The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

As the calendar flips to a new year, we had reporters sit down with students in four cities to give us their predictions of and aspirations for the future. Their visions represent a journey into cybersecurity and space travel, racism and robots. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Noelani Velasco Polley, fifth grader.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

00;03;53;23 – 00;04;16;21 Dan Fitzpatrick And teachers all over the world are reporting back right now that it's absolutely supercharged learning within their classrooms. But I think expect that as a teacher, if all you're asking students to do is work that an AI robot can do. How Do You Report Bias or Issues with AI?

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 14, 2023

Right now, tech companies own AI. These companies have HUGE data mines, which will only make AI more powerful. The same Edweek article quoted above also shares a quote from a report released by the Consortium for School Networking (COSN). Robots will move so fast that you need a strobe light to see them.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2022

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. The skills academy at which Seck teaches is run by Synchrony, a national financial services company headquartered in Stamford.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

In addition to outlining stringent cleaning and disinfection procedures, organizers are encouraging a “no handshake policy” and have already refunded attendees from China, Italy, Iran and South Korea (with “no exceptions,” they write). Some companies are electing to not send staff.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. AP has expanded its use of Automated Insights into other sport dispatches, quarterly business financial reports , and more.*

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TeacherCast

JUNE 7, 2015

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. I clearly remember the first company I chatted with on Twitter. Sphero has a rapid replacement policy for teachers.

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PlagiarismCheck

JUNE 21, 2023

Sometimes AI writes like a human, and sometimes a human writes in a “robot-style”. After all, being accused of unauthorized use of AI will have serious negative consequences for a student, employee, or company. For taking into account all the features, the tool gives four verdict options: Why such a gradation of results?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report Cory Orr’s accelerated training program meets seven hours a day, four days a week; it will take him 22 weeks instead of the usual two years to earn the certifications he needs to become an industrial maintenance technician. Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report.

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My Paperless Classroom

MARCH 27, 2018

Whether you are a teacher trying to figure out how to invest your limited class resource budget, or an edtech company trying to secure your place in the market, customer service is something to look at closely. I clearly remember the first company I chatted with on Twitter. Sphero has a rapid replacement policy for teachers.

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Now, technology is the new power weapon in this new era of computers and robots. Harvard Professor of Economics, David Yang, recently enlightened us about the US ranking of the top companies with the most accurate technology in facial recognition. Out of nearly 50 companies, the top five were Chinese companies.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

And even as college and university enrollment overall declines, some career and technical education programs are reporting growth, and anticipating more of it. “I Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. My mind-control-drone-moving experience was nothing like this. Time to figure out who is boss.

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Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

.” Lots, lots more about Betsy DeVos’ policies in the student loan and for-profit higher ed sections below. Via Politico : “The American Action Forum , a right-leaning public policy group, is recommending that DeVos consider gutting the federal student aid pilot programs created under the Higher Education Act.

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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.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Even though test-proctoring companies like to sell themselves as providing an exciting, new, and necessary technology, this software has a long history that's deeply intertwined with pedagogical practices and beliefs about students' dishonesty. On the other hand, robots will still administer students multiple choice tests.

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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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

According to the company, curriculum topics will include: Formulating inspirational, productive and safe maker spaces. Establishing rules and policies to safely and effectively manage a maker space. Establishing rules and policies to safely and effectively manage a maker space. microprocessors like Arduino).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Robots won’t replace you , the press repeatedly said. Unsaid: robots will just de-professionalize , outsource , or privatize the work. Or, as the AI makers like to say, robots will make us all work harder (and no doubt, with no unions, cheaper). Don’t worry, teachers. ” Edsurge asked its readers this summer.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Students sit at desks wearing electronic headbands that report EEG data back to a teacher’s dashboard, and that information purports to measure students’ attention levels. The company says it has a working prototype and is in conversations with a Long Island school to pilot the headset. BrainCo has some big ideas.

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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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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Reports in edtech products are often created for teachers or school leaders. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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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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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. If companies make smartphones that a two-year old can use, why are developers making edtech so complicated? Howard: Her concern is the amount of training educators need with new edtech. and Mark C.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The study has the subtitle “A Parent Report Measure of Screen Media ‘Addiction’ in Children.” ” In other words, as long as these companies make their money from advertising, they will have incentive to try to design products that maximize the time you spend using them, whether or not it makes your life better.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they aren’t getting at the crux of the issue—existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. That’s what this is designed to do. We have teachers using Minecraft to teach during the day.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 17, 2024

Proactive and Positive Uses of AI in Teaching and Learning On a more positive note, there have certainly been numerous reports in the news and research of the potential of AI having a positive impact on learning.or It has to do both, as well as follow district policies and procedures. at least approaching it with cautious optimism.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The student started off by explaining that the grading policy encouraged students to attempt an assignment, mess up, identify the failure points and try again. One of his first big takers was EPB, a big electric utility and telecommunications company in Chattanooga. COACHING STUDENTS TO SUCCESS. DONEN’S COACHING TIPS.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy for the nonprofit group Girls Who Code , says the proportion of women in computing jobs has actually been trending downward over the last few decades. “If Every single company in every single industry has a demand for computing jobs. Engage without intimidation. About the Author.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us. They turn into products. ” – Eric Hoffer. Don’t let the dearth of data fool you though.

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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? It is a massive innovative market with supportive government policies and strong market demand. The thread on this tweet has the details.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Teachers Report Sharp Growth in Game-Based Learning by District Administration (July 2016) – reports that 48% of classroom teachers report using games in classroom instruction in 2015. I like that they recently added a feature to evaluate the privacy policies and COPPA compliance of websites. Sept 2015).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A London-based company in the crowded market of do-it-yourself programmable hardware for students seeks to shake off negative headlines as it restructures and changes focus to the U.S. The company first announced its strategic shift with a capital injection of about 3.3 TechCrunch first reported on some of the employee’s accusations.

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