EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Learning Analytics Tools Provide Real-Time Feedback.

Trends 232

Trends Digital Citizenship Learning Analytics STEM 232

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. More often than not, these platforms also come with a series of tools that enable their users to build their own products, services, and marketplaces.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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. The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools.

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. That is, rather than students buying textbooks separately (or buying used textbooks or checking them out from the library or sharing them with a roommate not buying textbooks at all), the cost would be bundled with tuition and fees.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” Creative Commons released a “Termination of Transfer Tool” to help manage authors’ copyrights.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40