Hack Education

AUGUST 17, 2018

“ Is The LMS A Distraction In EdTech Futurology? ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via the IBM press release : “How Watson Education , Scholastic and Edmodo are using AI to close the learning gap.” “Children are susceptible to peer pressure from robots,” says The Verge. (So

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APRIL 13, 2018

” (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. The big “business of ed-tech” news of the week: Edmodo has been acquired by Chinese game-maker NetDragon.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

From the Edmodo blog : “We’re Partnering with Clever to Give Districts Automatic Digital Classrooms!” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care. HopSkipDrive has raised $7.4

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

“​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via The Verge : “Elon Musk-backed OpenAI is teaching robots how to learn just like humans do.” “This robot helps kids with special needs to communicate,” according to Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?” Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. EdTech Strategies’ Doug Levin launched a new project in 2017 – “ The K–12 Cyber Incident Map ” – that visualizes the breaches, ransomware attacks, DDOS attacks, phishing attacks, and so on that have been reported at US public schools. million students.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.” Department of Education Awards $253 Million in Grants to Expand Charter Schools.”

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MAY 26, 2017

” “ No Sign of Edtech In Department of Education’s Full Federal Budget Proposal,” Edsurge frets. ” Via Edsurge : “ EDUCAUSE Adds Emerging Edtech Membership for Small Companies, Hints at Overhaul.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Implications for K–12 Business.”

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