The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

I''m also a proposed panelist for "Education2.0 - Social Media Drives Student Success" being hosted by Jennifer Openshaw. The call for presentations has been extended until October 31 , so get your proposals in! Google unveiled a much-needed facelift for Google Presentations, its would-be PowerPoint substitute.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. For instance, Waggle, a program powered by Knewton’s technology, serves students new tasks based on how well they did on previous tasks.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. Knewton’s claim to fame (and some are skeptical of it) is that it provides the right difficulty and the right presentation, and can find whatever style students seem to like best.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “40 cities in 10 years: Leaked presentation offers more details on new group’s goals to spread charter (and charter-like) schools.” Via Wired : “Schools Are Mining Students’ Social Media Posts for Signs of Trouble.” ” The group: The City Fund.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I wrote about his education portfolio – it includes Clever, Knewton, and AltSchool – but I’ll revisit this topic when I tackle ed-tech and surveillance “personalization” in a subsequent article in this series.). “Facebook is well-positioned for a Trump presidency,” I joked in September.

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