EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2018

23-26, FETC will offer more than 170 workshops and 400 sessions on best practices , in addition to its Expo — with more than 400 vendors — and other functions. To help you get the full experience, here are some additional tips: Watch out for the hottest educational technology trends! Strategize Your Event Agenda. Enjoy Your Trip!

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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. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

I’ve led many presentations and workshops on Horizon, including for NERCOMP. I’ve used Horizon as an example of the Delphi forecasting method in my scholarship and workshops about futures work. “Short-Term Trends: (one to two years)” leads off with “Growing Focus on Measuring Learning.”

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

I’ve led many presentations and workshops on Horizon, including for NERCOMP. I’ve used Horizon as an example of the Delphi forecasting method in my scholarship and workshops about futures work. “Short-Term Trends: (one to two years)” leads off with “Growing Focus on Measuring Learning.”

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 30, 2016

I also help open the show with a preconference workshop on the 14th, one which: introduces the theory and practice of scenarios, creative stories about possible futures for education and technology. Afterward, they will build practice scenarios, drawing on a set of major trends partially determined by the group, testing out several methods.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. CodeSnaps teaches coding basics by enticing students to actively work together, hands-on, to control Sphero robots.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

The trend is not unique to Hollywood; other American businesses— from appliance makers to luxury resorts —are similarly entangled with Asian money. million (Seed) 2016 TAL Education Wonder Workshop $20 million (B) 2016 Sinovation Ventures, WI Harper Group Source: EdSurge, Crunchbase Where Business Booms. film and production studios.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

California Labor Market Trends ,by the Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department: State of California National Organization for Community College Entrepreneurship Sierra College’s Hacker Lab. CCC's Maker Initiative Model. Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project publications Maker Ed’s Youth Makerspace Playbook.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To Mitchel Resnick, an MIT Media Lab professor and early pioneer of the maker movement for kids, this Hollywood’s portrayal is problematic, and part of a larger trend toward overly regimenting education these days. “I It's more of an invention workshop. He's a real inventor. In fact, there are some real problems with Sid.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

Schools often assume that design thinking is a "techie thing" and send their edtech coordinators and directors to design-thinking workshops. When I attend workshops, I'm always thinking of ways to bring back what I've learned and make it relevant to my colleagues and students.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. Preconference workshop.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. While exciting, that trend has begat a number of questions and tensions, many of which are just now beginning to be explored by researchers. Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

For the 2015 NMC Summer Conference Preview of the NMC On the Horizon series on April 14th, we''re highlighting the 2015 NMC Summer Conference with a range of keynote, featured session, Idea Lab, and preconference workshop panelists.

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MindShift

MAY 3, 2016

The success of this activity came from giving students the space to share themselves and build relationships with one another and the facilitators, not because they were using the most recent technology or because they were building robots. One activity students have when they dive into technology is to take apart electronics and toys.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot. Children ages 7-12 can use the Be a Maker app to create customized programs for their Jibo robot to perform, including speech and expressions. JIBO BE A MAKER APP ( www.jibo.com ) Jibo, Inc. K-12 market.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 16, 2017

Erin and Ross are passionate about inquiry-based learning and have supported countless teachers in implementing it, through not only their school-based work but also through the PD and workshops they conduct. Cooper: Just like with any type of activity, whether it’s STEM, whether it’s project-based learning, whether it’s robotics.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 29, 2023

The library robot concierge has finally arrived--and we've only just begun to understand the capabilities and benefits. ChatGPT as a research assistant: Explore how you can utilize ChatGPT to locate resources, generate research reviews, and stay updated on emerging educational trends.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

They typically watch the same tv shows and movies, are interested in the same pop culture trends, are curious about the same current events in the news, and are obsessed with the same YouTubers or TikTok trends. That is a huge span of reading levels, but they are all emotionally 6th graders. By Tedd Arnold (F Series) J.D.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ Sesame Workshop and IBM team up to test a new A.I.-powered ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Declines in bachelor’s degrees awarded are particularly notable for English and history, but trends at community colleges may cheer advocates for the liberal arts.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

NPR on the latest show from Sesame Workshop. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?” Via Techcrunch : “ Ibuki is the 10-year-old robot child that will haunt your dreams.” I am sensing a trend here… preschool management companies.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Oooh, I am sensing a trend here. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Investors in the VC firm include Sesame Workshop, TAL Education, the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pensions fund, and Hall Capital Partners. “ Whole Brain Teaching Is Weird – and Weirdly Viral,” Edsurge wants us to know.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

From the Google blog : “How Google Digital Workshop prepares you for new job opportunities.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Robots or Job Training : Manufacturers Grapple With How to Improve Their Economic Fortunes.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Contests and Conferences. .”

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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. IBM boasted a partnership with the Sesame Workshop to build “ cognitive learning ” apps. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Wonder Workshop has raised $20 million from WI Harper Group, Idea Bulb Ventures, Learn Capital, Charles River Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, and TCL. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 From Berkery Noyes, the “ Mergers and Acquisitions Trend Report ” for the first half of 2016.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” (Guess what’s going to be one of the " top ed-tech trends" this year ?). ” Via Techcrunch : “ Sesame Workshop will produce children’s shows for Apple.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Microsoft backpedals on VR promise,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The workshop space for “makers” had raised $4.7 Inside Higher Ed calls recent school closures “Days of Reckoning.” Via Edsurge : “Help! million total.

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