Graphite Blog

AUGUST 16, 2016

This unique data offers valuable, industry-leading insights on what's good and what's not in edtech, including the key gaps and blind spots in the market, points of oversaturation, usage trends, and what teachers really want. Equity * Access * Learning: Broadband 2.0.

Broadband 40

Broadband EdTech Education Robotics 40

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

In truth, the term AI has (arguably) gained more notoriety for storylines of killer robots (and the occasional Wall-e) hell-bent on destroying mankind than for its practical use and business benefits. In essence, AI is something that can be packaged up and purchased on a monthly basis, like your broadband or phone.

Learning 40

Learning Data Software Company 40

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry. And if you’re still wondering about our robot overlords and where they fit in—well, what do you think the current K-12 boom in coding is for?

Analysis 167

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 167

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” “ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? So much industry-driven fun fun fun.

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments. They also take field trips to area manufacturing firms. It’s perhaps not surprising. Many now have a laptop for every student.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Muñiz as the Education Department’s General Counsel.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Larry Hogan (R) declared via executive order that beginning in September 2017, the Maryland school year won’t start until after Labor Day – a decision that prompted sharp criticism from school leaders, who are accusing Hogan of favoring the tourism industry over education.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

Education 53

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 53

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

.” Challenging forced arbitration clauses has been one way the CFPB has taken on the student loan industry. Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” Via Buzzfeed : “A Close Ally Of Mike Pence Is Helping The Shady Student Debt Relief Industry.”

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Company Coursera 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” I’ve got all the “learn-to-code” news in the job training section, because let’s be honest… Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Don’t be ridiculous.

Education 47

Education Company Data Elsevier 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via TeacherCast : “Why Teachers Will Never Be Replaced By Robots.” Via The LA Times : “ L.A.

Education 53

Education ProctorU Company Report 53

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (In Cleveland.). No neoliberalism here.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Tarena International has acquired the K–12 robotics company Wuhan Haoxiaozi Robot Technology (a.k.a. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.”

Education 47

Education Kaplan MOOC Coursera 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via School Transportation News : “How Predictive Analytics Can Help the School Bus Industry.”

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Value of Education Industry Sector Transactions Nosedives in 2016.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40