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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. But we can't do so if we keep cultivating an ed-tech (information) ecosystem that fosters inaccuracies and inequalities. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. ” Kaltura has acquired Rapt Media. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via Pew : “ Teens , Social Media , & Technology 2018.”