TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

This year at ISTE , I had the opportunity to sit down with Tricia Van Hollebeke, Justin Chando and Mike Tholfsen from the Microsoft Education team at the Microsoft Education booth. Microsoft Education at ISTE. STEM Education. Minecraft: Education Edition. Microsoft Innovative Educator. Topics Include.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. These partners range from household names such as Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to upstarts like Waggle. So it comes as a surprise that the founder and CEO of.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. The secret to its swift entry into publishing was OER (open education resources). Knewton’s pitch is that its mix of OER and an adaptive-learning system will set it apart.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

I stood facing the drone, about to face-off with a little robot. The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. There is increasing interest in the role of meditation and mindfulness training in education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. Although chatbots are common in other industries like retail and finance, they’ve only recently made their way into higher-education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Between the barbeque and baristas, the dive bars and dueling pianos, thousands of educators, along with entrepreneurs, investors, researchers and policymakers across the education industry, will descend on Austin, Texas, during the first week of March for SXSW EDU. Who Does Online Education Really Serve? Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. The company is in talks with education companies in China and India, and will onboard as many as 5 new partners by the end of the year. Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Chief Academic Officer, Calvert Education, shined a light on a shift in education. Kanter said that “the goals of education have shifted to create the independent thinkers and creative problem solvers that our world needs, both now and for the future.”. Education Can Happen in Many Different Ways. Kanter, Ph.D.,

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

The bulk of my concern was expressed in these two paragraphs: Open education currently has no response to the coming wave of diagnostic, adaptive products coming from the publishers. We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , ”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

The bulk of my concern was expressed in these two paragraphs: Open education currently has no response to the coming wave of diagnostic, adaptive products coming from the publishers. Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. No 5Rs and no open pedagogy.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable. “Why is there a slide about Peloton? Is this really a trend?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. Advantages School International provides quality education to students around the globe.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. Terrapin is also offering a Makerspace Bundle, which includes all of their robots, the new Easi-Scope, and a variety of accessories.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The end of the day today is the final deadline to get in a proposal to speak at next week''s free and online 2013 Global STEMx Education Conference (STEMxCon.com) , September 19 - 21. Don Buckley - Co-Founder, Tools at Schools - "Is it Possible to Innovate in Education?" This is a great opportunity to share your work or ideas!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The employee also claimed that Pi-Top is in talks with Pearson for an investment or possible sale of some or all of the company. Buchesky says the company vets all credible proposals for new capital and potential exit opportunities, declining to comment specifically on the Pearson claim. The Pi-Top 4 kit sells for about $300.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Coming soon: the Hack Education Ed-Tech Decade in Review). Dangerous practices and products are normalized.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Board of Education and it barely registered as a story. ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Via The Atlantic : “The GOP ’s Public-Education Dilemma.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Education Politics. From the Department of Education’s press release : “U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Chief of Staff and Additional Staff Hires.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “DeVos Withdraws Obama-Era Memos Focused on Improving Loan Servicing.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Various education-related updates – via The New York Times : “How the Republican Tax Plan Uses School Savings to Hurt States.” ” Via Education Week : “Final Tax Bill Keeps Teacher Deduction at $250 , Cuts State and Local Deductions.” What’s Out?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

(National) Education Politics. “ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. The education reform-minded publication The 74 says that “Educators Warn of ‘Devastating’ Consequences for Charter Schools in New GOP Tax Bill.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

(National) Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. The Chronicle of Higher Education has more on Napolitano’s remarks at a lunch at UC’s Washington Center.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

(National) Education Politics. More on immigration and education in the immigration section below. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education. Education in the Courts. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking Confederate monuments on college campuses.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. Investors seem to really like “online education.” Coursera (online education) – $64 million. 2017 vs. . What Do These Startups Do?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.” ” Via Politico : “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights chief have the Education Department churning through civil rights complaints.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. I do so in Seymour’s memory.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds my rage… oh and the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Via Bloomberg : “ Campus Rape Loses Special Status in Trump’s Education Department.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept. More via The Hill and via the Department of Education’s press office. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Immigration and Education. ” That’s Michigan , for what it’s worth.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. At the G7 Summit , the countries pledged $3 billion for girls’ education.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Trump to Nominate U.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Education Week looks at the campaign donations Betsy DeVos has made to “to Senators who will oversee her confirmation.” ” Via Politico : “Trump’s education secretary pick supported anti-gay causes.” Via The Columbia Dispatch : “Group once led by Trump education secretary nominee owes $5.3

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’m publishing this week’s Hack Education Weekly News a little early this week. Education Politics. I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. She would not commit to refusing to privatize public education. It was a disaster.

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