Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Gaggle provides our Safe Classroom Learning Management System and Safety Management products for Google Apps for Education or Office 365 to millions of students who are creating, collaborating and sharing in a safe environment. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. Most ideas are not new.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 D2L (learning management system): $165 million.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) Procuring the LMS was purely an administrative decision, fueled by a desire to monitor school-wide trends to make resource allocation decisions.

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System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 122

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

7 E-learning trends for educational institutions in 2017. Trends come and go, but being aware of them is alway important if we want to remain relevant in what we do. Augmented Reality has many benefits, like making students more motivated to learn, transforming classrooms with interactivity, or supporting students learn faster.

Gamification 170

Gamification Game-Based Learning LMS Trends 170

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. Enhance, not replace. It’s the story B.

Robotics 67

Robotics Company Technology System 67

Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 10, 2022

More advanced methodologies came in, such as adaptive learning, engagement learning, and lifelong learning are rapidly emerging to become mainstream. The environments together with the unique types of experiences create a Learning Experience Platform (LXP). Digital Publishing / January 14, 2020.

eBook 52

eBook Outcomes Learning EdTech 52

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Strayer is “bucking the trend,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” Doesn’t seem like any journalists caught this, tho: A couple of things about that group of former FB and Google employees who have founded the Center for Humane Tech: 1. .” ” $3000 for three headsets.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

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. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Google Reader.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.”

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. Personalized Surveillance at AltSchool. AltSchool, a private school startup, was founded in 2014 by Max Ventilla, a former Google executive. Or “ Phase 2 ,” as Techcrunch politely called it.

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40