Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. That could be a problem."

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Overview : “Teachers can struggle with teaching ratio and proportion concepts to students. Encourage students create a doll of themselves by using ratios, proportions and technology. Students will work in groups of two. ” I found this Idea Spark particularly interesting for a few reasons.

Chromebook 78

Chromebook Khan Academy Classroom Google 78

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. National University has acquired UniversityNow – or some of its technology platform and curriculum, at least. UniversityNow had previously sold off some of its technology to Penn Foster a couple of years ago.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” (“…She’s unlikely to encounter local students when she’s there.”). This story has me thinking a lot about “fake news” and education technology PR as misinformation. Some cited him.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. In addition to funding this lawsuit, Thiel sits on the board of Facebook , which itself is playing a huge role in the “ future of news.” ” From the NASBE : “Trends in Student Data Privacy Bills in 2016.”

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. More in the privacy/security section below on the implications of this.). Inside Higher Ed on Facebook ’s plans to partner with community colleges to teach digital literacy. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40