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The Dangers of AI (and it’s not cheating) – SULS0190

Shake Up Learning

Right now, tech companies own AI. AI in Schools and Classrooms Edweek shared in a 2020 article , In education, AI can be found in learning analytic platforms, online courseware, voice assistants, and support structures within other apps. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?! The Business of Financial Aid.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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

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A 140-Year-Old School Partnered With a 10-Year-Old School. Here’s What Happened.

Edsurge

Around the same time, I arrived at Kelvinside to take on the role of head of languages after six years as chief learning architect at Kuato Studios, an educational games company based in London. NuVu first came on KA’s radar in 2017 when Ian Munro, the Scottish school’s rector, was studying at Harvard.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Amazing what reading a book will do for you. ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s more robot news in the job training section above. The company has raised $4.8 State and Local) Education Politics.

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Ed-Tech in a Time of Trump

Hack Education

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. ” I’m concerned, in no small part, because students are often unaware of the amount of data that schools and the software companies they contract with know about them.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edsurge and Getting Smart promote venture capitalist Ryan Craig ’s new book A New U and the idea that “ faster + cheaper alternatives will replace most of higher ed.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The company has raised $20.4