Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” ” Via Campus Technology : “BYU Researchers Aim to Stop Robots from Eating Tables with Wikipedia.”

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Hack Education

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.” million from Omidyar Technology Ventures and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Edsurge covers Clever ’s new product “Clever Goals,” which takes the data that the company gleans about student usage of technology and sells it back to schools. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Although much of the focus of ed-tech involves what happens at school, it’s important to remember that the corporate and consumer markets for “learning technologies” are much larger. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.” Loss In 2016.”

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

I was recently informed that my pointing out the relationships between politics, tech investors, and their investment portfolio constitutes an “ad hominem” attack. He’s a partner at Founders Fund, which has invested in Knewton, AltSchool, Uversity, ResearchGate, If You Can, Upstart, Declara, and Affirm. million total.

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