edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School (VT), SETDA’s 2018 Student Voices Award Winner, though, educators encourage the students to find places in their everyday work to incorporate digital resources, especially from their makerspace. Albans City School, and several of her students explained how they’re using technology for assessment, service work, and more.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. Because technology imperialism. National) Education Politics.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

I thought I’d break my own two ish trends and resources into two posts. Next time around, I’ll share my notes on OER.). Companies are investing in immersive technologies. What are immersive technologies? Here’s the slide deck. Each of us was initially assigned two trends to explore and discuss.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” That meant open source software, open education resources, and open access in scholarly publication. Discussion connected my theme with Stephen’s via arguments about sustainability.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Using technology in schools is no longer just about preparing our students for college and career. Not only do they need the skills to navigate and utilize technology, but they need to understand how technology can connect them with people, places, and resources that were previously unreachable. It is good!

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 15, 2015

And Audrey Watters’ ongoing work on the history of educational technology is vastly more important than anyone seems to realize. It should be absolutely mandatory reading for every student in a graduate program on educational technology or learning sciences, period. You can actually distinguish this resource from the others.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Often in online courses students disappear and drop,” says Barbara Illowsky, dean of basic skills and online educational resources (OER) and a professor of mathematics and statistics at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. I’m hoping this helps them to stay vested in the course as they’re working with their classmates.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Our Twitter hashtag is #stemx13, and we have some resources for publicizing at [link]. School Psychology Doctoral Candidate and Intern, CEO STEMx: Stemulating Teaching with Emerging Technology Methodologies - Simulation vs. See you online!

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 27, 2016

In order to drive innovation there has to be a focus on changing learner needs, evolving technologies, changing the learning environment, and bold ideas. Some examples include augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), adaptive tools, coding, drones/robotics, and gamification.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. Another surprise was a turn in public perception of giant technology companies, especially Facebook and Google, as well as Twitter and Amazon.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” National) Education Politics. ” Privacy law in Illinois , that is.

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Hack Education

MAY 25, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ New York Doubles Down on Open Educational Resources.” ” Speaking of predictions about the “future of work,” Campus Technology says that “ Skills Deficit Will Imperil U.S.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

“technologizing” the government. Here’s a sponsored article , paid for by the Gates Foundation and published by Edsurge promoting the school and its technology.). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Why a Robot-Filled Education Future May Not Be as Scary as You Think.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The US Department of Education released its “ #GoOpenDistrict Launch Packet ,” encouraging schools to use OER. “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ISTE will start charging money to license its technology standards , the NETS , which it first released back in 1998.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via the Microsoft press release : “Introducing Education Resources, a source of Open Educational Resources within Office 365.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Mattel releases biologically inspired foldable robot bugs.” “Why Do the Boy Scouts Want to Include Girls? .”

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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 folks at Getting Smart promote CS and SEL resources on Facebook for Education. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology. ” The New York Times on school resource officers. ” Perhaps protest Stanford’s Persuasive Technology Lab ?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” For those keeping track of how great social media is for the future of education and knowledge and civics and such: “Last Year, Social Media Was Used to Influence Elections in at Least 18 Countries ,” says the MIT Technology Review. “The Real Goal of Open Educational Resources” by Stephen Downes.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Minecraft Party to Raise Money for Technology in Philly Schools.” ” The curriculum company Great Minds is appealing a lawsuit in which it claimed that FedEx had violated the “open” in its open educational resources by making copies. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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