Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads.

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. Some parts of the decision in the case, Fisher v.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. We’re very confident that our products are aligned to the common core. And it takes time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. That class is produced by language learning software maker Rosetta Stone.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Blumenstyk as a reporter surveying the landscape, Mr. Jones as a professor and administrator at a college, and Mr. Freedman as an investor looking for the next big thing in education technology. Go to class, hold off on rushing into any nontransparent purchasing decision, and rent an e-textbook by the day. I served as moderator.

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