Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. IBM Watson, which has partnered with Pearson and with Sesame Street, to “personalize learning” through data collection and data analytics.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning. ” “How do children of color learn to draw themselves? ” “‘Find Your Passion’ Is Awful Advice,” says The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

“Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot ,” says The Wall Street Journal in a story about “Jill Watson” (of course it’s a female name), an automated teaching assistant at Georgia Tech. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.”

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MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Entrepreneur.com repeats this old story : “ Personalised learning with the help of Artificial Intelligence will change the Education System.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals. Chatbot Instructors.

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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. The actions of the administration should not come as a surprise. ” What happens to all the DREAMers’ data – data that they willingly handed over to the federal government?

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Education Week has a Q&A with Stanford professor Larry Cuban on personalized learning and progressive education. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “​Are False Connections with AI Robots Putting Your Student’s Emotional Health at Risk?” ” “ A.I.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics.” Reports from Edsurge Fusion : “The Future Is Always Uncertain. ” This looks primarily at Summit Public Schools, which works with Facebook to build a learning management system that folks will try to convince you is “ personalized learning.”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

“Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” “Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. “The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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