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OPINION: How schools can find common ground in an era of education wars

The Hechinger Report

For example, Anaheim Union became the first school district in the nation to partner with Google to offer five Google Career Certificates in the growing fields of automation with Python , data analytics , IT Support, project management , and UX Design. Within our schools, we believe in strengthening teacher leadership development.

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As the world goes virtual, big education technology players tighten their grip

The Hechinger Report

While the global disruption of in-person education seemed poised to change that, it’s largely benefiting the biggest, already-established brands so far, according to analysts and market data. Of the 10 most-used K-12 ed-tech tools tracked by management network LearnPlatform since the start of the pandemic, eight are from Google.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d You can find more data about “the business of ed-tech” – from 2017 and from previous years – on funding.hackeducation.com.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Coursera is another option for higher ed MOOCS. Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. Then assess if the staff development paid off based on student achievement data.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Coursera blog : “New mobile features: Transcripts, notes, and reminders.” The Omidyar Network has invested $850,000 in the “future of tech” research organization Data & Society. ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom."

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters. Furthermore, at launch, Pokémon Go demanded users sign over a great deal of personal data and grant permissions to the app that, for a time , gave it access to a user’s entire Google account. To data about students’ sexual identity?

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Driverless Ed-Tech: The History of the Future of Automation in Education

Hack Education

There was Thrun with his hands off the wheel, feet off the pedals, eyes not on the road, sometimes turning around entirely to face the passengers in the back seat, explaining how the car (and Google, of course) collected massive amounts of data in order to map the road and move efficiently along it. Efficiency.