Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This idea that “the child will be the customer” is, of course, also a nod to “personalized learning” as well, as is the invocation of a “Montessori-inspired” model. Last year, VCs poured millions into similar sorts of companies, including Tinkergarten, Sawyer, and Kinedu.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Given the enormous potential of edtech to assist teachers in highly diverse classrooms to truly personalize learning and obtain significant student academic growth, why are we seeing such consistent and large-scale edtech failure when it comes to gains in student academic achievement? blended learning).

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” Enter personalized learning (PL)." wi.us, among other sources."

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

I spent time researching the Hanson brothers and gathering facts in my A-Z Hanson book, complete with quizzes and fun facts, then transferred that knowledge to my very own GeoCities website. Other students wanted to tackle creating worlds in Minecraft and figure out how to build their own robots and computers.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.”

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

They not only look at how the product would fit with their learning standards and curriculum, but the product must also work within their LMS. At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. She thinks the industry is lagging behind. and Mark C.

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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

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. In her current role, she works directly with the district’s online tutoring programs, including FEV Tutor , to accelerate learning for students.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. But that’s not new.

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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. ” An ed-tech trend in the making, investors hope. Don’t let the dearth of data fool you though.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Students and teachers are learning to innovate hand-in-hand. Educational innovators might: Write a book - publish on Kindle or iTunes.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. VITALSOURCE & BLACKBOARD ( get.vitalsource.com ) & ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard Inc.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This includes the adoption of AllHere, a 24/7 texting-based chatbot that provides personalized support so that every family can get questions answered within seconds or be escalated to a support staff member within the district. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc. Emily Herring is a champion of students!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

BIO : Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. And it is a rewarding journey, don’t feel burdened by it: compassion can be a lot of fun. Father Goose).Sea

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazing what reading a book will do for you. ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Cue the “hot takes.”

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

I create to-do lists, vision boards, and read productivity books to inspire me. To learn more about Google Expeditions and virtual reality, visit my post: Getting Started with Google Expeditions and Virtual Reality. Program a Robot. Or try something more sophisticated like the Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot robots.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

That series isn’t going to be much of one this year… And frankly, this Friday thing is going to be paused for the duration of Teaching Machines book-writing, starting quite soon. is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) “What Does Personalized Learning Mean? on Coursera.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Badges , patents, and the world’s ‘least popular’ education company” by Doug Belshaw.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

There is a lack of schools, teachers, books, uniforms and food. Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Lumen Learning has raised $3.75

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” ” “ Textbook publishers announce new measures to curb counterfeiting of physical books, including certification seals on book covers,” Inside Higher Ed reports. powered teaching method.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” In November, Bloomberg reported that WeWork , a co-working space startup that acquired both the coding bootcamp Flatiron School and the meet-up company MeetUp this year, planned to open a private K–12 school in one of its facilities.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via the Dallas News : “Self-published ‘ Pepe the Frog ’ kids’ book is conservative but not alt-right, Denton ISD admin says.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

But as it turned out, the zeppelin company had gone out of business – I imagine that many people, like myself, could only think about Christopher Walken and Grace Jones’ characters and opted not to go. In the meantime, these companies continue to collect a lot of “driving” data. Google versus Uber.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

As Nicholas Lemann put it in his book “The Big Test,” about the development of the SAT, such assessments promised to evaluate “all American high-school students on a single national standard and then [make] sure that they went on to colleges suited to their abilities and ambitions.” Over-zealous tech salesmen haven’t helped matters.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

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

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project. ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The digital flash card company has raised $32 million total.

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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.). ” 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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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. million from Naspers and Learn Capital. The learn-to-code company has raised $6.9

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

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

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