MindShift

JUNE 7, 2018

Other students in their engineering class were constructing a robot for the Dell-sponsored Silicon Valley Tech Challenge and designing a “tiny house” to shelter a homeless person. By contrast, 57 percent are foreign born, with many coming from India and China, a local industry group estimates. Joanne Jacobs for The Hechinger Report).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

GlobalSpeedChat--A Worldwide Collaboration of Students - Jennifer Hesseltine & Kim Preshoff, Teachers in New York A Case Study in Global Business Awareness - Connecting Students to the World Marketplace - Penny Lorenzo, JD Agentes De Cambio - Pedro Aparicio M.S. Make a Difference. Sears, M.A., Barrios, Ed.D.; Beebe, Ph.D.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more. Granger MA Encontrando tesoros en la Red / Profesora Cristina Velázquez Engaging Heads, Hands and Hearts in International Study Abroad / Patricia A. and the world. Publicity resources, along with images you can use, are HERE.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Earlier this year, Microsoft made headlines when it debuted Tay, a new chatbot modeled to speak like a teenage girl, which rather dramatically turned into “ a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours ” of its release, as The Telegraph put it. See, for example, the learning management system.) The History of the Future of Chatbots.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats." Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? As a professor who studies technology integration in K-12 schools, I can say the answer is yes but with some critical caveats." Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

Mrs. Brainmocker, young Elroy Jetson's robot teacher (who, one must presume by her title, was a married robot teacher), appeared in just one episode — the very last one of the show's original run in 1963. Brainmocker even looks a bit like Norman Crowder's AutoTutor, a machine released by U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Bull also worries that these screens infringe on student privacy, especially in light of Summit’s proximity to Facebook.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Larry Hogan (R) declared via executive order that beginning in September 2017, the Maryland school year won’t start until after Labor Day – a decision that prompted sharp criticism from school leaders, who are accusing Hogan of favoring the tourism industry over education.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Yet, according to this study, nearly half of the donors have chosen to supply educational technology, far more than are building schools, providing basic books and materials or employing teachers. Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.” ” The Verge tries to take a slightly skeptical angle : “If Facebook wants to appeal to teens, it might start by rethinking its new ‘Youth Portal’ ” Still more advertorial content. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” As I noted in the previous article in this series , the technology industry has continued this year to advocate for changes to both policy and curriculum to expand computer science education. ” They’re coming for your kids’ jobs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. ” ).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” “According to my observations, the standard Seattle Nazi is a white male under 30 who either works in the tech industry or is going to school to work in the tech industry” – from David Lewis’ story in The Stranger about white nationalists in Seattle. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Well, I guess I need to keep an eye on how the tutoring industry rebrands itself what with all the investment dollars it’s receiving. ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” Via The Washington Post : “There’s a well-funded campus industry behind the Ann Coulter incident.” Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Are they in the oil industry? The stories out of Facebook just keep getting worse. I mean, I’m just glad that no one from Facebook is involved in education, ed-tech, ed reform, or education journalism. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. What are these jobs? Are these jobs open to women?).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” Challenging forced arbitration clauses has been one way the CFPB has taken on the student loan industry. Via Buzzfeed : “A Close Ally Of Mike Pence Is Helping The Shady Student Debt Relief Industry.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The Business of Student Loans. ” (That’s Marty Obst.).

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

There’s more for-profit higher ed news – and how the Trump Administration has deep, deep ties to this industry – in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” The study includes DNA testing. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.”

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” ” That’s Inder Verma at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. “Soon.”

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Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Federal task force releases ”roadmap“ for alternative federal system for apprenticeships , with calls for more industry involvement and criticism of higher education. ” The alleged cheating involved study materials posted to Quizlet. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via ESPN : “Ravens OL John Urschel , 26, retires abruptly, two days after CTE study.” Speaking of imperialism, The Guardian covers a report from Global Media which describes Facebook’s Free Basics program as “ digital colonialism.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Probably not.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” " The majors include sociology, media studies, and political science. Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I’ve also written a separate article listing some of the various events that happened in the for-profit college industry this year – closures, lawsuits, sales, and the like. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg on “Building Global Community” via Facebook. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Quartz : “The robot that takes your job should pay taxes , says Bill Gates.” Via the MIT Technology Review : “What Happens When Robots Become Role Models.” Galore has raised $1.65

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via the Naples Daily News : “ East Naples teacher reassigned after Facebook post about immigrants.” Bridget Foster has been named the head of the SIIA’s ed-tech association, the Education Technology Industry Network. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Forget Design Thinking.” It’s not true.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” Via Techcrunch : “Lyft partners with Black Girls Code to help develop a more diverse tech industry.” ” It’s boom times for the “regret industry.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Inside Higher Ed on professor pay : “Faculty members earn 15 percent less than others with advanced degrees, study finds. Don’t be ridiculous.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” I’ve updated my calculations on the amount of venture capital funding in the ed-tech industry for the month of May.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Student could read about the actual history of MIT, if they want to think about the ethical implications of their work, and its ties to the military industrial complex. Via The New York Times : “Turn Off Messenger Kids , Health Experts Plead to Facebook.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.” ” More on this story and concerns about how Facebook moderates content via Techcrunch. ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” ” That’s Tariq Ramadan , a professor of contemporary Islamic studies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Charter schools, according to a study based on this OCR data, have an even higher rate of suspending Black students and students with disabilities. The technology industry – its products and its politics – furthers inequality, particularly in its own backyard in the Bay Area. Black students are 1.9 Black students are 2.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” More on the technology industry’s role in building a Muslim registry in the surveillance section below. Inside Higher Ed covers Billy Willson’s viral “I’m quitting school” rant on Facebook, in which he claimed he was leaving Kansas State University with a 4.0 DE is distance education.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” Meanwhile on Campus… “ Here’s How Higher Education Dies – A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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