Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There are plenty of hands-on sessions with practical tips to apply in the classroom. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. A Hidden Dimension: Equitable Science Classrooms : Perhaps you’ve heard of the Next Generation Science Standards. Join us for a slice of the action!

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MARCH 5, 2018

DISCOVERY EDUCATION STEM CONNECT ( discoveryeducation.com ) Discovery Education debuted STEM Connect, a cutting-edge, web-based, interdisciplinary K-8 supplemental resource that empowers educators to bring STEM to life in their classrooms. classrooms with a range of education packages available online. KANO EDUCATION PACKAGES ( kano.me/educators/packages

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. IBM and Pearson recently launched a partnership in which Watson will be available to answer students’ questions in some of Pearson’s digital learning materials.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CIRCUITRY Name: Circuit Scribe Maker Classroom Kit Made by: Electroninks Writeables, Inc. Website: circuitscribe.com/ Cost: Classroom bundle of 10 Maker Kits for $899.99 Add-Ons: Several craft kits, add-ons, and classroom kits are available on the Lectrify website. Some cost as little as $2.50 per student. per student.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This robot is called Robota and is the creation of a team from Rutgers University.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

" The AltSchool classroom is one of total surveillance: cameras and microphones and sensors track students and teachers – their conversations, their body language, their facial expressions, their activities. Learning management: Platforms that automate a range of classroom management tasks.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Edsurge : “The Possibilities for Tech (and Screentime ) in the Preschool Classroom.” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.”

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Alspach conveyed that it is important that the teachers in this village are highly qualified educators with traditional classroom experience. Beyond the classroom, Julie presents at leading conferences in Michigan such as miGoogle and MACUL. A geek at heart, Julie mentors FIRST robotics teams in her free time.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : “Can in-house child care keep young teachers in the classroom? ” “ Campuswire launches to redesign classroom communications,” writes Techcrunch. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson ’s Former Product Chief Reflects on the 4 Megatrends Shaping Global Education.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” Via NPR : “ Kentucky Governor Claims Kids Were Assaulted While Teachers Absent From Classroom.” ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? ” Via Technode : “ Tsinghua University is using the cloud to make it rain in the classroom.” Not Buying Your Education Startup.)”

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Via Edsurge : “New Company Says by Using Its Service, Students Can Test Classroom Tech Before Arriving on Campus.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Chinese Communist Party.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The Spoon on robot delivery vehicles : “ Starship ’s Robots are Headed for School and Corporate Campuses.” “Soon.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” That’s Dallas Dance , who was the subject of another story the NYT’s Natasha Singer wrote last year , “ How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Ziro ’s robotics kit for kids now works with Alexa ,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

.” Via KMOV , news from Montville High in Montville, Connecticut : “ Substitute teacher arrested for starting ‘ fight club ’ in classroom.” ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The South China Morning Post : “ China ’s schools are quietly using AI to mark students’ essays … but do the robots make the grade?” ” LOL.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

classrooms in new deal with McGraw-Hill Education.” From the Oculus Rift marketplace : “Teacher’s Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” More via the AP.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Google boasts that “New Google Classroom features make it easier to learn, teach, manage and build” – that is, by adding notifications and metrics. More on the Classroom API via the G Suite Developers Blog. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Good god, the bar is low, isn’t it. “G Suite.”).

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JUNE 16, 2018

” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “The ethical dilemma of the robot teacher ” by Neil Selwyn. Meanwhile on Campus… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ U.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” Via the AP : “Two students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student believed to be 12 years old, authorities said.” Via Techcrunch : “ Pearson is adding LittleBits kits to its STEM curriculum.” ”). .”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

But DeVos “believes that technology has a role to play in the classroom,” Edsurge writes in response to the confirmation , which I guess means ed-tech can overlook all of her horrible beliefs that further educational inequalities as long as it means more people buy digital things and hire Edsurge to facilitate that process. .”

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” “Have Silicon Valley Teachers Using Technology Daily Altered Their Classroom Practice?” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots Are Changing The World,” says edX , which hopes to sell you on some classes on robots. .” Billion Worldwide This Year.” Remember MOOCs?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” An “innovation pod” is actually a private classroom in a shipping container. ” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies. Excellent re-branding.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Teachers cannot afford to live in San Francisco , and “23 classrooms lacked teachers six days before the students’ return.” ” New York "City Will Move Sidelined Teachers From Limbo to Classrooms," The NYT reports. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via Vox : “Brazilian media report that police are entering university classrooms to interrogate professors.” ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. “ Are ‘Smart’ Classrooms the Future? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. The other panelists were Peter Greene and Leonie Haimson. They have been at this a long, long time.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

“A Response to Larry Berger’s ‘Confession’ on Personalized Learning ” by New Classrooms’ Joel Rose. Here’s a lede for you : “Once upon a time, the classrooms had four walls, dusty chalkboards and uncomfortable desks in straight little rows. Corwin has acquired Cognition Education Group.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Also via NPR : “From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan , A School With Real Classrooms.” Elsewhere in press releases disguised as news articles: “ XYZprinting ‘s new 3D printer is designed for the classroom,“ says Techcrunch.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? Via Getting Smart : “How Competency-Based Education Can Lead to A More Equitable Classroom.” classrooms,” Axios claims. From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Hey, we could ask Pearson how much money it made off of those taking the GED last year to find out.). ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

More on the Republicans’ tax plans – Via Education Week : “New Senate Tax Plan Doubles Teachers’ Deduction for Buying Classroom Supplies.” ” They’re not really making their way into classrooms, incidentally. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Help!

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Marquette University was justified in disciplining a professor who had publicly rebuked a graduate teaching assistant over her handling of classroom discussions of homosexuality, a state judge ruled on Thursday.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” From the HR Department.

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MARCH 31, 2017

” “ Apple ’s Bid To Reclaim The Classroom From Chromebooks May Be Too Late,” says Fast Company. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Here’s Pearson ’s annual report for 2016. Via the BBC : “Pearson boss sees pay boost despite firm’s struggles.” Over Next Four Years.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Pearson, for one.) Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Prodigy Finance (student loans) – $40 million.

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