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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

Adaptive learning tools, which use elements of machine learning to modify learning experiences based on student ability and understanding , are also on the rise in K–12 with leaders indicating they have tripled their spending on such tools.

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Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

eSchool News

The Excellence in Integrations and Extensibility Award recognizes those who have used Brightspace Valence, the extensibility technology that includes all APIs, client libraries and integration tools, to create a solution that has made an impact on productivity and demonstrates the power of bringing learning technologies together.

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A Domain of One's Own in a Post-Ownership Society

Hack Education

Your heirs will not inherit your digital reading library. Your heirs will not inherit your digital music library. You don’t own the movies you watch via Netflix; again, it’s a subscription and unlike a print magazine subscription, once you stop paying the bill, you won’t have stacks of old copies lying about.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The New York Times Magazine has an incredible profile of Gwyneth Paltrow ’s “ Goop ” empire. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Forbes has pulled an essay by a professor that advocated that Amazon stores replace public libraries and thus save the taxpayers money. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 ’” LOL job titles.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 Most certainly food for thought touting the power of “ learning analytics.” ” Via The Christian Science Monitor : “Why Cal State L.A. ” Contests and Awards.