Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” The Business of Job Training. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.” trains students become venture capitalists.” Via the Google blog : “Investing £1 million in training for computing teachers in the U.K. ” Starring Walmart. (I

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “Elon Musk-backed OpenAI is teaching robots how to learn just like humans do.” Disclosure alert.).

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” The Business of Job Training. ” “ VR Pilot Training Now Comes With a Sense of Touch,” says Wired , which I guess doesn’t know that flight simulators always have ? .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” ” More on the new for-profit higher ed – coding bootcamps – in the job training section below. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks Michael Petrilli.

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