO.

Assessment 60

Assessment LMS Analysis Facebook 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Businesses and organizations are providing free access to digital tools and apps for teaching and learning (see THE Journal’s ever-growing list of Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak ). In fact, there are so many digital tools, apps, and online learning resources being shared, some educators are feeling overwhelmed.

Digital Divide 204

Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 204

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” “ Facebook ’s app for kids should freak parents out,” says MIT Technology Review. ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it. .”

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. ” A personalized news feed, for example. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. ” Data can be shared with any company that Facebook deems necessary.

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. And digital distribution has replaced the role of a library as a central hub for obtaining the containers of such knowledge: books.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145