eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Each year, a panel of education experts, convened by the New Media Consortium and CoSN, takes a deep dive into the trends driving ed-tech in every quarter, from Silicon Valley testing grounds to policy circles to actual classroom use. Sometimes the panelists get it right. Makerspaces eluded everybody until they showed up at school doorsteps.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson has been criticized for everything from its deployment of curriculum in districts’ 1-to-1 technology programs to the prominent role it plays in high-stakes testing. Technology is not a panacea, it’s just a tool, and its primary value is in enhancing the power of teaching to reach more people. And it takes time.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

I want us to think about the ways in which the history of learning – how we tell that story – shapes the future of learning, and how the history of technology (education technology and otherwise) – and how we tell that story – shapes the future of technology. They’re not meant to.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. — Babak D. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Or rather I’ve never believed the hype that we should put all our faith in, rest all our hope on technology. I’ve had a sinking feeling in my stomach about the future of education technology long before Americans – 26% of them, at least – selected Donald Trump as our next President.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. National University has acquired UniversityNow – or some of its technology platform and curriculum, at least. UniversityNow had previously sold off some of its technology to Penn Foster a couple of years ago.

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. “ Uber-U is Already Here ” – “powered by Blockchain Technology.”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

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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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. And yet schools continue to invest millions and millions of dollars in more and more technology.

Data 78

Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

The Department of Education has released a “Higher Education Supplement to the National Education Technology Plan ,” just in the nick of time I guess. ” “ Harvard/MIT Report Analyzes 4 Years of MOOC Data ,” Campus Technology reports. More via Inside Higher Ed. More on the report via Edsurge.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

“Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?” It’s so revealing how this is framed – the problem with “personalized learning” up ’til now? “Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics ” by Tony Bates.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” “The California State Legislature is now considering two bills that would build a database firewall to block the flow of personal information from state and local government to federal efforts to deport immigrants and register people based on their religion, ethnicity, or national origin,” according to the EFF.

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