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Hack Education Weekly News

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Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sony wants to digitize education records using the blockchain.” (Reminder: according to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines , “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The 74 interviewed Sal Khan on personalized learning and his goal to create a “ global diploma ,” which he says his company can “uniquely” do. “ Facebook Funded Most of the Experts Who Vetted Messenger Kids ,” Wired’s Nitasha Tiku reports. ” asks KQED’s Mindshift.