Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. “Reform” versus “revolution.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.) It’s a theme that runs throughout almost every article in this series.“Fake

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

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. I wrote about this company, along with its better known competitor ClassDojo, in an article in The Baffler.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A complement to its award-winning The World Almanac for Kids, this new database provides a wealth of elementary-level content—including illustrated articles, videos, interactives, Fun Facts, and more—in a colorful, kid-friendly format. In addition, KIBO also has a Marker Extension Set, enabling the KIBO robot to draw while moving.

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

This — The Matrix — has been a much more central part of our ed-tech imaginary than any book or article published by the popular or academic press. Skinner published his first article in Science on education technology. Push-button education is "personalized learning." Address structural racism.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Disclosure alert : no mention that Edsurge, which published this article, shares an investor with Class Central.). This week, Edsurge covers a charter school there and its promotion of “ personalized learning ” and assessment technologies. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Lumen Learning has raised $3.75

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” ” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. ” Work as learning. ” They’re coming for your kids’ jobs.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

“Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.” Robots don’t do anything they’re not programmed to do. Robots don’t just roll into the human resources department on their own accord, ready to outperform others. Robots don’t apply for jobs.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ? National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” “ Personalized learning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives,” says The Hechinger Report , in a very glowing look at the Summit Public Schools ’ ( Facebook -built) learning management system.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Educause has published an article about “ The Mastery Transcript Consortium ,” a group of independent schools that are “reinventing” the college transcript. (I’m ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.).

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on Personalized Learning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “Lifelong learning” and multiple choice quizzes for two to five year olds. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” National) Education Politics. “Assertions that the U.S. . Sounds like fun.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” “ Social-Emotional Learning Is the Rage in K–12. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via USA Today : “Analysis shows 147 college football programs had at least one player diagnosed with CTE.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “What Robots Can Teach Us About Being Human.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks ZDNet.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” (The article features a photo of Arne Duncan – a reminder that the former Secretary of Education now works for the Knight Commission, as well as for the venture firm Emerson Collective.). Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.”

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. ” “ University of Michigan adds an automated text-analysis tool to a growing program intended to give more students a chance to learn through writing,” Inside Higher Ed reports. for Robotics Contest.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors. They want the bundle.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The 74 interviewed Sal Khan on personalized learning and his goal to create a “ global diploma ,” which he says his company can “uniquely” do. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Testing.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Chalkbeat on CZI ’s grant to the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning : “‘ Personalized learning ’ comes to teacher training , bringing big ambitions and big questions.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. What Should We Teach?”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

“ From the article that ”innovative teaching practice" appears to be project-based learning. ” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. And from Phil Hill : “A Note on Data Used for LMS Market Analysis.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Defeated" is too strong a word here. ” “ A.I.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. ” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS.

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