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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

Organizations receiving students’ testing records would have greater power using blockchain technology to assess those results and calculate scores in ways that suited them, Sony argued. ” “We want to keep life-long learning records…securely in the cloud forever,” Isozu said. Goodbye, Middleman?

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

The NMC Horizon 2015 K-12 report offers a snapshot of where ed tech stands now and where it is likely to go in the next five years, according to 56 education and technology experts from 22 countries. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

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More than 50% of teachers report they have one computer for every student (on average) and that changes for the better every year. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more.

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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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How To Make Learning Visible: A Spectrum

TeachThought - Learn better.

In a learning ecology–as we use them now–digital badges usually cause little excitement and mean nothing. ” So, in the best of cases, these icons can be gathered into a personal collection to act as an uber-report card. Driving Question(s) : What does “personalized learning” mean?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” MIT , New York University , and Yale are being sued by employees, “accused of allowing their employees to be charged excessive fees on their retirement savings,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday. From the US Department of Education’s blog : “Building the Next Generation of Assessments in Education.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). Report Says No to a For-Profit Accreditor – but It Might Not Matter.” The word “inquisition” is in the headline on Inside Higher Ed. . ” Testing. .”