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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

If every child had a computer or iPad, she could log into a customized cyberclassroom and learn at her own pace. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others. Some kids are English learners, and others have disabilities; some read well above grade level, and others lag behind in math.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” “ Minecraft: Education Edition is coming to iPad,” says Techcrunch. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Kids connect with robot reading partners ,” says the PR office of the University of Wisconsin Madison.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. From the Raspberry Pi blog : “IoT Sleepbuddy, the robotic babysitter.” Via Honi Soit : “University abandons Cadmus anti-cheating software.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core. ” iPad use?! Seriously?! to 2020, to Reach $1.83

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” And Google is getting into the whiteboard business.