Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

” “How Should Colleges Approach Student Success When Different Definitions Abound?” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?! Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I hear of librarians who jump into making because they feel pressure to identify with a trend or because they are lured by a commercial promotion and a growing number of available turn-key kits. The action in our huge open technology wing engaged kids in robotics and coding and CAD and now, 3D printing. robotics teachers (OMG!

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

We wanted to create a digital experience for kids that allows them to create things together, but isn’t saturated with the usual social-media-like engagement tools. Not only have they eschewed a social media setting for their digital playground, they’ve also steered clear of “gamifying” the experience.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. They’re amazing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. 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.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

To push it further, one definition of disruption might be a bottom-up cause that substantially effects the ecology it is a part of (e.g., Increasingly formal use of social media by education institutions. Rapid change in the demands for media forms (e.g., Robotics in the classroom. Maker Movement.

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techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

Many of the updates come from trends I’ve seen not only in education but also in the workplace like these Top 10 Skills Needed for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (from the World Economic Forum). One of my Ed Techs ( Ashley Pampe ) actually created a “Social Media” team on her elementary campus.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 28, 2021

He’s going to give us a bit of context about what the SEL needs are for students right now, what’s trending, and clarify exactly what true socio-emotional learning means., But for this question, in our day and age, we got to realize that it’s easy to follow trends instead of what’s in the actual best interest of students.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2018

It is very important to not embark on any sort of STEM initiative just because it is a trend. There definitely is not an age that is too young,” says Fleming. Within District 36, Burleson explains, “We have buckets of technology: construction, robotics, circuitry and electronics, and coding.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

.” This one’s definitely my favorite: “Lecture VR is a VR app … which simulates a lecture hall in virtual reality.” Anil Dash and Gina Trapani announced they’re closing down their social media analytics product ThinkUp. ” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup.

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Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” ” That’ll definitely bring back the coal jobs. Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. National) Education Politics. ”).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. Green Imperial Pigeon.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

” I’ll discuss some of the competing definitions of what “personalization” might mean, but in this case, it’s the emphasis on working “at your own pace” on school assignments. Far from being neutral platforms for everyone, social media have changed the conditions and rules of social interaction.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

But this year, I’m reorganizing my analysis of these “trends,” partly because I think they can all be subsumed under the larger theme of “the new economy.” ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. But blaming social media is too easy and too simplistic. It is now a key feature of his presidency.

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