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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

PILOT PROGRAM OFFERS FREE ROBOTICS TEACHING RESOURCES Sony is offering a pilot program through which educators will be provided multiple KOOV kits, free of cost, along with one hour of training with the KOOV team and four weeks to experience KOOV firsthand. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ?

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 108

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are quality pieces of software, but the lack of them on anything other than Mac means adoption will be low. The online portal might work, but it is going to have to be a simple as Google Drive with an easy tie to email for it to work. The pain points are just too high for that.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city.

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techlearning

JULY 16, 2018

Bird Brain makes both Finch robots, and they make Hummingbird robotics kits. It means students can make almost anything with them including some awesome robots. I have seen middle school students make coffee drinking robots, police cars, dioramas, UFO’s, and more.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I shared the stage that day in Iceland with a person who gave their talk on how, in the future, robots will love us -- how they will take care of us in our old age; how they will teach our classes; how they will raise our children. Robots aren't coming for your jobs, but management may well be. Why do you? Why the glee?

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ Teachers can create transformational learning experiences for students by joining 3DBear’s AR Innovator Program. The tool is ideal for differentiated learning, literacy, English-language learners (ELL) or Special Needs instruction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. Tynker works with big tech companies too—Apple designed two of the free courses on its platform, and Google Classroom integrates with Tynker. We are purely” focused on software and content, he says. Pastry Chef. Tynker has been profitable the past year, though Vedati declined to give details.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

I never thought that what I was doing would be considered “techy” or that this passion project could be setting me up for a future career as a computer scientist, software engineer, learning designer, research associate or UX designer—all jobs that I learned about much later in life by reading Careers with Code magazine.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning. CATCHON ( WWW.GETCATCHON.COM ) CatchOn is an administrative tool that provides a real-time digital inventory for district technology leaders on all apps, software, and website activity.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. Maybe they’ll change how we think about robots.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. Google Classroom ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 54

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. This release will also now include support for Google Drive. Illuminate 10.0

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Examples of technologies that improve student learning include adaptive learning platforms like Khan Academy, offering personalized instruction. Educational apps such as Duolingo engage students with interactive language learning. Virtual reality applications like Google Expeditions provide immersive experiences.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 15, 2016

I’m not talking about Google’s spectacular triumph at having an AI win at Go (seriously, check it out , if you haven’t already). First, here’s an account of an Israeli-American robot designed to teach children. It has strong personalization, which connects with the resent rise in personalized learning.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” From the Google blog : “ Chromebook tablets for versatile learning.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalized learning.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google partners with MotherCoders to bring tech training to moms in New York City.” “What Does Personalized Learning Mean?

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” The Google Memo. Via Motherboard : “ Google Employee’s Anti-Diversity Manifesto Goes ‘Internally Viral’ ” Via Wired : “Internal Messages Show Some Googlers Supported Fired Engineer’s Manifesto.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Google has launched a curriculum called “ Be Internet Awesome ” to encourage digital safety and citizenship. So many reasons why Google is the wrong entity to claim any sort of leadership position here, but hey. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The “personalized learning” company has raised $6.8

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

So instead of a zeppelin, we got to ride in one of Google’s self-driving cars, which was of course the project that Thrun had been working on when he gave his famous TED Talk in 2011 – and that, in turn, was where he heard Salman Khan give his famous TED Talk. Google versus Uber. Efficiency.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Fines Google $5.1 That is, the announcement from RealNetworks that they’re offering facial recognition software to schools for free. billioin in venture capital ), Edsurge is certain it’s going to “transform learning.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” The new software is supposed to get students ready for “the Salesforce economy,” whatever the hell that means. “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? Google had a big media to-do this week.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” Doesn’t seem like any journalists caught this, tho: A couple of things about that group of former FB and Google employees who have founded the Center for Humane Tech: 1. .” ” $3000 for three headsets.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks ZDNet.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Via Google’s blog : “ Howard University opens a new campus at the Googleplex.” Racism, Immigration, and Education. ” Bye, Mercator.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Via The New York Times : “ Google Workers Reject Silicon Valley Individualism in Walkout.” Ed Week’s Ben Herold is a sly one because here is a headline in the form of a question that most assuredly can be answered “yes”: “ Are Companies Overselling Personalized Learning? million total.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Fees to join the Flipped Learning Global Initiative are $5000/year. month gives you a “personalized learning plan.”

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

(He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Upgrades and Downgrades. What could go wrong?).

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.” ” Google profiles Niji Collins , a winner in the latest Google Code-In contest. Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. Basecamp is essentially a learning management system (with the adjective “personalized” appended to it). Personalized Surveillance at AltSchool. average by 1.23 in math and 1.95

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” Edsurge on Education Elements : “Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting.” “Try Google.” National) Education Politics.

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