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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book. Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. Automation and robotics are already disrupting the world of work, as we know it. Have you heard of it?

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

.” In his book, Srnicek identifies five kinds of platforms: advertising platforms (like Google and Facebook), cloud platforms (like Salesforce and Amazon Web Services), industrial platforms (like GE and Siemens), product platforms (like Spotify), and lean platforms (like Uber and AirBnB). Subscribe to their blog.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The NAACP endorses OER. Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The San Francisco Chronicle : “ Dev Bootcamp couldn’t tough out industry shakeout.” Edsurge on “Bridging the School-to-Business Gap: What Public Schools Can Learn From Industry.” Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.