Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 5, 2017

When I write critically about Khan Academy or Apple, I know I’ll hear an earful — and it isn’t simply an earful of disagreement. But we ‘educated’ these men. And there’s our own Audrey Watters : some of the posts I’ve written have resulted in some pretty awful comment threads. They’re asking when people will stop being outed.”.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Links are provided to outside sources, such as peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, encyclopedias, video sources, and courses such as Khan Academy, edX, and the like. Each item description is limited to 150 words.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In some educational systems where bringing devices to schools is a school offence, there has to be a change. There are apps such as NEO , TED and Khan Academy downloadable from app stores. I already know some students who want to BYOD because they find it very convenient. Today is different. Students are changing.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

Prize in Education has been one of the most prestigious awards in the field, honoring outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through innovative and successful approaches. Family Foundation, McGraw-Hill Education and Arizona State University. McGraw, Jr. McGraw, Jr. That’s a good question.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The chart compares a wide array of professions based on required education levels, average annual wages, and likelihood of automation. Sure enough, elementary and secondary teachers are among the most educated yet least paid professionals; and their likelihood of automation: practically zero.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug Green challenges our thinking about school, how we should teach, and the flaws with the testing programs we have in education today. Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. Now, Doug, you argue that we’ve kind of gone off track in education. She has a blog on Education Week.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. We do not need fewer teachers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The field of education is no less affected by these technologies. In K-12 education, a focus on ethical considerations is of critical importance. Many teachers and education leaders select and use AI-powered tools despite little background in computer science or artificial intelligence.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0: The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

. “We couldn’t afford to have an individual teacher for every student, so we developed a way of teaching large groups,” as John Pane, an education researcher at the RAND Corporation, puts it. Competency-based education. Two examples are McGraw Hill’s ALEKS and Khan Academy. Drew Lytle for NPR ).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Once again, the K-12 world has come upon that week in December when educators, organizations and students alike celebrate all things programming. But this year, former educator and current entrepreneur Jeffrey Martín has a message for all those excited for Hour of Code: it’s not just about teaching the students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Students at West End Secondary School in New York City. Educators around the world use video to teach kids about everything from robots to rainforests. The Art of Storytelling ,” a popular course offered by Khan Academy, describes the principles behind filmmaking as Film Grammar. It just takes some forethought.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Over the past few years the education industry has been experiencing a shift away traditional learning environments. One of these practices is known as blended learning and the term that has been garnering some attention within the education industry as of late. But, what is blended learning? What is a blended learning approach?

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching really is in most schools, and whether it should be given cultural, economic and technological change. It’s librarians that are supposed to curate and guide further studies and deeper dives or sideways jumps to secondary topics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

It really is an exciting time for technology in education and the tools available to us to use today in our math classes is no exception. If you are teaching in a 1-to-1 device classroom, the Desmos team has done an exceptional job in bringing math education into the 21st century. Google Apps For Education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors. Beatriz Arnillas, director-IT, education technology at the district. Needless to say it caught on with universities—and eventually school districts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our Learning Revolution FREE educational conferences had 100,000 attendee log-ins last year.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These tools, ranging from interactive whiteboards to educational apps and virtual learning platforms, bridge traditional methodologies with innovative approaches. Embracing these tools not only prepares students for a tech-driven future but also enriches the educational journey with creativity and efficiency.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this year – from the University of Northern New Jersey too ITT, from Trump University to DevSchool – we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.” Or it was.).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In fairness, startups weren’t the only education companies experiencing this sort of upheaval this year: Amplify, News Corps’ education division, continued to sell off various parts of its failed business. DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." Layoffs at General Assembly (7% of staff). Why, schools of course.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Obviously – full disclosure – I’m pretty invested in history being relevant as I’m writing a book about education technology in the mid-twentieth century, about the rise of education psychology, the automation of education, and teaching machines.).

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Education Politics. Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” ” “ What does Trump’s executive order on education do? ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.”

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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. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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