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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In it''s second year, this amazing five-day, 24-hour-a-day event helps educators and students connect with each other and with global education programs all over the world. of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? It''s your chance to vote on the panels you''d like to see at the event.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. Edsurge told its version of events for the past decade’s worth of ed-tech, and I told mine. One can trace far too many bad ideas to the event whose focus purports to be on “ideas worth spreading”: TED. The TED Talk.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” ” Via Knox News : “ White nationalist talk at UT draws about 45 and 250 protesters for peaceful event.” .” The college in question: Northwest Suburban College. million total.