Adaptive Learning Groups Robotics Social Media 
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. Why Not Both?
Hack Education
DECEMBER 9, 2017
In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).
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Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
“The Federal Trade Commission on Friday filed a complaint against the academic journal publisher OMICS Group and two of its subsidiaries, saying the publisher deceives scholars and misrepresents the editorial rigor of its journals,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
” The center, as the name suggests, does legal work for civil rights and low-income groups. Via Inside Higher Ed : “A University of Virginia working group convened after white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville , Va., ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.”
Hack Education
AUGUST 4, 2018
Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” More via AJC.
Hack Education
MAY 13, 2016
” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” I have lots of questions about this report: “ Who’s winning at social media in higher ed? charter school.”
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”
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