eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We We learned in 2020 that the “new normal” for educational facilities will need to look a lot different than the normal we’re used to. Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education. We must create an environment where every educator can thrive.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests. Related: A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done. XQ is led by former U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I learn a lot about each student. We do group projects and hands-on learning. I'm getting Blue-Bot robots this year, so we can do coding in first grade! Since we started differentiating with eSpark, our 2015-2016 annual NWEA state assessment gains were terrific. We have physical movement twice a day.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

“ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Marketplace.

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

But while EdSurge paced the ISTE floor on June 25-28 in San Antonio, Texas, we decided to ask a slightly different question: What edtech trends, products, and buzzwords do you wish would retire—for good? From “blended learning” to digital worksheets, below are a collection of comments from ten educators about their biggest edtech pet peeves.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 22, 2020

Schools and Districts responded to this year’s national Survey, which collects data to rate schools and mark national trends in how digital transitions are occurring, primarily from a lens of software sophistication, devices and network infrastructure. Digital learning shopping has also been called the “Amazonization” of education.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

The engine will also assess the outcomes of such interventions—information that will help tailor and improve recommendations over time. AWS Educate has released cloud badges for the following services: RoboMaker makes it easier to develop, test, and deploy intelligent robotics applications at scale.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

K-12 tech innovation is driving a paradigm shift in education, embracing interactive tools, personalized learning, and digital resources to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the evolving global landscape. What are the educational technology trends in 2024?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

As artificial intelligence reshapes the education landscape, teachers, parents, and students have an unprecedented opportunity to leverage these advanced tools to enhance and magnify personal learning, drive educational innovation, and support learning experiences and communities.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Science : “How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child.” The assessment company has raised over $52 million total.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” If only I could build some kind of robot to do all our homework for us… ” Danny’s mother, as it turns out, is a housekeeper for Professor Bullfinch, who happens to have a computer in a laboratory in his house. Helicopter Robots.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Learn how one school system infuses computer science and programming throughout the primary grades to deliver content that’s engaging and relevant to today’s learners. Explore resources and tools – including robots, programming languages and computer-powered mechanical structures – you can use with students in grades K-5.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

I think many of us quickly recognized back in 2012 that, despite the AI expertise in the executive offices of these MOOC companies, there wasn’t much “artificial intelligence” beyond a few of their course offerings; there wasn’t much “intelligence” in their assessments or in their course recommendation engines.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

in August has released an assessment on the university’s response and what it could have done better. ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Via Getting Smart : “ Virtual and Augmented Reality in Personalized Learning.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The word “intelligence” is also used, of course, to describe the gathering and assessment of tactical information – information, often confidential information, with political or military value. You can’t opt out of the learning management system. You can’t opt out of the student information system.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” The Whiteboard Advisors’ latest “Education Insider” report ( PDF ) is on assessment trends, higher education, and the presidential campaigns. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ AI and Assessment ” by Donald Clark. .” ” “ AI and Assessment ” by Donald Clark.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). Via Campus Technology : “6 VR Trends to Watch in Education.” ” Just like humans do.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” ” “Don’t Take Personality Tests Personally,” says Pacific Standard.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robot Learning Improves Student Engagement ,” the Communications of the ACM claims. Kiwicampus : a robot delivery service on campus. Instructure has acquired the video-based assessment platform Practice.

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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.” Sensing a trend here?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

” The program in question: The Global Assessment Certificate program. Wonder Workshop has raised $20 million from WI Harper Group, Idea Bulb Ventures, Learn Capital, Charles River Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, and TCL. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 million total.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Assessing the dangers of AI applications in education” by Tony Bates. Memos from HR. ” More via Education Dive.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. A sobering assessment and a warning.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Learning From Algorithms : Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 2).”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson , after spending hundreds of millions of dollars on learning management systems , is leaving the market as the company seeks to restructure itself and boost its profits.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The learn-to-code company with the derogatory name has previously raised $730,000.

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