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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” It announced this week it has entered a “ strategic relationship ” with IBM , which will run its data centers and send out joint press releases making big claims about what IBM Watson can do for education. Workday has acquired Zaption.

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” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? I guess it could also be a reference to the money to be made off of collecting, analyzing, and selling student data. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Key Data Systems has acquired Progress Testing. Not Buying Your Education Startup.)”