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

Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” If you Google him, you might surmise there’s a lot more going on here than just textbook sales.). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Meanwhile on Campus… “ Here’s How Higher Education Dies – A futurist says the industry may have nowhere to go but down. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via The New York Times : “ Canada Beckons International Students With a Path to Citizenship.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40