The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

STEM 100

STEM Report Robotics Company 100

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Yet some of the voice recognition systems today were neither designed nor trained to pick up different dialects, and that can be a problem when they are used to assess oral fluency, says Patricia Scanlon. “I This messes with the speech recognition systems that were built for adults.” The company said it has fixed the glitch.)

Exercises 63

Exercises Company Data Assessment 63

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

But some companies are jumping the gun. Financial terms were not disclosed, although the entire education operating system was reset as a result of the transaction. Students are virtually beamed onboard a cruise via a robot, which has a screen and camera to give students at home a sense that they are roaming around the ship.

Chegg 64

Chegg Robotics LMS Android 64

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. Individuals have belief systems.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

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 54

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 54

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Education Department is asking schools and districts to take measures to protect data and reinforce IT systems, and if any schools were victimized, to contact the agency’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center for help. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? wi.us, among other sources."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

With that, I think it's worth taking a look at where each of the three big companies stands in regards to Ed. If a teacher wants their kids to create, IPad is still the device to go with. Overall, I think IPad can be a great Education device, but there are pain points that come with it.

Microsoft 41

Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. Quicker and more collaborative feedback Harris’s students all have iPads, so after they complete writing tasks, she has them film themselves reading their own writing.

Tools 136

Tools Laptops Tablets Video 136

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Companies have been selling their products – textbooks, workbooks, maps, films, and so on – to schools for well over a century. Many companies – and certainly these two in particular – also have a long history of data collection and data analysis. The iPad was going to change everything.

Knewton 60

Knewton Education Company Learning 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Technology Tidbits

MARCH 17, 2014

Answerables - A innovative 3D virtual world that allows educators to Gamify their lessons in this cross between Game Based Learning and Learning Management System. A great iPad game for kids learning about Social and Emotional learning in safe 3D virtual environment. bullying, copy right, privacy, etc.). time, money, etc.)

Game-Based Learning 60

Game-Based Learning Common Core Gamification iPad 60

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland recognized the need and became a strong advocate for Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. For example, in one activity, she supercharges a regular lesson by having students record explanations of what they’ve learned on their iPads.

Education 131

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Half of those, the firm said, would be iPads. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc.

Tools 60

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 60

EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

Most schools to date have given the task of digital asset tracking to their technical staff to collect the major system software, the devices, and network information. Learning Management Systems (LMS). Student Information Systems (SIS). Instructional Management Systems (IMS). Library Management Systems.

LMS 133

LMS Software Student Data Privacy Policies 133

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

In fact, if you Google “rainbow starburst bracelet” and the official video from the company has been viewed a fraction of the times. As educators, one of our most critical challenges is to develop students into these learners who can take advantage of both formal and informal education systems. What Drives Our Challenges?

EdTech 60

EdTech Robotics MOOC System 60

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

Tools 72

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Why Minecraft in Schools is the Modern Marvel: 5 Epic Ideas with Lucas Gillispie, manager of the US’ largest deployment of Minecraft in a school system. Appolicious – This site pretty much evaluations iPhone/iPad games but has lots of them in the index. ipadgames – Games for the iPad. Interviews with Experts.

Game-Based Learning 120

Game-Based Learning Gamification Learning Twitter 120

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

.” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” ” Via The New York Times : “Apple Unveils New iPad to Catch Google in the Classroom.” ” Via The Verge : “Apple is ready to fight Google’s Chromebooks with cheaper iPads.” The company has raised $4.8

Education 45

Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

“Over 1k student-issued iPads are unaccounted for” in a school system in West Virginia , The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports. ” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. ” It’s fascinating to see long-time tech training companies like CompTIA rebrand themselves as “bootcamps.”

Education 46

Education Laptops Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The British government releases the results … of its new three-tiered rating system of teaching quality at universities.” Via Buzzfeed : “ Betsy DeVos Picked A Student Loan CEO To Run The Student Loan System.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Teacher of the Year indeed.

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

education system ‘not top 10 in anything’ ” Via The Atlantic : “Arne Duncan: ’Everyone Says They Value Education, but Their Actions Don’t Follow’.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “To Bolster K–3 Literacy, North Carolina Provides 24,000 iPads for Reading Teachers.”

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Inside Higher Ed looks at how the North Dakota University System is “Blocking Child Porn on Campus.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The two were visiting a rural school in Idaho that has a 1-to–1 iPad program. of Wisconsin System President Reprimands La Crosse Chancellor for Bringing Porn Star to Campus.” Sometimes it’s fun to look back at old stories that the tech press dutifully pumped out about this company. It could only observe.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” ” Via the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette : “More than $300,000 spent on high-tech parking management system at UA.” The Answer to That Question Shapes Safety Debates.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” ” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. National) Education Politics. ” Upgrades and Downgrades. ”). .

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

Technology 73

Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Feds Drop Investigation Into Los Angeles District Over $1 Billion iPad Purchase.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool. “Open.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. .” Changes too at another textbook company as Doug Levin, the CEO of McGraw Hill Education announced he’s stepping down. Pay attention.).

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Arizona Summit Law school, a troubled for-profit institution owned by the InfiLaw System, has been placed on probation by its accrediting body, the American Bar Association.” ” Fast Company profiles David Blake, the co-founder of the alt-credentialing startup Degreed. million total.

Education 40

Education Coursera Pearson Report 40

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” Via Apple Insider : “Jamf’s ‘innovation pod’ aims to offer iPad-based education to students in Haiti.” Paul School System.” Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bill backed by President Trump and announced Wednesday aims to reduce overall legal immigration by half while putting in place a new points-based system for applicants for employment-based green cards that would privilege graduates of American universities.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46