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Polaris Recognized as Learning Analytics Solution of the Year

N2Y

Built‑in tools—recommended assessments, rubrics, and profiles plus a library of resources—give IEP teams exactly what they need to write goals aligned to state standards. Congratulations to n2y for winning the ‘Learning Analytics Solution of the Year’ award.”. About EdTech Breakthrough.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

Marketplace K-12

million, including drawing funds from Zuckerberg Education Ventures, one of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s investment vehicles. Dallas-based LoudCloud’s platforms include a competency-based courseware platform, a learning-analytics platform and services, an eReading product, and a learning management system.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Digital Library. The Battle to Open Textbooks. The Platforming of Education. Automation and Artificial Intelligence. The Politics of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2011. Social Media: Adoption and Crackdown. Text-messaging. Khan Academy.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

Here we are with a President-Elect – a reality TV star – who has been supported by white nationalists, the KKK, Wikileaks, trolls, and Peter Thiel, who election was facilitated through a massive misinformation campaign spread virally through Facebook. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Digital Library.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Virtual Reality Business Gets a New Leader.” The American Library Association announced its youth media awards.