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FETC 2019: Day One

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Not the driving rain or 50-degree temperatures could keep edtech enthusiasts from the opening day of FETC 2019 in Orlando. The edtech administrators, information technology, educator, early learning, and inclusion and special education tracks ensured that there was something for everyone. Student Data Privacy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” ” (“…She’s unlikely to encounter local students when she’s there.”). Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. Edtech Companies?” National) Education Politics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the Getting Smart blog : “Incubating EdTech: AT&T Announces 4th Aspire Accelerator Class.” See also, from the press release : “ ETS and LearnLaunch to Fund Edtech Startups.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Microsoft has acquired GitHub. The company has raised $15.7

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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.