21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 4, 2021

I already knew that all too soon I would be waving good bye to another group I had come to know so well. As he motioned for me to look at the archaic blackboard behind the new, still packaged, and not yet plugged in interactive whiteboard I couldn’t help but smile. As you teach you will come upon some amazing tools. We both knew why.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Panelists ( see panelist detail here ): Mark Ray - 2012 Washington State Teacher of the Year Gail Dickinson - AASL President Susan Ballard - former President of AASL Moderator : Britten Follett Blackboard Collaborate Room Link: https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=LIB2013Part1

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. Blackboard Ally is an accessibility solution that helps make digital class content in a learning management system (LMS) more accessible for all learners.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

APRIL 6, 2022

These high-definition robot entities interact with people, deliver content, answer questions, and help students fill knowledge gaps to make learning easier. Knowledge Avatars, Inc. is named a finalist in the EdTech Awards 2022 - Artificial Intelligence Solution. Knowledge Avatars are A.I.-powered For more information see knowledgeavatars.com.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

APRIL 6, 2022

These high-definition robot entities interact with people, deliver content, answer questions, and help students fill knowledge gaps to make learning easier. Knowledge Avatars, Inc. is named a finalist in the EdTech Awards 2022 - Artificial Intelligence Solution Emiliano for E… Wed, 04/06/2022 - 10:35 Knowledge Avatars, Inc.

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

APRIL 6, 2022

These high-definition robot entities interact with people, deliver content, answer questions, and help students fill knowledge gaps to make learning easier. Knowledge Avatars, Inc. is named a finalist in the EdTech Awards 2022 - Artificial Intelligence Solution Emiliano for T… Wed, 04/06/2022 - 10:43 Knowledge Avatars, Inc.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I already knew that all too soon I would be waving goodbye to another group I had come to know so well. As he motioned for me to look at the archaic blackboard behind the new, still packaged, and not yet plugged in interactive whiteboard I couldn’t help but smile. As you teach you will come upon some amazing tools. We both knew why.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 9, 2015

I already knew that all too soon I would be waving good bye to another group I had come to know so well. As he motioned for me to look at the archaic blackboard behind the new, still packaged, and not yet plugged in interactive whiteboard I couldn’t help but smile. As you teach you will come upon some amazing tools. We both knew why.

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

I already knew that all too soon I would be waving good bye to another group I had come to know so well. Starting PBL: 30 Amazing Resources To Help Plant A New PBL Idea, Part 2 ] As he motioned for me to look at the archaic blackboard behind the new, still packaged, and not yet plugged in interactive whiteboard I couldn’t help but smile.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Join via Blackboard Collaborate here. Education Revolution Google+ Community Robots grading essays. Do let us know if you have any ideas for specific groups or geographical areas that you think might be ready for this kind of event. Her post, Do You Hear Me Now? Thanks for sharing, Karen! See you online!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. MP3 and MP4 versions will be available as well as the full Blackboard Collaborate recordings, although they take some days to process.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Special thanks for this go to our sponsor, Blackboard Collaborate, for providing the service that allows us to do this! Do you have students or library users ages 9 - 17 that can answer the questions Do you have what it takes to put a robot on the Moon? Saturday, March 22nd at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show with Erin Klein , Classroom 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 2017

In 3 years, Evan has spoken to over 75,000 students as a Keynote speaker, working and speaking to groups including United Nations, UNICEF, Student Council, Key Club International, KIWANIS, HOSA, WordLink Peace and Justice, and Millennium Campus Network. Those who are Blackboard Collaborate capable, we need you!

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains. That kind of feedback would be perfect if you had a robot learner on the other end,” he says. For him, improving the speed of learning is just part of it.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. The LMS giant Blackboard celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. (I For updates on the other major LMS providers – or at least, dispatches from their annual conferences, read Mindwires’ Consulting on Instructure , Blackboard , and D2L.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In related news: “ Right-wing groups are recruiting students to target teachers ,” says Reveal. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Daniel Willingham.

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Saving Socrates

DECEMBER 3, 2014

We were a mixed matched heterogeneous group of kids from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and value systems. A blackboard can be effective or ineffective. But, do I think suddenly school buildings will crumble, teachers will be replaced by robots, and the very notion of elementary school will cease to exist? It''s very naive.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Presenters - Please Check Your Instructions Presenters: make sure you have joined the presenter group on the site, that you have read carefully the instructions there and in the emails that have been sent to you, and that you have taken or watched the training (critical).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Blackboard claims Blackboard’s personalized learning products work. It partnered with Blackboard. The use of Watson at Georgia Tech to create a “robot teaching assistant” garnered lots of headlines about the possibilities for automation and artificial intelligence to “ save education.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Testing group says no; others are unconvinced.” ” (Note: there’s a response to this article by Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel, who builds teaching chat-bots, in the “robots” section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Chalkbeat’s Matt Barnum.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Nearby, a group of seniors exhibit souvenirs they designed and fabricated a week earlier, using a computer-assisted drafting program and the lab’s 3-D printer. Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“ Is Blackboard dying? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The New York Post : “Doctors slam sex robot ‘family mode’ ” “Where Are The Robot Teachers ?” “ Robots in the classroom ? ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. Should They?

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of scholars object to a decision by the University of California, Berkeley , to remove many video and audio lectures from public view as a result of a Justice Department accessibility order.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Venture Capital and the Business of Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” “A government watchdog group called Florida ’s growing system of privately-run public charter schools wasteful and said it sometimes gives rise to self-dealing and profiteering ,” says The Florida Times-Union. .” Blackboard is rebranding Moodlerooms as Blackboard Open LMS. Because “open.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. General Assembly has been acquired by the Adecco Group for $412.5 ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “Comparing the First Ten Years of Blackboard and Instructure in LMS Market.” .” “Make it rain” here is a reference to an analytics app.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Edsurge on replacing the Horizon Report : “Group Looks for New Ways to Peer Over the Edtech Horizon.” ” Via the press release : “ Blackboard Bringing Contactless Student IDs to Apple Wallet for Campuses Nationwide.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” asks Dan Willingham.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via Politico : “There’s no firm deadline for the Education Department to weigh in on whether a group of investors, which includes some with deep ties to the Obama administration, are effectively allowed to buy the University of Phoenix ’s parent company. Capital will sell the International School of Europe Group to Inspired.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The group, which is the primary trade organization for the for-profit sector, is announcing a new campaign to close the skills gap with five million trained professionals.” Data-mining a Facebook group. ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “THL Hires Ex- Blackboard Exec to Hunt for Tech Deals.” Lee Partners.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. Via Techcrunch : “ Blackboard cofounder Michael Chasen takes CEO reins at PrecisionHawk.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” More robot crap in the Betteridge’s section above.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Inc lists “5 Entrepreneurs That Are Shaking Up Education” and includes the CEO of Blackboard. ” “A new kind of billionaire” is this b t: “The new definition of a billionaire is a person or group of people, that can touch, teach or influence a billion people.” Never change.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. This coding bootcamp was acquired by the University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group , in 2015. ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” Canvas has two more installations than Blackboard in the E-Literate calculations? But wait wait wait.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of former ITT Technical Institute students reached an approved settlement Wednesday that would allow them to participate in bankruptcy proceedings with the institution’s parent company.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Speaking of horrors: “ The One Group Not Freaking Out About Brexit: VCs.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.” A teacher in front of a blackboard. schools job ,” says The LA Times.

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