The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The courses employers have been helping to create don’t just teach skills students need to work for Microsoft, Amazon or Google, like the highly specialized training classes that are longtime industry standards — Linux System Administration, for example, or Office 365 Fundamentals. Soni is more blunt.

Sony 91

Sony Microsoft Industry Company 91

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” The Google Memo. Via Motherboard : “ Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ ” Via Wired : “Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer’s Manifesto.” million total.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

If you want a job as a software developer in the technology industry, you’ll need a college degree. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. million ads for software-developer jobs nationwide. New federal rules, for example, were poised to raise the standards for these graduates. By Khan Academy.

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Fast Company : “How Software Is Taking On School Shootings.” Like this example, from Techcrunch : “ Cybex starts selling its $330, app-enabled car seat made for safety geeks.” “ AI Will Give Rise to ’Superhuman Workers ,’ Says Google X Co-Founder,” writes Futurism.com.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company OER 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Demanding that schools teach “the right skills” is also one of many examples of an ongoing “innovation” fixation , of how industry is pressing the education system to bend to its needs. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59