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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning brings focus to the planning skills that are needed, the issues that are involved, and the current trends as we explore the potential impact of technological innovations. Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Related: Summit Schools and Facebook announce new personalized learning platform project. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Education Revolution Google+ Community The Data Driven Education Trend. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts. Check out her list here. This is very exciting research!

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. Bull also worries that these screens infringe on student privacy, especially in light of Summit’s proximity to Facebook. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges. ” Compare/contrast that headline with this one, also in Techcrunch : “ Facebook and Instragram change to crack down on underage children.” ” asks Bryan Alexander.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Pearson ’s Annual Report (2017) – my favorite part is how the numbers that are showcased on this web page are all green, even though they’re downward trending.