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.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. metrics of “school success” which causes parents to question how learning effectiveness is measured (see also #20). The relative shrinking marketshare of iPads, as well as some very visible failure of iPad rollouts. Robotics in the classroom.

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Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Strayer is “bucking the trend,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” Via The New York Times : “Apple Unveils New iPad to Catch Google in the Classroom.” ” Via The Verge : “Apple is ready to fight Google’s Chromebooks with cheaper iPads.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

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. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The iPad would solve that,” he said. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

There were several attempts this year to link the history of “personalized learning” to recent education reforms (but not surprisingly, not to Skinner). “The hottest trend in education actually started in special-ed classrooms 40 years ago,” as Business Insider contended in October. It partnered with Blackboard.

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73