Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

According to Dr. Kaku, talking wallpaper, data-reading toilets and other technologies that seem like miracles today are a mere fifty years away. Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. Our clothing, vehicles, medicine, and even our toilets will gather and share data. And oh, what a forest it might be. Dr. Michio Kaku.

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Robotics Blackboard LMS Libraries 87

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Rather than create dependencies and turn children into submissive robots, as many fear, technology may actually be leveraged to enable greater autonomy and develop real leadership skills among students. Still, there may be some lessons that teachers can learn from the tech industry of today to prepare the leaders of tomorrow.

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Technology Personalized Learning EdTech Robotics 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Most of my students lack a personal computer at home or a phone with a consistent data plan—and when 40% of the district’s students are living in poverty, supporting students to envision an attainable career trajectory they can be passionate about requires a unique approach.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ProPublica looks at age discrimination at IBM , worth considering I think as part of a larger industry worship of youth and “ innovation ”: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM.”

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Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2015

I’m not sure our silo-happy tech industry will be fond of letting Cortana, Siri, et al move freely between devices, much less third parties, unless that imitate Amazon and its go-everywhere Kindle app. Dealing with increasingly complex and intelligent software may demand new staff skills in information units, including IT and libraries.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

She thinks the industry is lagging behind. We often hear when folks start to think about equity that they look at the data and then they tell us how one group of students is doing worse than another group…many equity advocates are pushing against this deficit-based approach,” said Noakes. “We She received her B.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. For The Win Robotics focuses on fostering critical thinking and lifelong curiosity through the power of experiential STEM and computer science education through drone technology.

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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. A computing platform is the stage on which computer programs can run.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Image and data credits are listed at the bottom of this post. These machines are all intertwined with how we imagine the future of intelligence and knowledge, along with the future of the institutions traditionally responsible for these things – namely schools, universities, libraries, museums. But the data is flawed.

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Technology Learning Data Libraries 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

OneSync is a comprehensive account provisioning platform designed to streamline the synchronization between disparate data systems faculty and student directories. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

The content industry blew up and atomized into millions of pieces when it used to be consolidated into a few mammoth publishers that pushed out lines of books with an internal structure and consistency to learning that was all mapped out for schools. Library Management Systems. Student Information Systems (SIS). Device management.

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LMS Software Student Data Privacy Policies 133

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex Seage built a career leading technology and innovation in the cruise industry, which also provided him with a deep understanding of the technology needed to improve the experience for cruise guests. With reliable, actionable data, educators at Morris Elementary are able to provide targeted instruction.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. offers updated workflows on the 20 most popular pages, a reports page overhaul, redesigned assessment creation and pre-built data visualizations and dashboards. Spectrum Industries ( www.spectrumfurniture.com ) announced the introduction of the Pivot Workstation.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

Bryan Alexander

MAY 4, 2015

Not to mention robots, which we can’t carry, but are portable on their own terms. Sports fiends and pornographers make industrial use of GoPros. IT and academic computing departments, plus the library, would be revolutionized. Laptops keep mutating into new forms, extra-light, Chromebook, tablet hybrid, and so on.

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Tablets Laptops Mobility Education 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

Learning Revolutions's ChatGPT Bootcamp for Teaching and Learning: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT in Education with Steve Hargadon A 3-hour live online session with non-expiring access to recordings (The separate bootcamp for libraries and librarians is here.) Entire industries will reorient around it.

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Libraries Education Learning Professional Learning 76

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

.” Via Bookriot : “On Wednesday, August 23, the city council of Escondido, California voted, 3 to 2, to move forward with plans to hand their public library over to the private, for-profit company Library Systems and Services.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Khan Academy Company Libraries 97

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

More on student loans (namely, people in powerful political office with connections to the student loans industry) in the politics of education section above. Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

This is really similar to the work I do mapping the relationships – financial and otherwise – among various players in the ed-tech industry. The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

There’s more for-profit higher ed news – and how the Trump Administration has deep, deep ties to this industry – in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” Via Edsurge : “With a Year of Crisis Text Line Data, California Community Colleges Launch Mental Health Program.” Sticks With Him.”

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Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

” And Chalkbeat with the NYC data : “Find out what your New York City school spends per student.” “I am part of the resistance inside the ed-tech industry” or something like that. ” Via Publishers Weekly : “ Penguin Random House Changes Library E-book Lending Terms.” ” (S.D.

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Khan Academy Education Robotics Trends 44

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Meanwhile in that other big football state, Nebraska , the World Herald reports that “Sherwood Foundation buys data-tracking helmets for every OPS high school football player.” “ Should big data be used to discourage poor students from university? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks ZDNet.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

.” “ Torn Apart / Separados ” – “A rapidly deployed critical data & visualization intervention in the USA’s 2018 ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ for asylum seekers at the US Ports of Entry and the humanitarian crisis that has followed.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

” More on how the IER, the Department of Education’s research arm, fails to protect student data in the infosec section below. Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. .” million total.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” There’s a data dashboard, so you know it simply has to be useful.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless. ” Inside Higher Ed also looks at how data is being talked about at the higher ed ed-tech event. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Business of Job Training.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The Seattle Times : “A cellphone belonging to the man who claims he shot and wounded another man in self-defense during a demonstration last month at the University of Washington had been wiped clean of data before being seized by police, according to search-warrant documents filed in King County Superior Court.”

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. “Free College” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Bard College opens its second ‘microcollege’ in Brooklyn Public Library. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Department of Education Launches New English Learner Data Story.” ” “Data story” is a fancy way of saying “website.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Education in the Courts.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has released data showing there were 539 institutions placed on heightened cash monitoring as of Dec.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” ” Via Bklyner.com : “ Brooklyn Public Library and Bard College to Offer Free College Degree Programs in 2018.” One tech industry CEO’s vision of revolutionizing schools withers, and another is there to take its place. But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. From the HR Department.

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Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. Meanwhile on Campus… “ Here’s How Higher Education Dies – A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down.

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” I tweeted that the DACA database is one of the most important issues in ed-tech right now, and if you’re an ed-tech entrepreneur who says “nobody in ed-tech tracks immigration data,” you need to GTFO. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40