eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2021

A video of Sam singing his co-written song, “ You Can Be ABCs ,” with his dad went viral on social media last fall. Their ideas are making a difference, from Ahmed Muhammad who created a company that provides STEM kits for kids, to Annie Ostojic who figured out how to make microwaves cook more evenly!

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

. · Multi-language elementary math programs: New content in the series “Pharaohs and the Robot” is now available in English and Arabic in DE Streaming Plus Global. Students meet two young pharaohs in ancient Egypt who learn core math concepts from a time-traveling robot. Inspired by the global media company Discovery Inc.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Jacob Jun A few students will reach out to professionals on their own through social media and avenues such as LinkedIn. One industry partner brought his entire team to meet with my students and then provided their emails and contact info for long-term mentoring and career development. We’re going to build a robot.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 31, 2017

From the multinational companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Discovery Education, Asus, Lego, or Intel, to small, single-product companies, they all made Bett the excellent conference it was. I saw robots, drones, VR sets, Augmented Reality apps, interactive screens, and even a real-size yellow school bus filled with computers.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

The Internet did become more privatized, more commercialized around that date – 1991 – and thanks to companies like AOL, a version of it became more accessible to more people. Our Internet service providers today are likely telephone and TV companies. So we can reorganize the bar graph. But it’s still got problems.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. I treated my classroom like a business by investing in long-term purchases, I made an investment in my company.”. Website • Twitter • Free art lessons.

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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? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Canceled Meetings. The unexpected extra time from a canceled meeting, the time you desperately needed to complete a task within the deadline. Having a job you wanted at your favorite company. Imagine the world without gears; how will an egg beater, clocks, helicopters, or robotics work. Social Media.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. But Koehler would need to meet many more kids like this one to stave off school closures forever. For two years, SFUSD has also worked with digital marketing companies.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Educators can meet students where they are in viewing the tool with curiosity and encouraging it as a supplemental effort to their overall learning journey. An AI tech company can help by giving teachers the power of AI to scan text and turn it into well-designed slides. The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. – over accusations about abusive lending practices,” as The Chronicle of Higher Education notes. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” For-profit higher ed company Education Management Corp says it will close 22 out of 26 of its Brown Mackie College locations.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Badges , patents, and the world’s ‘least popular’ education company” by Doug Belshaw.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Or maybe the company it’s using for its predictive analytics programs – EAB, I think – does and that’s why we’re hearing all these stories. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The assessment company has raised over $52 million total. ” Kaltura has acquired Rapt Media.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via The Nation : “ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ ” Via Education Week : “Setback for DACA Supporters Places Program’s Fate Squarely in Trump’s Hands.” ” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ DeVos rejects invitation to meet with former for-profit college students.” Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” Via the Phoenix New Times : “Meet the Creationist Helping to Change Arizona School Standards on Evolution.” “After the SAT make-up test was given this weekend, reports again circulated on social media that the make-up test included many questions from an SAT widely available in Asia,” says Inside Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via NPR : “Meet Jin Park , The First DACA Recipient Awarded A Rhodes Scholarship.” Sometimes it’s fun to look back at old stories that the tech press dutifully pumped out about this company. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). Via the Arizona Capitol Times : “ Arizona bill to ban school ‘ social justice ’ courses dies quickly.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Edsurge writes about e-scooters , one of the “hot new trends” out of Silicon Valley, and how these companies are defying the rules of college campuses in order to build up a new customer base there. “ Could Monitoring Students on Social Media Stop the Next School Shooting? The company has raised $251.6

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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. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” ” “A federal requirement for online colleges to tell students whether their academic programs meet state licensing requirements may be postponed,” says Inside Higher Ed. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Chalkbeat investigates the Indiana Virtual School : “As students signed up, online school hired barely any teachers – but founder’s company charged it millions.”

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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.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Several Trump appointees shared unflattering views of minorities, women on social media.” The sale of the Apollo Education Group , parent company of the University of Phoenix , has been finalized. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Student loan company SoFi will acquire Zenbanx.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” “Who’s Meeting With DeVos ? News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Really looking forward to this new testing company though! Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Kushner ’s Family Business Received Loans After White House Meetings.” ” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). Meritize has raised $6.8

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Department of State has received emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect additional information regarding certain visa applicants ’ travel and employment histories, familial connections, and social media usage in accordance with a notice it posted in the Federal Register May 4. million total.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Also via Edsurge : “ MIT Moves Beyond the MOOC to Court Companies, Professional Learners.” “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ “ What’s Next?

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. ’s Financial-Responsibility Test.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “Behind Randi Weingarten ’s secret meeting with Steve Bannon ” by Mike Klonsky. “How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?” Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company. The George W. ” asks WonkHE.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ ACICS -Accredited Colleges Meet Federal Deadline.” The social media platform had raised $2.5 Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. For-profit higher and student loan companies. Government Over Dismal Education.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” All this pseudoscience is, of course, part of the “social emotional learning” hype.

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