Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work. Or, as the AI makers like to say, robots will make us all work harder (and no doubt, with no unions, cheaper). Don’t worry, teachers.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

Once focused, the students capture the image and insert it into Google Slides and label the image on the slide. Many of the USB microscopes available now are “plug and play,” which means that they do not require any software to be installed on your device in order to use the camera. Google Certified Trainer. Jennifer Cauthers.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

It also supports Google Play educational apps, so students can collaborate, discover, engage and learn, and includes a Wacom EMR stylus that lets students use interactive apps, sketch, take notes, and capture ideas. They also liked its teacher dashboard and software interfaces.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. My favorite ludicrous claim remains that of Knewton’s CEO who told NPR in 2015 that his company was a “mind reading robot tutor in the sky.” Augment, not replace, of course.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. It may be the hardware or the operating system (OS), even a web browser or other underlying software, as long as the program code is executed in it. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. If so, what are they?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. In case it’s not obvious, Apple’s sole expensive HomePod isn’t doing as well as the full smart speaker families that Amazon and Google offer.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

But now “software is eating the world,” as venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wants to us all to believe. The robot, or rather a seemingly living automaton in “The Sandman,” veers towards “das unheimlich.” Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots. We will be raised by robots.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. The application is free to download from the App Store or Google Play.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

.” For me, still framing my work that way – “top trends” – is a purposeful rhetorical move to shed light, to subvert, to offer a sly commentary of sorts on the shallowness of what passes as journalism, criticism, analysis. But that doesn’t jibe with “software is eating the world,” does it?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. Google Classroom ? Z-Space lab with AR/VR software ? Google Classroom ? Google voice typing ?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. EDTHENA ( www.edthena.com ) Edthena has developed a one-click video recording and uploading solution for Google Chrome.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I want to really focus on seeing them as human beings with feelings and needs and emotions and not just little robots who are here to download information. Subscribe to the podcast in Google Play. So do you have any advice for teachers who feel like: “I want to prioritize relationships with my kids.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton brings its full-stack software engineering school to Colombia.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “How Google’s Former China Chief Thinks AI Will Reshape Teaching.” But it’s not Yale. ” Oh. ” Phew.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” If you Google him, you might surmise there’s a lot more going on here than just textbook sales.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Despite the headlines , Google Duplex did not defeat “the Turing Test.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. “The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. Via WaPo : “Study: Robot baby dolls don’t curb teen pregnancies.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

And no critical analysis of race, imperialism, labor, and ed-tech either. Walmart and Google partner to take on Amazon. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Teaching Robots to Learn Teaches the Students Too,” says Campus Technology. ” (More details on the funding in the investment section below.)

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?” Investors in this round were the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, CRE Venture Capital, Learn Capital, Omidyar Network, Google Ventures, and Spark Capital. The company has raised $41 million total. (I

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Google versus Uber. Efficiency.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Fines Google $5.1 Via Class Central : “Analysis of 450 MOOC -Based Microcredentials Reveals Many Options But Little Consistency.” That is, the announcement from RealNetworks that they’re offering facial recognition software to schools for free. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Testing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Google’s Alphabet Inc.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Via Google’s press release : “ Google and Bertelsmann launch mobile digital skills initiatives with Udacity – 10,000 Android scholarships available for EU developers.” ” No mention that Bertelsmann is an investor in Udacity, or that Udacity’s founder is a former Google exec.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

E-Literate claimed this week that “ Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share” – with some additional analysis about “What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” I’m considered an “expert” here (among others) featured in IHE with thoughts and questions and analysis on the “ Purdue - Kaplan marriage.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” The company: RIB Software SE. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed (who got the news from Politico): “A repeal of the Obama administration’s gainful-employment rule would cost $4.7

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” ” Via the Google blog : “ VR Labs open doors of opportunity for STEM students.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support specialists.” “ Google is jeopardizing A frican-American literature sites ,” says The Outline. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Geek Dad : “Little Robot Friends Teach Kids to Code With Empathy.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Analysis from Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “‘Alternative Pathways:’ How to Rethink Vocational Education.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Via USA Today : “Analysis shows 147 college football programs had at least one player diagnosed with CTE.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Google Workers Reject Silicon Valley Individualism in Walkout.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The absentee monitoring software has raised $3.3

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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.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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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. million students.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Teaching assistant robots will reinvent academia,” Times Higher Education claims. Via Techcrunch : “ Sony now has a Koov robotics learning kit for US classrooms.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “ Salesforce will start selling its online learning platform, which has helped its own employees change roles and get promotions,” says MIT Technology Review , going with the wonderful lie in the headline “Making Job-Training Software People Actually Want to Use.” But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Getting Smart and the XQ Institute have released a “landscape analysis of competency-based education.” Via The New York Times : “How Google Protected Andy Rubin , the ‘Father of Android ’ ” “Google could have fired Mr. Rubin and paid him little to nothing on the way out. ” Testing.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” The CEO has resigned.

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