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Current Trends in Education

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But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. Flexible Learning Environments: Adoption of flexible learning environments that accommodate different learning styles.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Activate Learning has acquired Conceptua Math.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” The Linked Learning Alliance is a voluntary certification program for California’s high school career academies. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Go, School Sports Team!

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. The Flipped Classroom". WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

Hack Education

Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences." There were other high profile incidents as well: the refusal, for example, to give visas to the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan. They are in limbo , along with many of the students in their classrooms. I call b t.)

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L. Subscribe to their blog. There’s an existing market there.