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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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Dream Academy students—chosen through a mix of GPA, interview, teacher recommendations, and academic portfolio review—can graduate from high school with an associate degree in social science. They use the Blackboard platform to communicate with professors and engage fellow students in their courses. TECH USED ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That is, the latest from Blackboard announcing a string of changes to executive roles. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Education Week : “‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says.” Labor and Management.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” Via Techcrunch : “ Blackboard cofounder Michael Chasen takes CEO reins at PrecisionHawk.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.