Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done? So how do you choose?

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 15, 2023

It certainly read like a robot had written in, IMHO. Additionally, it's important to provide clear instructions and support for students who may be unfamiliar with the technology. Introduction to Online Tools for Classroom Teachers In today's digital age, technology has become an essential part of education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. OSMOSIS : If Khan Academy were a medical school, it might look like Osmosis. The Los Angeles-based company is asking for $365,000 as part of a $1 million raise.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

" Learning to code also teaches students in a concrete way how the technology they use every day works. You may need to plan the course logistics, get trained to teach the course, make the syllabus, or maybe all three. Khan Academy and Code Conquest each have some good ideas for this. When, where, and who?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

” He continued – and I think this is so very revealing about the goals of much of this push for technological reform, “I should say that on the average we get about two percent efficiency out of schoolbooks as they are written today. Khan Academy was going to change everything. And on and on and on.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But that technology won’t be entirely homegrown: Chinese companies, particularly those building products or services laced with the machine learning algorithms, are increasingly playing a role in the tools that we call “AI.” Not in terms of the science-fiction robot overlords. education and jobs in the next decade.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools. Khan Academy ? Technology is blended in a unique way throughout the PAUSD program.

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

Do people still imagine, do people still believe that technology is the silver bullet? " I write a lot about the powerful narratives that shape the ways in which we think about education and technology. It's influential internally, within the field of education and education technology. I don't know. But I won't lie.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

” The Business of Job Training. Google’s power and influence has immense implications for the future of “information” and scholarship, and if you think education (and education technology) is immune from this sort of influence, you are really not paying attention. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It It will be interesting to compare the success or failure of Khan Lab School with the failure of AltSchool. ” The Business of Job Training. Via The MIT Technology Review : “Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. But With a Better Future?”

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. “technologizing” the government. ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From the Khan Academy blog : “School district reports test scores rise with mastery learning on Khan Academy.” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Employee Benefits). ” Nope.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The Business of Job Training. ” “ VR Pilot Training Now Comes With a Sense of Touch,” says Wired , which I guess doesn’t know that flight simulators always have ? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? ” Edsurge profiles MEDSKL , which is like Khan Academy but for medical school.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Business of Job Training. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” Via Edsurge : “ Khan Academy ’s New ‘Teacher Aid’ Tool Goes for a Test Drive in Southern California.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. It’s an “awareness gap.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Testing, Testing… From the Khan Academy blog : “ Khan Academy is the Official Practice Partner for AP.” ” This is the second major partnership the organization has made with the College Board , as Khan Academy is also its test prep site of choice for the SAT.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. The Business of Job Training. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. The Business of Job Training. Via The MIT Technology Review : “ School lockdowns are so prevalent that companies are making apps to help teachers manage them.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). Khan Academy is launching a new series on US history and civics. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. Khan Academy will revolutionize education. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

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