Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

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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MARCH 23, 2018

Lots of news this week about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. But here are some education-related stories: Via Education Week : “Privacy Experts Assess Potential K–12 Fallout From Facebook ’s Crisis of Trust.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “ Robot abuse ”?!

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MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Facebook had its big developer conference this week, and honestly I couldn’t bear to pay attention. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Activate Learning has acquired Conceptua Math.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” 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.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. You don’t have to tell Facebook. Facebook knows.” The history of computing emerges from cryptography, tracking and cracking state secrets.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Meanwhile, as The New York Times reports : “ Facebook , Under Fire in Russia Inquiry, Posts 79% Rise in Profit.” Tell me more about how the blockchain is going to “verify learning.” Via Getting Smart : “ Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-Credentials Program.” ” LOL.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

There were other high profile incidents as well: the refusal, for example, to give visas to the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan. What did Facebook and Google’s algorithms show people in their news feeds and in their searches during the election? The actions of the administration should not come as a surprise.

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