Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Edsurge : “ Connecticut School District Suspends Use of Summit Learning Platform.” ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

To achieve this, though, we’ll need to educate people very differently ( Robot-Proof: How Colleges Can Keep People Relevant in the Workplace ). Learners are consuming real time and constant information, media, and news via Google, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and forms of social media via their mobile devices.

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Leveraging relationships with educators One of the most simple ways to begin to breakdown your classroom walls is to build a strong PLN, or Personal Learning Network. A personal learning network is made up of people/places you go to gain knowledge, share knowledge and collaborate with others of like minds and interests.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests. Related: A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done. XQ is led by former U.S.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

.” Via ProPublica : “ Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race.” ” “Personalization.” ” (Related, this assignment from Davidson College’s Mark Sample : “Hacking Facebook’s Ad Network for Justice.”). ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If we continue on our current trajectory, they will come of age in a world filled with smart cities, embedded augmented reality, smart robots and revolutionary nanotech. The Summit Base Camp Personalized Learning Platform was designed by Summit Charter Schools with support from Facebook engineers in response to a problem.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. This is why I think it''s so important to build learning communities and plans as locally as possible, and why I think it''s so important to involve stakeholder groups in doing so. Monday, May 19th at 8pm TL News Night LIVE!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Weary of unwanted scrutiny, companies that once described themselves as the “Facebook of education” are now scrambling to disassociate themselves from the beleaguered social network. Coming soon: Naughty Meals DAZED AND CONFUSED: No idea what personalized learning is? Neither do we!

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalized learning.” Via The New York Times : “‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ “What Does Personalized Learning Mean? ” Winning.).

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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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

“ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? 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.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? Facebook is coming for your children. Via The New York Times : “New Facebook App for Children Ignites Debate Among Families.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robot Learning Improves Student Engagement ,” the Communications of the ACM claims.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

From photography to robotics, art, gaming, STEM, culinary arts, and more, K12 empowers young talent to explore their passions and push their creative boundaries. The K12 Photography Competition is just one of the many creative outlets K12 offers students nationwide.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. ” A personalized news feed, for example. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. ” Data can be shared with any company that Facebook deems necessary.

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Hack Education

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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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Bless this headline ( from The 74 ) ’s heart: “Educators & Experts Say Personalized Learning Is Not About Technology or Money but Leadership and Relationships.” ” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges.

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Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Via the Udacity blog : “ Udacity Launches Mobile Developer Education with Facebook at F8.” This week, Edsurge covers a charter school there and its promotion of “ personalized learning ” and assessment technologies. ” I didn’t pay close attention to Facebook ’s developer event this week.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Edsurge : “ ​Rhode Island ’s Plans to Become a ‘Lab State’ for Personalized Learning.” Mark Zuckerberg on “Building Global Community” via Facebook. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Quartz : “The robot that takes your job should pay taxes , says Bill Gates.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

The comic is based on an essay by Simon Ramo titled "The New Technique in Education" in which he describes at some length a world in which students' education is largely automated and teachers are replaced with "learning engineers" — a phrase that has become popular again in certain ed-tech reform circles.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. ” “The Culture Wars Have Come to Silicon Valley,” The New York Times pronounces , with a look at internal tussles between Facebook board members Peter Thiel and Reed Hastings. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

Via Reuters : “ Apple , Google , Facebook skip legal challenge to new travel ban.” “Problems with Personalized Learning ” by Dan Meyer. “CZI Takes Over Building Summit Learning Platform,” Edsurge reports. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Well, actually, I can guess…).

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” From the Amazon press release : “Now Anyone Can Create Their Own Personalized Alexa Skill in Just Minutes.” ” Good thing no one in education uses … Oh.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” “ Facebook ’s app for kids should freak parents out,” says MIT Technology Review. ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it. .”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Teachers Are Finding Innovative Ways to Use Robots in Class,” claims Education Week. Wonder how Facebook knew that the app was so popular?

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Honestly, people, there is a thing called 'BitSchool' now, doing 'personalized learning solution' through a blockchain 'paid for use system' - how much b t can we take??!! Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook Adds Community Colleges to Program.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share.” I dunno… Via Techcrunch : “ IBM led on patents in 2017, Facebook broke into top 50 for the first time.” ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Facebook brings Messenger Kids to Fire tablets.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Via Wired : “With Venues, Oculus and Facebook Push Social VR Into New Territory.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to ‘low usage’ ” The Have You Heard podcast on Theranos : “What the Sordid Saga of a Silicon Valley Start-Up Tells Us About # EdReform.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

” The charter school, which is closing it doors, is the Merit Preparatory Charter School , run by “personalized learning” charter chain Matchbook Learning. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” That is the Sophie B.

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

“ Google , Facebook , Verizon , Comcast and AT&T each contributed $200,000 to a committee opposing the proposed ballot measure, and lobbyists had estimated that businesses would spend $100 million to campaign against it before the November election.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

. “The Promise and Peril of Personalization ” from Stanford’s Center for the Internet and Society. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Used People’s Data to Favor Certain Partners and Punish Rivals, Documents Show.” million total.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks ZDNet.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via The Guardian : “ Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web : ‘The system is failing’ ” It is not entirely clear to me what, per this Edsurge op-ed , higher ed can learn from precision medicine. ” Via Poynter : “Do Facebook and Google have control of their algorithms anymore? What Does That Mean?

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