The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 22, 2019

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Coding & Robotics K-8 PLC, sponsored by Wonder Workshop , hosted the webinar, “ Beyond the Hour of Code: Implementation for All ,” on December 6th. It is now easier than ever to integrate coding into the classroom with curricula like those on Code.org, and learning tools like Wonder Workshop ’s robots Dot and Dash.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Subsidized by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, some publications have repeatedly run overtly and covertly sponsored articles that hawk the future of learning as “personalized,” as focused on “ the whole child.” Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Don’t worry, teachers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

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eBook Conference Libraries Game-Based Learning 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. Ida has published numerous articles on emerging technologies. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Libraries Elsevier Conference Technology 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. Ida has published numerous articles on emerging technologies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. They hear original phrasing, emphasis, and often reactions to dramatic events that — without recordings — would be simply words on paper to most of them, devoid of passion, emotion, and motivation.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 25, 2018

The selections here can help students see the world from new perspectives, giving them an introduction to people, cultures, events, and beliefs that may be new to them. An adorable robot and his quest to connect with another are the backdrop for a reflection on the impact of our collective actions. Love, Simon.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 25, 2018

The selections here can help students see the world from new perspectives, giving them an introduction to people, cultures, events, and beliefs that may be new to them. An adorable robot and his quest to connect with another are the backdrop for a reflection on the impact of our collective actions. Love, Simon.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. million people had attended the event. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic.

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Apple held one of its big media events this week, this one focused on education. Udacity held a big PR event this week. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National and Global) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The New York Times : “ Stanford History Event Was ‘ Too White and Too Male ,’ Organizer Admits.” ” My favorite part of this article, I think, is where it boasts about how stable Ethiopia is these days.

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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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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Here’s Edsurge’s take on the AEI event. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak at the University of Florida , which says it will spend $500,000 on security for the event. ” (The narrative structure of these sorts of articles is always the same: crisis occurs; tech will save the day. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The New Statesman.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The only other media attending the event would be a national crew from ABC.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The latest research from Pew : “ Teens’ Social Media Habits and Experiences.”

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Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

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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Education Company Robotics Report 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable. Other students noted that because Radical Reconstruction was more of a movement rather than an event, it is difficult to establish the exact dates. That prompted a discussion around historical accuracy, historiography, and how we choose to report and sequence events.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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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. ” Conferences and Events. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics. GradTouch has raised ~$1.3

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Apple had a big press event this week. ” No mention of how corporations flood these events with their products and pitches. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The Outline highlights the “Summer’s hottest dystopian crossover event is MoviePass and student loan debt ”: Refinance your debt with Laurel Road, and get a free annual MoviePass membership! ” asks The Atlantic.

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Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. ” Let’s all point out how this article gets “the pioneers of the MOOC” wrong. Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.”

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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

APRIL 21, 2017

Disclosure alert : no mention that Edsurge, which published this article, shares an investor with Class Central.). ” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Robot tutor Musio makes its retail debut in Japan.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Bob Thorpe, is proposing a far-reaching law in Arizona, House Bill 2120, banning virtually every college event, activity or course which discusses social justice , skin privilege, or racial equality. EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. The social media platform had raised $2.5

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

It’s just a bunch of video-taped lectures for the (offline) “ Startup School ” event that the startup incubator program runs at Stanford (which is really just a series of short talks by entrepreneurs and founders). Microsoft had a media event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. So Why Not in College?”

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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 Its website touts the “Highlights from Apple’s keynote event.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. Buy them a beer when you see them at an event and thank them for covering the LMS industry so I don’t have to. 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 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” ” “ Breitbart Editor’s Event Canceled As Protests Turn Violent At UC Berkeley.” See her article on Betsy DeVos in the politics section above.). 2 job at the U.S.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The map draws on only 100,000 articles from 180 journals and only dates back to 2005 because that is the grand sum of education technology research.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “How Sessions Tried to Block Gay University Event.” Testing, Testing… It’s time once again for one of my least favorite events in education journalism: the release of PISA scores. Via The Daily Dot : “University Wi-Fi named racist slur during white nationalist event.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. One more stat — which may explain the whole social-media-as-news-trend — and then I’ll connect these dots: 60% of people don’t trust traditional news sources.

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