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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback. CDW Segment.

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

This approach allows for more personalized and flexible learning pathways. Teacher Professional Development: Increased investment in teacher professional development to enhance instructional strategies, technology integration, and adaptability to changing educational landscapes. How do you keep up with current trends in education?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? Via GeekWire : “ Project Unicorn signs first companies to help schools handle the hairball of edtech data.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” ” AltSchool is shutting a school in Palo Alto , Bloomberg reports, so that the company can focus on “strategy, path to growth and finances.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The $1700 robot dog also requires a subscription plan.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” 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.

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The Weaponization of Education Data

Hack Education

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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Reader, they were not. Course Signals.

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