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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T. ” Via The New York Times : “ Google Pledges $300 Million to Clean Up False News.”

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. To believe that would require, of course, that we overlook the role that the major technology platforms – Google, Facebook, and Amazon – play in education. Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” (National) Education Politics. ” She was Ms. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Fascinating how affluent parents in the shadow of Google and Apple HQs respond to ed-tech, no?). ” Via Infodocket : “ University of Delaware Library Joins Open Textbook Network.” ” “ Google’s Toontastic storytelling app for kids goes 3D,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” ” Google announces “Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.