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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. " Tagged on: July 18, 2017 Let Robots Teach American Schoolkids | Bloomberg → This is not a work of satire. Many want technology firms to do more, but they are divided on how to balance free speech and safety issues online. wi.us, among other sources."

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

edWeb.net

They had a bee robot that they learned to program to better understand bee behaviors. During her time in the makerspace, she learned how to design and create keychains to sell at local veterinarians’ offices and at fundraisers. This article was modified and published by eSchool News and EdScoop. Supporting school activities: St.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “technologizing” the government.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

I may need to know how to use this at some point, and I don’t want to go to college or to a job totally clueless.”. The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Reveal News : “Hidden figures: How Silicon Valley keeps diversity data secret.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” ” Via ProPublica : “ How Students Get Banished to Alternative Schools.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.