The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg, a public elementary school in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, that focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in its curriculum. Greenville County Schools has begun partnering with companies in the area, such as BMW and Michelin, to develop courses in mechatronics and automotive research.

Industry 130

Industry Elementary Education Robotics 130

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

A rise in artificial intelligence and cognitive computing is creating a new workforce of robots, simulating human thought and transforming industries. At the apex of this emerging tech is a new field of sensory technology known as emotive computing. This is not teaching robots to have emotions.

Classroom 108

Classroom Robotics Industry Data 108

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

She is an engineer who holds a doctorate in speech-recognition technology, and has spent the past two decades researching this field at Columbia University, IBM and Bell Laboratories. Some offered multiple-choice questions, for instance, that simply asked kids to pick the correct pronunciation—hardly a useful exercise.

Exercises 63

Exercises Company Data Assessment 63

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

When a new idea or technology becomes available and shows promising usage, powerful governments run to grasp the technology and take advantage of being early adopters. The more resources and technological advancement a country has, the more influential and rich it becomes. And why not? World economics works that way.

Company 40

Company Industry Smartphone Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Just beneath the surface, however, Burlington has become home over the last few years to an invisible economy of people who work remotely for the world’s biggest technology businesses, including Apple, Google, Twitter and IBM, hundreds and even thousands of miles from these companies’ chic and sprawling headquarters. And they let me.”

Company 130

Company Trends Report Survey 130

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

I spoke briefly tonight in Anna Smith's class on critical approaches to education technology (before a really excellent discussion with her students). And thank you for offering a class on critical perspectives on education and technology!). On the other hand, robots will still administer students multiple choice tests.

Robotics 63

Robotics Khan Academy Software Company 63

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. Called Differ, the LMS is a product of Edtech Foundry , an Oslo-based tech company that works with universities. New (Inter)faces on Campus.

Student Engagement 60

Student Engagement LMS Robotics EdTech 60

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Let me make sure I’m clear here – I’m interested in the “push,” in the stories we tell about machines more so than the technology underpinning the machines themselves. They’re part of our cultural imaginary as much as they are about a technological reality that we face today.

Technology 40

Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

Tools 52

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Much of the funding for this educational experiment came from philanthropies set up by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, who made their money from technology and have argued that introducing more of it in classrooms can transform the education system. I think people still see the need, but they don’t know the right way to get there.”.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Increasing students’ access to technology tools in the classroom is key to reversing these trends. For teachers, closing the achievement gap will mean embracing emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. AI can also help kids exercise their imaginations. Opportunities for technology-enabled learning extend beyond AI.

Technology 140

Technology Education Broadband EdTech 140

MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

But are we truly addicted to technology? “Technology addiction” doesn’t appear in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the DSM-V, published in 2013. In today’s world, technology may be more like food than it is like alcohol. And what about our kids? Dueling diagnoses. A public health approach.

Facebook 58

Facebook Social Media Study Gamification 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. There are promises about “brain training” exercises that will keep the brain “fit” as one ages. (

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If we continue on our current trajectory, they will come of age in a world filled with smart cities, embedded augmented reality, smart robots and revolutionary nanotech. Pivot from streamlining our obsolete system towards new ways to use technology that support the future of learning. billion strong. Change your lens.

Industry 60

Industry System Common Core iPhone 60

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

One of his first big takers was EPB, a big electric utility and telecommunications company in Chattanooga. The company asked STEM School Chattanooga students to design prototypes for the window dressings. In the future robots will entertain kids and help them exercise @STEMpythons #LatinFestival pic.twitter.com/JLcAd4vkOY.

STEM 28

STEM Company Robotics Exercises 28

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Technology. There have been several technologies that made my life better through this big change. But perhaps the biggest coping strategy for the move has been through daily meditation and mindfulness exercises from Headspace. I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Software Comparison 40

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Technology. Technology and software programs that save time by doing most of the work for you. Having a job you wanted at your favorite company. Exposure to science, technology, engineering, and math topics in preparation for future careers. Clubs with the opportunities to exercise hobbies and interests beyond schoolwork.

Exercises 112

Exercises Social Media Meeting E-rate 112

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Education technology has become so bound up in arguments about the necessity of technology, that it’s forgotten how to be anything other than the most loyal of servants to ideologies of machines, efficiencies, capitalism. It’s always sunny in education technology. It’s always sunny in education technology.

Training 40

Training Technology Conference Course 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A key conversation focuses on weighing its benefits versus risks, and many education institutions have been quick to implement bans on the technology altogether for fears of plagiarism in written works. As technology continues to evolve, the education industry has immense opportunities to harness these new applications.

Education 52

Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ 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.” National) Education Politics.

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” EdWeek’s Market Brief on “Implications for K–12 Companies in Trump’s Big Proposed Cuts to Ed. 811 , a California bill that would establish the right to computer technology. ” “ NoRedInk Adds New Exercises to Prepare Students for ACT, SAT,” says Edsurge. Disclosure alert.).

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. And yet schools continue to invest millions and millions of dollars in more and more technology.

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I also want to consider that, with or without a President Trump , education technology also might make things worse, might also contribute to these ongoing inequalities – and not simply because many in ed-tech seem quite eager to work with the new administration. ” It has reshaped work.

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40