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AUGUST 25, 2023

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Collaborate Science – ML-PBL Powered by Accelerate Learning BirdBrain Technologies Finch Robot 2.0 Long publishes national surveys on STEM education and STEM marketing infographics to guide edtech marketers across the globe. Learn more at www.mchdata.com or find them on Twitter , Facebook , or LinkedIn.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2018

With the Trump administration prioritizing $200 million a year toward STEM and computer science education and tech giants including Microsoft , Google, Amazon and Facebook ponying up another $300 million , there may be opportunities for schools new to the idea of STEM to get started. . We try to spread our budget evenly across those buckets.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon. Related to this development was the rise of what I think of as Social Justice Edtech. Cathy O’Neil’s criticism of data analytics’ misuse resonated with a large number of people.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Transgender Girl , 12, Is Violently Threatened After Facebook Post by Classmate’s Parent.” “ Facebook is going back to college,” writes venture capitalist Ryan Craig. “ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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APRIL 14, 2017

“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” ” Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Upgrades and Downgrades. Not really.

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MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” “Examining Trends in Graduate Student Debt by Race and Ethnicity” by Seton Hall University professor Robert Kelchen. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “ Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race.” ” (Related, this assignment from Davidson College’s Mark Sample : “Hacking Facebook’s Ad Network for Justice.”). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “Personalization.”

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

” (“Reinventing the transcript” seems to be one of the things folks are hoping to make “ trend ” this year.). “What Happened to Facebook ’s Grand Plan to Wire the World?” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Has Been Working to Reinvent the Transcript. Shrug emoji.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” The next day after the administration’s announcement, several tech giants – Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Salesforce, and other – said they would help fund the White House’s commitment to CS, to the tune of $300 million more.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

” “We Shut Down Our Edtech Startup. That is, major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter increasingly made it difficult for ThinkUp to work with their APIs. ” Via the Hechinger Report : “Can a wall-climbing robot teach your kid to code?”

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JULY 20, 2018

” 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.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled Facebook ’s new mission statement,” says The Verge. Via Buzzfeed : “ Violence On Facebook Live Is Worse Than You Thought.” ” Because, you know, Facebook’s mission is “community.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Where’s the outrage?”

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via The Daily Beast : “ Palmer Luckey : The Facebook Near-Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine.” Well, one thing’s for certain: between this and Peter Thiel on its board, Facebook is well-positioned for a Trump presidency. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.” More hype via Edsurge.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference. I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.”

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AUGUST 4, 2018

.” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” ” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” ” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Via TNW : “ Facebook trials ‘ High School Networks ’ for Messenger – what could go wrong there?” Edtech Companies?” National) Education Politics. Billion People?”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. Speaking of imperialism, The Guardian covers a report from Global Media which describes Facebook’s Free Basics program as “ digital colonialism.”

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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. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. Via the Naples Daily News : “ East Naples teacher reassigned after Facebook post about immigrants.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017.

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DECEMBER 10, 2017

EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin launched a new project in 2017 – “ The K–12 Cyber Incident Map ” – that visualizes the breaches, ransomware attacks, DDOS attacks, phishing attacks, and so on that have been reported at US public schools. The actions of the administration should not come as a surprise.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “From digital commons to the data-fied urge : Theorising evolving trends in the intersections of digital culture and open education ” by Giota Alevizou.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Maha Bali writing for Prof Hacker : “Against the 3A’s of EdTech: AI , Analytics , and Adaptive Technologies in Education.” I don’t know.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Turn Off Messenger Kids , Health Experts Plead to Facebook.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin has released a new study on the many security and privacy issues with school (and school district and department of education) websites.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” None of this has played out equitably, as the benefits have accrued in management and not by labor.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Where Is the Office of EdTech ?” ” That’s a school district in Wisconsin , and the learning software in question is the Summit Learning Platform , created by the Summit charter school chain and built by Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.” Edsurge on ”Words to Never Use If You Want to Build a Diverse Edtech Company." Via The Guardian : “ Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images ?” GradTouch has raised ~$1.3

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook , Google and others join The Trust Project , an effort to increase transparency around online news.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. This Edtech Company Says It Uses AI.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Yup.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Facebook has decided to obey the law , announcing this week that “ discriminatory advertising has no place on Facebook.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Robots Will Save Liberal Education.” ” Listen. Think again.” Cinemood has raised $2.5

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Mississippi defies national trend; decreases scrutiny of early child care quality.” Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.” Here’s another trend to watch: how jail tech and ed-tech will merge.

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