EdTechTeam

AUGUST 8, 2018

These little ball robots have opened up so many possibilities. And the beauty is you can use this little robot in any lesson, in any subject, and with any age. Our thought was to use the robot to create recycling videos for our school. To foster understanding she used books and articles about recycling with her students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

Ignacio Estrada The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" We''d love your help for our inaugural (and free) Gaming in Ed conference, which begins the week of September 15th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference. Sign up to volunteer at Gaming in Ed!

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

In a previous article , we wrote about how GlassLab’s real-time assessment features can give teachers new insight into students’ decision-making processes. In Argubot Academy EDU , players arm robots with all the elements of a persuasive argument and see how well they fare in “battle.”.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Lately I hear from administrators who, after reading an article or post about makerspaces in libraries, believe their library must have or be a makerspace, without serious consideration of how that program might or might not address local needs. business teachers (my school recently added a Social Media Class!), game design.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Gardner The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" This week we kick off the second annual Homeschool+ Conference and the Alt Ed Film Fest ! Check out the conference schedule and join us! For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here. We Need Your Help This Week.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L. More on that in a subsequent article in this series.) 70+ million users’ account details.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. The article takes that assertion at face value; many readers probably did too.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Let me be really clear, making is not simply 3D printing, Art Lino, Raspberry Pi, LEDs, robots, laser and vinyl cutters.

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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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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. At conferences I went to everything with the word "maker" in the title. I assumed they'd be thrilled about a $200 Dash and Dot robot set. and just do it. You need to! Start a conversation.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. At conferences I went to everything with the word "maker" in the title. I assumed they'd be thrilled about a $200 Dash and Dot robot set. and just do it. You need to! Start a conversation.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Privacy, Poverty and Big Data: A Matrix of Vulnerabilities for Poor Americans | Washington University Law Review → This article examines the matrix of vulnerabilities that low-income people face as a result of the collection and aggregation of big data and the application of predictive analytics.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Rather than putting a pause on instruction, how marvelous would it be if a teacher could program their own avatar to teach a lesson on a day they have to be out sick or at a conference? The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable. A staff member can sit in the room while the avatar plays on the screen.” Learn about AI.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. Operation Varsity Blues.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” asks The Economist in an article about coding bootcamps. Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?” “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. “ Social-Emotional Learning Is the Rage in K–12. ” asks the Student Experience Manager of the Minerva Project in an article in Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Edsurge has a new guide on the ed-tech job market , with articles including “ Diversity in Hiring Doesn’t Start With Hiring ” and “ Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile for Your Edtech Job Hunt.” Story above.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star.

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. First Lady Melania Trump launched her “Be Best” campaign this week, encouraging people to be nicer on social media. Some of the stories are in the “robots” section below.). National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Don’t worry.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The featured article : “13 Stories of Life on a Teacher’s Salary.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Probably my favorite “robots are the future of education” story in a good, long while.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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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. I call b t.)

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” Conferences as a Way of Fighting Travel Ban.” See her article on Betsy DeVos in the politics section above.). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 2 job at the U.S.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Alex Usher reviews Robot-Proof : Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. From the press release : “ Campus Technology Conference to Merge with UBTech.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

The Atlantic writes about the absence of Betsy DeVos at this year’s Education Writers Association conference. ” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Washington Post : “Eighth-graders from N.J. “U.S.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s lots more from Betsy DeVos’s talk at SXSWedu in the conferences section below. ” And I am not even linking to the National Review article promoting this racist crap. ” Conferences and Events.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

City native and rap superstar Fetty Wap released a music video last week for his latest single, ‘Wake Up,’ filmed at Eastside High School, according to social media posts by the rapper. Via the MIT Media Lab : “What we learned from designing an academic certificates system on the blockchain.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Help!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” That’s Jeff Sessions , Trump’s pick for Attorney General who tried in 1996 to prevent the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from holding its conference at the University of Alabama. ” “So-So Social Media Privacy? More on Trump University in the for-profit section below.

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