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JULY 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The only other media attending the event would be a national crew from ABC.” ” Idaho Ed News quotes local high school students who protested the visit and their school’s reliance on technology. Such a small world.

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APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). Via the Arizona Capitol Times : “ Arizona bill to ban school ‘ social justice ’ courses dies quickly.”

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” Remind me again, all you fans of VR in education, how this technology is going to promote empathy? Via Scientific American : “How the FDA Manipulates the Media.” tl;dr: emailing them, holding webinars, using social media. ” Well, as long as ed-tech vendors benefit, it must be grand. Heckuva job.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.”

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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. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. A public service announcement from the FBI : “ Education Technologies : Data Collection and Unsecured Systems Could Pose Risks to Students.” ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”).

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APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” This story has me thinking a lot about “fake news” and education technology PR as misinformation.

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MARCH 10, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. ” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is offering some students the option to be awarded tamper-free digital degree certificates when they graduate, in partnership with Learning Machine. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Department of State has received emergency approval from the Office of Management and Budget to collect additional information regarding certain visa applicants ’ travel and employment histories, familial connections, and social media usage in accordance with a notice it posted in the Federal Register May 4. million total.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Another Duke story – The Chronicle of Higher Education looks at the school’s Technology Scholars Project: “ Steering More Women to Silicon Valley.” Rasmussen College is expanding its CBE program, Campus Technology reports. ” asks MIT Technology Review. ” Are they?

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JANUARY 12, 2017

The Department of Education has released a “Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan ,” just in the nick of time I guess. ” “ Harvard/MIT Report Analyzes 4 Years of MOOC Data ,” Campus Technology reports. The social media platform had raised $2.5

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JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Reuters continues its investigative series on various education (technology) scandals. IOT e-toy maker Osmo has raised $24 million from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures, and K9 Ventures. ” “So-So Social Media Privacy? Upgrades and Downgrades. million total.

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