Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

SMART Technologies adds new collaboration features to its Learning Suite Online software, as well as a new remote device management system that works with third-party devices (iOS, Chrome, Windows, etc) and its own hardware. The new company, owned by SDI Innovations, makes a robotic arm and a corresponding STEM curriculum.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 26, 2012

The fault here lies in the system-- an archaic, antiquated system where the teacher is the only voice for evaluation. Don''t just be a robot following commands. The proof is also in the efficiency of the system: we spend a total of 86 mins (2 class periods, each 43 mins) on the evaluation process. Cue, Ben Harper.

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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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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

” ( Richard Carranza is the new head of the NYC school system.). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via the IBM press release : “How Watson Education , Scholastic and Edmodo are using AI to close the learning gap.” Via Techcrunch : “This happy robot helps kids with autism.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

senators released a bill Monday that would overturn the ban on a federal student-level data system that would allow for the tracking of employment and graduation rates. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “Elon Musk-backed OpenAI is teaching robots how to learn just like humans do.”

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