Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms. FOLLETT DESTINY 16.0 ( [link] ) Follett has released Destiny 16.0,

Chromebook 47

Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 47

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Students in Oregon Were Bullied and Forced to Read Bible, Report Says.”

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

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.”

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

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. But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state."

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday,” Inside Higher Ed reports. There’s more Department of Education news – relating to student loans in particular – in “the business of financial aid” section below.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Handing over data, often quite thoughtlessly, has become par for the course – in education and in society more generally. Students cheat, we’re repeatedly told.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

MindShift

MARCH 24, 2015

Consumer groups like Common Sense Media and companies like Microsoft have spoken positively of the bill. But some student-privacy advocates are saying it doesn’t go far enough in restricting what private companies can do with student data. Think of all the edits on a school paper written in Google Docs.

Student Data Privacy 28

Student Data Privacy Data Khan Academy Pearson 28

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” “ Richard Spencer , the white nationalist, has dropped his lawsuit against the University of Cincinnati,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say: ‘ Please ’,” the BBC reports. There are more stories about this Amazon news in the privacy and surveillance section below.

Education 44

Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. 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. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Via The Establishment : “Conservative Group Launches Watchlist For Liberal Professors.” ” The group in question: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” The takes).

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. ” Via The Hechinger Report : “ U.S. ” Remember: Jeb loves Betsy.

Knewton 46

Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” Elsewhere in North Carolina , Dana Goldstein reports for The NYT on “What Budget Cuts Mean for Third Graders in a Rural School.” Via The Hechinger Report (and related to a lot of the goings-on in the local education news section above): “ How one test kept New York City high schools segregated.”

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Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via New America : “Why Does Betsy DeVos think Federal Student Loan Debt has Grown by 1,000 percent?” ” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. ” Education in the Courts.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40