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Current Trends in Education

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Educational Conferences and Events: Attend educational conferences and events, both locally and nationally. These events provide exposure to new ideas and foster collaboration. This data-driven approach supports personalized instruction and helps educators make informed decisions about students’ learning paths.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New York Times : “ Stanford History Event Was ‘ Too White and Too Male ,’ Organizer Admits.” Apple is holding an education-themed press event next week and The Verge tells readers “What to expect from Apple’s education event.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. Platforms are “an extractive apparatus for data.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The budget bill President Trump signed Friday fixes a technical problem for private scholarship providers that rely on federal student aid data to help students pay for college.” ” Apple held one of its big media events this week, this one focused on education. Cue the “hot takes.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the AP : “A policy that would nearly triple the number of University of California student-athletes guaranteed continued financial aid in the event of a career-ending sports injury received unanimous approval Wednesday from a committee of the university’s governing board.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Ed-Tech Events. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. Edsurge is also holding an event this week. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The IBM Watson PR machine hums along.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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