The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

.” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. Enter personalized learning (PL)." Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

They trained volunteers to access Lexia’s reports and use the data to adjust direct instruction. KOOV is an educational robotics and coding kit for ages eight and up, made up of blocks, sensors, actuators, and a companion app. Google Classroom —Digital learning management system using Google apps ? TECH USED ?

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 109

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Most analysts -- and the school district itself -- blamed the failure on buggy software. In many cases, using computers frequently at school actually worsened performance.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report. This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain is also the only district Learning Counsel has found that is deeply involved in workflow aimed at personalized learning, with 100% digital coverage for core curriculum, 90% for electives, 80% for special needs and 100% for professional development. Most recently they unveiled a new mobile Innovation Lab. We are EduJedi.”.

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

. – Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We We learned in 2020 that the “new normal” for educational facilities will need to look a lot different than the normal we’re used to. Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

I shared the stage that day in Iceland with a person who gave their talk on how, in the future, robots will love us -- how they will take care of us in our old age; how they will teach our classes; how they will raise our children. Robots aren't coming for your jobs, but management may well be. Why do you? Why the glee?

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Robotics Technology Training Data 139

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ Teachers can create transformational learning experiences for students by joining 3DBear’s AR Innovator Program. This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Hechinger Report visited Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School in January to hear students present their ideas for a new high school of their dreams. Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In doing so, Desmos joined a handful of other startups using tech to boost student interaction and class discussion, so that in the rush to personalize learning we don’t lose the benefits of learning together. As Kohn’s algebra students understand, learning isn’t a race to the finish line. “But,

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The solution allows teachers to conveniently create and grade tests aligned with Learning Objectives, review student and class performance based on Benchmarks, generate analytical reports and export grade books pre-formatted for LMS input, and much more. They also liked its teacher dashboard and software interfaces.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Advocates like the way that educational software can alert kids to their mistakes right away and help to fix them more quickly. Sophisticated programs can adjust to each student’s needs and pace, like a personal tutor. She had the children take a test before and after the lesson to gauge how much they learned.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 76

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

We’re hoping you don’t see the report as something you read once and file away, but that you start using it to really start stimulating conversation.”. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). Teachers have long known learning is a social process — when students create meaning together, often the results are much more effective.

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Trends Technology Robotics Report 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

In her current role, she works directly with the district’s online tutoring programs, including FEV Tutor , to accelerate learning for students. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 138

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I know there have been lots of murmurs about what it means that someone who’s been quite critical of the Horizon Report project would be invited to speak, let alone to get to offer the closing remarks. That is the purpose of the Horizon Report, of course: it’s a story about the future. But that’s not new.

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Robotics Company Technology System 67

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 52

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 101

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. ” “ Turkey has reacted angrily to suggestions that it might tone down its attack on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi if the United States agrees to extradite an opponent of President Erdogan,” The Times reports. Her university allegedly retaliated.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 15, 2016

Two reports crossed my feeds recently, each concerning the intersection of automation and humans. First, here’s an account of an Israeli-American robot designed to teach children. It has strong personalization, which connects with the resent rise in personalized learning. In Boston, home of the Atlas robot.

Robotics 40

Robotics Technology Education Secondary 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Billion Federal Block Grant Makes Ed-Tech Training Higher Priority Than Software, Devices.” ” Via NPR : “Report: Michigan State Spent $500,000 To Keep Tabs On Nassar Victims, Journalists.” ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.”

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. “ Iowa State University seeks 7 percent annual tuition hike for each of next 5 years,” The Des Moines Register reports. ” Holy s**t.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Asked About Discrimination , Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times,” NPR reports : “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law.” said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. Department of Education.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” The fastest growing occupations are solar photovoltaic installers (growing by 105%), wind turbine service technicians (growing by 96%), home health aides (growing by 47%), personal care aides (growing by 37%), and physicians assistants (growing by 37%).

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? And the immigration section below is full of monstrosity from this administration.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

put on by the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), the think tank WISE and the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab at Teachers College, and hosted by Columbia University this month. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.).

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Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 98

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

We can speculate, I suppose, about what the analogous battles might be in education – which corporation will sue which corporation, claiming they “own” learning data and learning roadmaps and learning algorithms and learning software IP. “Robots are coming for your job.”

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Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. ” And again, let’s recall Franklin’s definition of technologies includes not just hardware or software, but ideas, practices, models, and systems.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Nation : “This University Suggested International Students Could Be Reported to ICE if They Unionized.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” DeVos visited my hometown of Casper, Wyoming to give this speech where she spoke at the Woods Learning Center. .” The accreditor: the Higher Learning Commission.

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Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ NSF starts requiring that institutions report findings of harassment and suspensions in its funded labs and field sites, and reminds institutions that it can pull funding where necessary.” ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Perhaps we can learn a little about the folks who still do. Via ProPublica : “A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor.”

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” .” Via NPR : “Under Trump Budget , Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care.” The school in question: Bethune-Cookman University. ” Immigration and Education. .”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46