Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Rather than create dependencies and turn children into submissive robots, as many fear, technology may actually be leveraged to enable greater autonomy and develop real leadership skills among students. Staff training procedures still leave much to be desired , for example. How do you know if technology is the solution or the problem?

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ProPublica looks at age discrimination at IBM , worth considering I think as part of a larger industry worship of youth and “ innovation ”: “Cutting ‘Old Heads’ at IBM.”

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Diamond: Her district has a team of personnel to manage edtech initiatives from integrating it with their LMS to teacher training. For Diamond, communicating with the end user is key: what’s coming, what they’re required to do, and what training is available. Howard: Her concern is the amount of training educators need with new edtech.

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Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2015

I’m not sure our silo-happy tech industry will be fond of letting Cortana, Siri, et al move freely between devices, much less third parties, unless that imitate Amazon and its go-everywhere Kindle app. Dealing with increasingly complex and intelligent software may demand new staff skills in information units, including IT and libraries.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States. For The Win Robotics focuses on fostering critical thinking and lifelong curiosity through the power of experiential STEM and computer science education through drone technology.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. Where does the funding come in for that?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Presenters - Please Check Your Instructions Presenters: make sure you have joined the presenter group on the site, that you have read carefully the instructions there and in the emails that have been sent to you, and that you have taken or watched the training (critical). Volunteering + Advisory Board - We Need You! Make a Difference.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

NMC Summer Conference presenters are thought leaders within the education industry at colleges and universities, schools, museums, libraries, organizations, and companies. The Call for Proposals will open May 1st , immediately following the Library 2.015 Spring Summit. More information here. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. I’m not sure it was, but then again, understanding the LMS industry is really their thing and not mine (something for which I am eternally grateful). Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

Hardware training involved learning how to use products from industry leaders in the maker education market, including programmable robots and drones (Sphero, Parrot), along with Arduino and circuitry kits (Makey Makey, Circuit Scribe). Today’s students need high-quality experiences using various forms of technology.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The partnership, entering its fifth year, enables Follett customers to enjoy seamless integration with their Destiny solution, and lets students begin their library experience without delay, saving district staff from having to carry out time-consuming updates. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc. announced the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Senior Officer – Training & Facilitation Globalizing US History: How to do It! Isabella Nuñez ‘17, Azaria Segall ‘18, Students / Dr. Susan Carrese, Faculty Advisor, Toni Olivieri-Barton, Library Technology Educator Why online teacher trainers should know about cMOOCs / Vance Stevens, EFL instructor Why study abroad? /

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 22, 2019

The content industry blew up and atomized into millions of pieces when it used to be consolidated into a few mammoth publishers that pushed out lines of books with an internal structure and consistency to learning that was all mapped out for schools. Library Management Systems. Student Information Systems (SIS). Device management.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Impero will also discuss its recent update to Impero iSafeguard, its online safeguarding training solution for school staff. New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more. KANO EDUCATION PACKAGES ( kano.me/educators/packages KANO EDUCATION PACKAGES ( kano.me/educators/packages

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex Seage built a career leading technology and innovation in the cruise industry, which also provided him with a deep understanding of the technology needed to improve the experience for cruise guests. Additionally, FLVS supported Florida schools and districts by training more than 10,000 teachers statewide and provided ongoing support.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!), More information in presenting HERE.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

Learning Revolutions's ChatGPT Bootcamp for Teaching and Learning: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT in Education with Steve Hargadon A 3-hour live online session with non-expiring access to recordings (The separate bootcamp for libraries and librarians is here.) Entire industries will reorient around it.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

.” Via Bookriot : “On Wednesday, August 23, the city council of Escondido, California voted, 3 to 2, to move forward with plans to hand their public library over to the private, for-profit company Library Systems and Services.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

More on student loans (namely, people in powerful political office with connections to the student loans industry) in the politics of education section above. Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

There’s more for-profit higher ed news – and how the Trump Administration has deep, deep ties to this industry – in the for-profit higher ed section below. The Business of Job Training. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” More via AJC.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The Business of Job Training (and Educational Employee Benefits). “I am part of the resistance inside the ed-tech industry” or something like that. ” Via Publishers Weekly : “ Penguin Random House Changes Library E-book Lending Terms.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Nope.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” Wired on the project : “‘ ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “The Snake Oil of the Second-Act Industry.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Another coding bootcamp shuts down.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

So this, from the American Enterprise Institute , is completely unsurprising: “School-choice advocate Steve Jobs in 1995: ‘The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education’ ” The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Contests and Awards. billion in revenue by 2022.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via CNBC : “Google exec, Mark Cuban agree that these college majors are the most robot-resistant.” Move along.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Digital Public Library of America has a new head : John S. The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“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. Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. From the HR Department. ” ( PDF ).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Trump’s proposed education budget: more for school choice, less for teacher training.” ” There’s more on Department of Education efforts to help the for-profit higher ed industry in the for-profit higher ed section below. The Business of Job Training. That’s what I do here.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” Via The Atlantic : “The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life.” ” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. Student could read about the actual history of MIT, if they want to think about the ethical implications of their work, and its ties to the military industrial complex.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Representative Ron DeSantis introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow states to set up a parallel accrediting system to direct federal student aid money to a range of career training programs.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ E.U. .”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” ” The New York Times looks at “A Legal Industry Built on Private School Sex Abuse.” ” More on the new for-profit higher ed – coding bootcamps – in the job training section below.

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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 The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ UVa Library’s Plan to Cut Stacks by Half Sparks Faculty Concerns.” The Business of Job Training. Hype men gonna hype.).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “ VR is gaining ground in the academic world and the 3D industry,” says Techcrunch , so it must be true. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. We actually already trained a generation of students with variants of this method. Are standing desks ?

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