EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

For example, say robots and drones will be the hot-ticket item of the year (according to a recent study – they will be ). Does it make sense for you to purchase robots and drones for your school when you already have interactive displays in your classrooms and laptops for each student? Department of Education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Facebook, Google, Microsoft have pulled out of annual industry conferences, and called off events of their own. Some companies are electing to not send staff. The recent U.S. Across the broader technology world, the coronavirus has taken a toll on what were once routine gatherings.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Right now, tech companies own AI. Although this quote mentions Microsoft, the same would apply to Google applications and many others. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful. Robots will move so fast that you need a strobe light to see them. Robots will do everything better than us.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Reported percentages for quarters in 2018 appear to be similar. This Chrome OS share, of course, has made Microsoft angry. What will these teens expect of tech based on their current experiences? And determined.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

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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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. wi.us, among other sources."

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

. “ Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address equitable access to computational education in public schools,” Education Week reports. “ James Damore is moving his lawsuit against Google out of court,” The Verge reports. Wait wait wait.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” After someone noticed that Microsoft had boasted that it was working with ICE , Nitasha Tiku says that “Microsoft’s Ethical Reckoning Is Here.” As competition increases, institutions report mixed results with the model.” ” More in The Hechinger Report. Betsy DeVos ’s statement.

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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 Okay, okay.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Dance concealed about $12,000 in payments he received through his consulting work in 2015, including $4,600 from an organization called the Education Research and Development Institute – ERDI for short – that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. Perhaps one of the few areas of overlap was that three of the four conferences featured the similar talk by Andreas Schleicher, OECD’s education lead, who shared snippets from his team’s latest “Trends Shaping Education” report.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The promotion allows teachers and schools to test out the Bloomz Premium subscription, which offers exclusive tools to communicate and coordinate with their parent community, such as unlimited storage for teachers and administrators, engagement reports, premium calendar, and more. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

” Via NPR : “Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists.” Speaking of Google , Wired reports that “Children’s YouTube is still churning out blood, suicide and cannibalism.” ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.”

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

But as Education Week reports , “States Bristle as DeVos Ed. ” Inside Higher Ed reports that “The Republican budget resolution envisions more than $236 billion in cuts to mandatory spending for education programs over 10 years.” ” Protestors were outside the meeting in force. Critiques Their ESSA Plans.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

. “Learning styles” in the White House: President Trump doesn’t read his daily intelligence briefings, gets oral briefings on “select” issues instead, because reading isn’t “his style of learning,” the @washingtonpost reports [link] — Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 9, 2018. ” The Business of Financial Aid. Memos from HR.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. has joined the ENA family of companies. Principals can access unique data insights on how teachers, parents and students are using FreshGrade through monthly reports.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Verge : “US denies visas to Afghanistan ’s all-girl robotics team.” “ 18 States Are Suing Betsy DeVos Over For-Profit College Rules ,” Buzzfeed reports. Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.”

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” .” Via NPR : “Under Trump Budget , Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care.” The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University. More court cases in the sports section below.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Not 3D Printers On a panel with edtech executives from Microsoft, Google and IBM, Jonathan Rochelle, product management director at Google, reflected fondly on his past obsession with 3D printers, noting that the tool never reached the level of usefulness in homes and classrooms that he hoped for. Edtech's Next Big Thing?

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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.” Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” (Hmm. ” Via the AP : “Gov.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. “Harvard Management Company to Lay Off Half Its Staff,” The Harvard Crimson reports.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Via The Hechinger Report : “Most immigrants outpace Americans when it comes to education – with one big exception.” ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

“Former Lobbyist With For-Profit Colleges Quits Education Department ,” ProPublica reports. Via PR Watch : “ Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm.” It’s just getting started,” says The Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Education Politics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

African-Americans and Latino/Hispanics make up a tiny fraction of the overwhelmingly white, male-dominated workforce of major technology companies. based technology companies is African-American or Latino/Hispanic, and only one is a woman—Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM. and 2 times more likely to attend school with a robotics club.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Students In Visual Arts , Music ,” NPR reports. ” Oh.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Via The Verge : “ Microsoft secures $480 million HoloLens contract from US Army.” Chalkbeat reports that “ Success Academy illegally changes special education services without parent input, complaint claims.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. and from Hacker News.

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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. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.). And there’s more on how schools and companies violate athletes’ privacy in the data and privacy section below.

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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.” The Economic Times of India reports that “Udacity to focus on individual student projects.” ” Roy Moore has just been elected Alabama ’s new Senator.

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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. ” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HERO K12, BV INVESTMENT PARTNERS AND SCHOOLMINT ( herok12.com

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “The Trump administration just failed to stop a climate lawsuit brought by 21 kids,” The Chicago Tribune reports. Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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