Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via ELearning Inside : “An Emirati City Is Giving Tablets to Every K–2 Learner As Part of its Lughati Initiative.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Like this example, from Techcrunch : “ Cybex starts selling its $330, app-enabled car seat made for safety geeks.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ” MOOCs looked – for a short while, at least – like they were going to pivot to become LMSes. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s another great example of why people who call for “ Uber for Education ” are probably pretty shady. ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Facebook brings Messenger Kids to Fire tablets.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Oh look.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Charles, IL Common Sense Media - 1-to-1 Essentials: A Roadmap for Schools , Learn about Common Sense Media’s 1-to-1 Essentials Program, a roadmap for schools implementing 1-to-1 tablets. See examples of how Shannon and I are doing it (poetry summit, virtual debate, author visits, class vista etc). Learn more here. Thanks, Ted!

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Standard Digital : “School abandons computer lessons as tablets remains unpowered.” President Trump has tried to blame the school shooting in Florida on everything but guns.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The virtual charter school in question: ECOT.

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