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

MARCH 27, 2017

Blog: blog.learnzillion.com Twitter: @LearnZillion Facebook: facebook.com/LearnZillion. 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

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Unfortunately, across the board, educators have not been prepared to teach well with technology, let alone teach remotely with technology. In some teacher preparation programs, pre-service teachers are not provided with any opportunities to engage with technology in meaningful ways.

Digital Divide 209

Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 209

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. 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.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Stackable Credentials May Not Boost Earnings,” says Campus Technology. Is advertorial content really something education technology journalism should foster? National) Education Politics. ” More from The Guardian. .”

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

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

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Columbia U Opens Research Center Devoted to Blockchain Tech.” “An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg : our child died at** Sandy Hook** – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?”

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

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 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. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” Also via Chalkbeat : “Black and white students score far apart on a new test of technology skills.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. “Open.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Sound the made-up-statistic klaxon because the MIT Technology Review parrots the BS claim that “65 percent of children entering primary school today will end up working in jobs that don’t currently exist, underscoring the need for new skills training using hands-on and exploratory learning techniques.”

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Minecraft Party to Raise Money for Technology in Philly Schools.” ” Campus Technology rewrites the press release that Examity will be used for identify verification and proctoring in edX classes. “ Credly Receives Open Badges Certification ,” Campus Technology reports.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via the MIT Technology Review : “For $14,000, a Weeklong Firehose of Silicon Valley Kool-Aid.” ” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Yup.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40