Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. I dislike fraudulent courses. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

We have managed to troubleshoot the mobilization of meal programs, lack of technology equipment, online teacher training, and a whole host of issues that come with a change of this magnitude. “Three days to conduct a survey of technology needs from 130,000 students and to prepare thousands of computers for student use.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. First is the evolving nature of education technology. And determined.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Libraries and librarians are well-positioned to envision the future – at the intersection of information, education, technology, and community – and this dialogue will help bring our best thinking together with the exciting visions of our collaborators, allies, and partners. https://slisapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php?fac=hirshs

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Libraries and librarians are well-positioned to envision the future – at the intersection of information, education, technology, and community – and this dialogue will help bring our best thinking together with the exciting visions of our collaborators, allies, and partners. Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

When the English proficiency assessment her program uses moved online several years ago, many of its corresponding course materials also went virtual, making her program’s transition to distance learning less difficult materials-wise. The process also eliminated the need to toggle between screens when taking notes.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The STEAM labs, STEAM coordinators and technology education teachers are part of a district-wide embrace of “computational thinking.”. In the last few years, many schools and enterprising teachers have tried to infuse coding and computational thinking into a wide range of classes, including arts and humanities courses.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. “technologizing” the government. ” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” What could possibly go wrong? Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Some say the earth is flat.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Even without providing you the final tally of funding for 2016, I can point to other signals about what’s happened to ed-tech startups over the course of the last twelve months – their sustainability, their viability. (Or These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Jordan sign on to Atlanta school cheating movie.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” (In Cleveland.). million total.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” StraighterLine , an unaccredited online course provider, will partner with Brookhaven College in Texas to offer a joint associate degree to students this August. National) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. ” Perhaps protest Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab ?

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

“ The Office of Educational Technology Under DeVos” by Doug Levin. Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” ” University of Colorado Denver students can earn college credit by taking courses at the coding bootcamp Galvanize.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” ” “How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools?” Education , of course. ” And from MIT Technology Review : “Is the Gig Economy Rigged?”). Trump” by Roger Schank.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be. Via Campus Technology : “ Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

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