article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching.

Pearson 145
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the Edmodo blog : “ AI , Algorithms and What Should We All Be Thinking About?” Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ? ” So Chegg’s algorithms declare you’re a cheater, and you don’t get a tutor. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform.”