Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Pokémon Go generated more than $160 million by the end of July, hitting $600 million in revenue within its first 90 days on the market – the fastest mobile game to do so.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.” National) Education Politics. Good work, everyone. .

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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. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Department of Education Announces Vision to Transform Federal Student Aid , Improve Customer Service.” ” Apparently the FAFSA will soon be available on mobile devices. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Trump Administration Looks Beyond Traditional Servicers for Student-Lending Help.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The number of career colleges and the number of credentials they award have dropped by roughly 20 percent in the last four years, new data from the U.S. National) Education Politics. Education Department show.”

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