techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

OneSync is a comprehensive account provisioning platform designed to streamline the synchronization between disparate data systems faculty and student directories. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Who owns your data – whether it’s social media or school-related? ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s no way to verify these sorts of claims – the data comes from the startups themselves. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” More via Edsurge.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. More on the “gig economy” from Data & Society.).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. “ Should big data be used to discourage poor students from university? Via Campus Technology : “2017 Ed Tech Trends: The Halfway Point.”

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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. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. So many lessons here about controlling your own data and not relying on free ed-tech products. 3D Printing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

But this year, I’m reorganizing my analysis of these “trends,” partly because I think they can all be subsumed under the larger theme of “the new economy.” ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Department of Education today announced the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for an income-driven repayment plan.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Department of Education Launches New English Learner Data Story.” ” “Data story” is a fancy way of saying “website.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” “The Latest Data Privacy Debacle ” by Zeynep Tufekci.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills.

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