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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Via EdScoop : “‘Deliberate cyberattack ’ delays online assessments in five states.” Via The New York Times : “Is Facebook’s Campbell Brown a Force to Be Reckoned With?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.” Personalized Learning" Software (and Facebook and Summit Public Schools). Chatbot Instructors.

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