The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In attendance were the following website platforms: Blackboard / Schoolwires eChalk Edlio Google Intrado / School Messenger Wix WordPress. They came from around the globe to be a part of the largest school district accessibility projects in the world. In fact the project hashtag trended on Twitter that day.

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Accessibility Blackboard Social Media Facebook 52

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. For example, a educator who is making a restaurant reservation on OpenTable may be delighted to see if their Facebook friends have eaten at that restaurant.

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Data EdTech Meeting Blended Learning 103

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 157

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Think Facebook.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 14, 2016

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. Disclosed angel investors include executives from Apple, Dropbox, Blackboard, and Udemy, according to various news reports. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed.

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TeacherCast

JULY 2, 2015

A huge transforma)on is happening to replace paper with digital tools, which has led to the explosion of companies focusing on EdTech. Studyo connects to exis)ng administra)on tools such as Powerschool, Blackboard or others, to create a perfect experience for teachers and students at the beginning of the year. The problem. Why Studyo.

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Video Blackboard Mobility Facebook 68

The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

The basic premise (I suggest you read the whole article ) is that a 17 year old working at BlackBoard (a technology company), is ridiculed for using their phone during a meeting by some older adults, because it looks like he is texting, while he is actually taking notes. The ending (spoiler alert!): I’m a digital native.

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Meeting Blackboard iPhone Social Media 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Folks still retyped the press releases Google issued and retyped the press releases Facebook issued, lauding these companies’ (and their founders’) efforts to reshape the curriculum and reshape the classroom. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Does this look familiar? Students lined up in rows. Wait for the bell.

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Technology Industry Education Robotics 110

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits." The app lets student pick a particular topic -- from the ACT to AP tests -- and posts key terms to the student''s Facebook wall for friends to comment on. of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning?

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

However, I’m not so thrilled about moving directly to commercial systems like Facebook or LinkedIn, due to privacy and ownership concerns. In a few years we will likely smile when we think of terms like ‘e-learning’ or ‘online learning’ as being as antiquated as talking about ‘blackboard or ball point pen enhanced learning’.

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E-rate Conference Social Media Study 73

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

You don’t need to be an expert in the Blackboard Collaborate platform to help (we give you training and then live help at the time), but it makes a HUGE different to presenters to have a moderator helper in their session rooms, and we try to make sure there is one for every session!

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Conference Education Case Study Blackboard 44

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business. By the time the South Burlington High School senior was arrested, federal investigators had counted eight threats involving eight email accounts, a virtual private network and three Facebook accounts.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

People who follow you learn stuff every single time they click on your Twitter or Facebook or anything. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. People listening to this podcast are going to learn some of the things we’ve talked about.

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Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 236

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

this CNN The Daily Show where Trevor Noah interviews Greta Thunberg: [link] and this screen shot from the interview, which is trending on Facebook: [link] Reference Stevens, V. DIRECTIONS: We will use Blackboard collaborate to explore the digital resources. In Son, J.-B. The link above is to our webinar room. See you there.

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Secondary Conference Survey STEM 73

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Bloomz , ClassDojo , Remind ), established companies ( SchoolMessenger ), and other deep pocket players from learning management system providers that already boast significant traction here. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?” Facebook is. Do you know what company is “Facebook for country X?”

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EdTech LMS Facebook Chegg 90

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

I delete all my tweets after 30 days; I regularly delete everything I’ve posted to Facebook; I delete old emails. It’s worth thinking about how your behavior changes (and does not change) knowing (and not knowing) that this data is being recorded – that someone on Facebook is watching; that someone at Facebook is watching.

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Data Facebook Social Media Training 97

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” ” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week. Via MIT Technology Review : “Facebook’s Sci-Fi Plan for Typing with Your Mind and Hearing with Your Skin.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Among the not-awesomeness of ed-tech built by teachers, please let’s not forget: Blackboard, TurnItIn. The company, which makes games to teach preschoolers to code, has raised $5.75 Via ProPublica , the first in its “Breaking the Black Box” series: “What Facebook Knows About You.”

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center. Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company.

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? “ Is Blackboard dying? ” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges. job training company) has raised $117.2 Should They?

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Dance concealed about $12,000 in payments he received through his consulting work in 2015, including $4,600 from an organization called the Education Research and Development Institute – ERDI for short – that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S.

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

E-Literate claimed this week that “ Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share” – with some additional analysis about “What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News.” Canvas has two more installations than Blackboard in the E-Literate calculations? But wait wait wait.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company. Meanwhile on Campus… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ U.

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Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

.” Sandler is also the founder of the ed-tech company Nibletz. ” I’m putting this story here as it discusses VCs’ willingness to continue to invest in Mike Cagney , the former head of the student loan company SoFi. The company: RIB Software SE. Also from Feldstein : “ Moodle and Blackboard Cut Ties.”

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

An ex-Corinthian student is filing a federal class-action lawsuit against the firms that now own the private loans, as well as a collection company seeking to recoup the debt from borrowers.” ” The company in question: Bridgepoint Education , which owns Ashford University and the University of the Rockies.

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Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). to For-Profit Company Tackling School Schedules.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. ” “Facebook is not introducing people to open internet where you can learn, create and build things.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” Well, you probably need to know more than what Facebook / Instagram has revealed in its new parents’ guide. ” And from Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Blackboard Learn Ultra in 2018: Is it ready and does it matter? .” The textbook company has raised $6 million total.

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Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. But in this case, they must also sign away their right to sue Facebook or Summit Public Schools in case of a problem (like, say, a data breach).

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. The takes). “Investors Put $2.3M

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” That is, the latest from Blackboard announcing a string of changes to executive roles. Inside Higher Ed on Facebook ’s plans to partner with community colleges to teach digital literacy. Denny Sanford, whose company – checks notes – sells social emotional learning curriculum to schools. million total.

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45