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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. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. From the HR Department.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” Via Vice : “ Google Docs Is Randomly Flagging Files for Violating Its Terms of Service.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Business of Job Training. So I dunno. ” asks Wired.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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. ” “ A.I.

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