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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. Ostensibly these tools are for the greater good—keeping kids safe. 12:30 p.m.

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What Technology Helps Students Learn?

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What technology helps students learn? Various types of technology play a crucial role in enhancing students’ learning experiences. Examples of technologies that improve student learning include adaptive learning platforms like Khan Academy, offering personalized instruction.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

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While machine learning and automation are obviating the need for learners to memorize content and develop routine skills, current edtech solutions still focus on helping learners develop these capabilities, he says. Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

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Increasingly formal use of social media by education institutions. The increasing potential to “start a business” that is entirely social and digital (which impacts the idea of a “job,” for example). Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. Robotics in the classroom.

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Everything you need to know about AI in education

eSchool News

If we go back to the War of 1812 lecture example, we can see the value of adaptive learning if we instead embrace these tech advancements. The idea that a robot can replace teachers is laughable. Learn about AI. Well, as a mother of two rambunctious kids, I think certainly not.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.”

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Education Technology and the Ideology of Personalization

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Data-driven learning: A majority of platforms described as ‘adaptive’ fall into this category of efficient management systems that provide materials appropriate to a students’ proficiency level. Far from being neutral platforms for everyone, social media have changed the conditions and rules of social interaction.”