The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. He has been interviewed extensively over the years on nonprofit and library technology and green tech by the Wall St.

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TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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JUNE 10, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. He has been interviewed extensively over the years on nonprofit and library technology and green tech by the Wall St.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology HACK EDUCATION NEWS ROUNDUP And here, in full, is the Hack Education weekly roundup, also available directly at Hack Education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. The survey, released by Pearson and conducted on its behalf by Harris Poll, finds that while student ownership of mobile devices continues to increase, wi-fi connectivity at school lags behind home access.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. ” “ Toward a Constructive Technology Criticism ” – a report from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism’s Sara M.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Via Ars Technica : “ Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students.” ” “Have Silicon Valley Teachers Using Technology Daily Altered Their Classroom Practice?”

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APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” From GeekWire : “For investors, the future of education technology is now the workplace.” National) Education Politics.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ ACE and Credly Building Transcript for Digital Credentials.”

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. ” Via The 74 : “ Middle Schoolers Without Broadband Access Feel Set Up for Failure, New Survey Finds.” Go, School Sports Team!

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JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. “technologizing” the government. ” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. The History of Pearson.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U to launch Competency-Based Master’s in Online Ed.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with edX , Cengage.” ” (No. .”

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MARCH 3, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. ” More via The New York Times. ” asks NPR.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

But DeVos “believes that technology has a role to play in the classroom,” Edsurge writes in response to the confirmation , which I guess means ed-tech can overlook all of her horrible beliefs that further educational inequalities as long as it means more people buy digital things and hire Edsurge to facilitate that process. .”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” ” “How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools?” ” And from MIT Technology Review : “Is the Gig Economy Rigged?”). Echo360 has acquired testing company Astute Technology.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll

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APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” million from Morningside Technology Ventures, University Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank. ” (In Cleveland.).

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MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be. IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. Via Campus Technology : “ Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform.” " Inside Higher Ed on its 2016 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology.

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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. ” From the Pearson blog : “The future of language learning: Augmented reality vs virtual reality.” These 11 Cases Show How.”

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MARCH 31, 2017

“Higher education and library associations called on the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to uphold Obama-era rules requiring broadband providers to treat all traffic on the internet equally,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Technology ‘Disrupting’ Teaching , Part 1 and Part 2 " by Larry Cuban.

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