Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Every year the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference's expo floor is packed with edtech products vying for teachers' attention. is an incident reporting tool for students that lets them anonymously notify a school counselor of any issues (e.g., Looking for a way to combat bullying?

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 26, 2012

Students engage in writing workshops, do some peer review, have mini-conferences with the teacher, write a draft, revise the draft, and hand it in. Do the math: 130 essays x 10 mins minimum per essay (without student conferences) = 1300 mins, divided by 60 (hold on let me get my calculator.) = 21.6 Who am I fooling?!?!? Google docs?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 11, 2024

This blog post is dedicated to all my fellow educators who are considering a second job. Joining professional organizations and attending education conferences can also be a good way to make connections and find potential clients. There are also several online platforms that connect consultants with clients.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

April 13th - April 27th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here. The conference will be held entirely online and is free to attend.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Gardner The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" This week we kick off the second annual Homeschool+ Conference and the Alt Ed Film Fest ! Check out the conference schedule and join us! For a full calendar of all upcoming events and conferences, click here. We Need Your Help This Week.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In the month of December, I am revisiting and reposting some of my most viewed blog posts. As many schools move towards comprehensive reporting, sharing with students through thorough comments and assessments what they have learned, many students still ask, “What’s my grade?”, Grades as a driver. Receiving Awards.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

If you''re in the Americas, the inaugural (and free) OZeLive virtual conference starts today, Friday, at 4pm Eastern. If you''re in Australia, New Zealand, or the South Pacific, the conference starts tomorrow, Saturday, at 8am Australia Eastern Time. Here are all the conference sessions, hour by hour, in US Eastern Standard Time.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Her artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and assistive technology research has resulted in over 250 peer-reviewed publications and a number of commercialized products, including STEM Storiez , a set of AI-powered gamified e-books for early STEM education. She received her B.S. in engineering from Brown University, her M.S.E.E.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Someone generously re-posted all the content from that blog to a Posterous site. For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L.

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The Principal of Change

MAY 28, 2017

As many schools are moving towards comprehensive reporting, sharing with students through thorough comments and assessments what they have learned, many students still ask, “What’s my grade?”, I know that if people wanted to wreck blogging for me, grade my posts. Grades as a driver. not worried about the comments. Receiving Awards.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

If you saw suspicious behavior in the hallway, same rules apply, you would have to report it.” I might share a Kindle quote from what I’m reading, a picture of my Mom’s perfect Thanksgiving turkey, or a selfie with a friend at an Ed Tech or Library conference. She said, “It’s really all about common sense. To a School Instagram! ”

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. The list is drawn in part from work presented recently at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, held here. Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. ” 7.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 17, 2024

Back in December of 2022, I published a blog entry titled " How AI Will Save Education." Proactive and Positive Uses of AI in Teaching and Learning On a more positive note, there have certainly been numerous reports in the news and research of the potential of AI having a positive impact on learning.or

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Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

Every term youth at DSIL do a course called Project where they create an object or a report through self-directed inquiry. There’s a rift between the younger and older students; the older students are more focused on doing reports, and are less inclined to use the FabLab. One person is often doing the work of three (e.g.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too!

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. ” And, I also (unfortunately) needed to update my post on the W-2 phishing scam victimizing school districts across the country.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

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. ” “ Panorama’s Student Progress Reports Show More Than Grades (Think Behavior and SEL).”

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 26, 2012

Edgy, futuristic and a visual spectacle in all their underlit splendour, the domes hosted debates, panels, presentations, demonstrations and a chance to get hands on lego, Nintendo games, retro computers, robots and a whole host of other interesting goodies. OK, I'm joking about Foucault and Bourdieu - I know they weren't a duo).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” Via the AP : “Gov. ” “Like it’s a TV show.”

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Anyway, Techcrunch reports that “WeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy drive.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Still more education news from the UK: “ Sam Gyimah replaces Jo Johnson as universities minister ,” The Times Higher Education reports. Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. Lots of very excited and uncritical reporting on the new charter school on Oracle’s campus.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” (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.” Via the Google blog : “Start your college search with Google.” ” Testing.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors.” Google blogs ; tech publications help market the news. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?” ” asks Larry Cuban.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” ” “Mitch Daniels Wants to Sell the Soul of Public Education: Purdue Faculty Must Stop Him,” the Academe blog argues. The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” ’” – “Dean Dad” Matt Reed on the #RealCollege conference on food insecurity on college campuses. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Hackers Target Nation’s Schools,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Westworld : “ Adams State ’s ‘Egregious, Unethical’ Online Program Should Be Scrapped, Report Says.” More via a Department of Ed blog post on what it’s doing to support these students. In other ClassDojo news : “Tacoma 9-Year-Old Gets Explicit Report Card Through App Used by Teachers.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Via NPR : “ Catholic Schools And Parents Grapple With Whether To Address Abuse Report.” ” “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Reports: Free College Programs Don’t Benefit Low-Income Students.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” The city in question: Leiyang.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” EdX posted a blog post this week, announcing “Furthering the edX Mission, Forging a Future Path.” Steve Kolowich is such a great reporter. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… Excellent reporting from The Oregonian’s Bethany Barnes : “Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter.” Via the Google blog : “ Google ’s IT Support Professional Certificate enrolls in community college.” ” Contests and Conferences. .”

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Via The Oregonian : “ Portland Public Schools fielded report after report that educator Mitch Whitehurst engaged in sexual misconduct with students, starting the very first year of his 32-year career, a damning investigation released Thursday says.” Some of the stories are in the “robots” section below.).

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

“ Conservative High Schoolers Want to ‘Own the Libs’,” The Atlantic’s Adam Harris reports from the Turning Point USA ’s conference. ” Coleman University will close, IHE reports. Via the Google blog : “What’s happening next for G Suite Enterprise for Education.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

.” “ Kansas lawmakers, trying to head off a court shutdown of the state’s public schools, have increased aid to poor districts by $38 million,” NPR reports. ” (Related, via the US News & World Report : “Women Losing Out on Career and Technical Education.”). Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

DeVos reported a new investment of between $250,001 and $500,000 in the Michigan-based Neurocore , according to a financial disclosure form that was certified by government ethics officials on Wednesday.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” $100,000.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Via the CFPB press office : “ CFPB Report Finds Consumer Complaints Spurred Actions That Brought More Than $750 Million in Relief for Student Loan Borrowers.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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