EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

iPads, laptops, robotics, Hokki Stools, books, construction paper, art easels, rugs, tables, shelving, Crayolas of every kind… the list could go on and on. Ask team members in your building, search for a facebook group, or jump into a chat on Twitter: #donorschoose Trust me, you’ll find some tips and tricks there that will help you a lot!

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2017

Yes, they get to enjoy popular Japanese animation together, but every week we were also workshopping different skill aspects within the culture of Japanese animation. While our other groups at STEAM Box were designing robots and aerospace engineering projects, this group was showing their animations at conventions.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Facebook events. Alice Keeler— Teacher and Google Certified Innovator, author, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter. More information on UNC MEITE.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Mentorships , matching people within Groups to help them guide each other.” Via Buzzfeed : “Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A ‘Psychological Trick’ To Target Teens.” NPR on the latest show from Sesame Workshop. The Business of Job Training.

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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.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” Because the way to teach people about Facebook according to Facebook is always more Facebook.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

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. ” Meanwhile, in history workshops in Quebec… “ Quebec Neo-Fascists are Teaching School Kids About Vikings ,” says Vice.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

“ Google , Facebook , Verizon , Comcast and AT&T each contributed $200,000 to a committee opposing the proposed ballot measure, and lobbyists had estimated that businesses would spend $100 million to campaign against it before the November election.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The LA Times asks , “ In this digital self-help age, just how effective are MasterClass ’s A-list celebrity workshops?” Via Patheos : “ BYU-Idaho Professor Fired After Defending LGBT Rights in Private Facebook Post.” Competition.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

.” That’s a school district in Wisconsin , and the learning software in question is the Summit Learning Platform , created by the Summit charter school chain and built by Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sesame Workshop will produce children’s shows for Apple.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

“ Apple to offer free ‘ Hour of Code ’ workshops for full week,” says Techcrunch. Data-mining a Facebook group. Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.” Lee Partners.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

For the 2015 NMC Summer Conference Preview of the NMC On the Horizon series on April 14th, we''re highlighting the 2015 NMC Summer Conference with a range of keynote, featured session, Idea Lab, and preconference workshop panelists. Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

When New Schools for New Orleans announced the competitive grant contest, 23 schools — about a quarter of all public schools in New Orleans — expressed interest by attending workshops on personalized learning. The nonprofit selected nine schools , each of which received between $10,000 and $300,000, to jump-start pilot programs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. IBM boasted a partnership with the Sesame Workshop to build “ cognitive learning ” apps.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Investors in the VC firm include Sesame Workshop, TAL Education, the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pensions fund, and Hall Capital Partners.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook , Google and others join The Trust Project , an effort to increase transparency around online news.” ” Via Poynter : “Do Facebook and Google have control of their algorithms anymore? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The workshop space for “makers” had raised $4.7

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Nor has it stopped Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from making “personalized learning” a centerpiece of his venture philanthropy firm’s education work or from vowing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it. Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. Quintyn Scott (left) and Ella Bartholomew program robots at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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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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