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. She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. .

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Fractus Learning

AUGUST 17, 2016

If you buy software and it doesn’t work, you get your money back or at least software that works, right? One of my favorite parts about teenagers is their sense of justice. One of our favorite subjects was what was wrong with what they were learning in school. The answer is yes. That is right. How fun is that?

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TeacherCast

MAY 8, 2019

This blog post and the majority of the content linked to it are a culmination of recording over 1,000 podcasts over the span of 8 incredible years. ” I hope some of this information helps you on your journey as a podcaster. I encourage you to bookmark it and share it with your friends. Recording Your Podcast.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Our sharks were Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle; Jason Jones, a co-editor of the ProfHacker blog and director of educational technology at Trinity College, in Connecticut; and Paul Freedman, founder of Entangled Ventures, an education-technology company. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. Yet again this week, I’ve needed to update my post on the W-2 phishing scam victimizing school districts across the country.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

The department has closed more than 1,500 complaints of discrimination at the nation’s schools – including dismissing more than 900 outright — in the two months since Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Candice Jackson took steps she said were aimed at reducing a massive backlog.” Post, Sources Say.”

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

. "This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. ."

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Summer Pell Grants will be available to students beginning July 1, the Department of Education announced Monday.” “ Apple CEO Tim Cook Urges Trump To Mandate Coding In Schools ,” according to Edsurge. Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The topic of education didn’t really come up, save Clinton’s invocation of “The Trump Effect” and the increased bullying in school. Liberty University students have criticized their school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr, and his media appearances supporting Trump. Education Politics.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics. Strong opinions may be loosely held.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.). The Consortium for School Networking, CoSN, has taken up the mantle for the K-12 version. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Good for you. But that’s not my job. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade. with Pigeons. The Horizon Report.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ School Choice Fight in Iowa May Preview the One Facing Trump.” ” Via The Atlantic : “How Betsy DeVo s Could End the School-Integration Comeback.” Via WBEZ News : “ Chicago After-School Programs Face Axe Under Trump’s Budget.”

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

| The Hechinger Report → In three years, no one will be able to explain why it was that colleges and universities continued to hand more than half of their tuition to companies marketing and supporting their online programs – the online program managers. Tagged on: April 1, 2017 E.C. It spies on people and violates their privacy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via Politico : “ Trump ‘s education pick says reform can ’ advance God’s Kingdom ’ ” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s Pick For Education: A Free Market Approach To School Choice.” ” Trump for his part says he’ll “work something out” for them. .” “U.S.

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