TeacherCast

JULY 29, 2018

Personalized Learning. The importance of asking questions and learning from the education community. New Pearson Curriculum for Mixed Reality Headsets. As an Education Specialist and Product Developer there, Tricia created LEGO sets and learning solutions for several curriculum areas including Language Arts, STEM, and Robotics.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2023

She is also a robotics advisor for the largest VRC Robotics team in Washington. I’ve learned so much from her, and I don’t think I would’ve learned this much anywhere else,” said former student Damian Frey. Karen teaches both computer applications and computer science to first-year high school students in Lake Stevens.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. But it’s become increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, as concerns persist over quality, inequitable disparities in digital-learning participants and outcomes. Join us for a slice of the action!

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning.

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Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 68

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. The chatbot addition to courses at BI next semester is part of a larger project the school is running to test out a new learning management system.

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Student Engagement LMS Robotics EdTech 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Few technologists have championed the role of big data, personalized learning and many other education buzzwords as vociferously and for as long as Jose Ferreira. Ferreira’s decision marks the end of a nearly nine-year run at Knewton, where he strived to build technology to pinpoint what students know, don’t know and should learn next.

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Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education 60

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , Julie Alspach, Program Administrator, Virtual Learning Academy Consortium (VLAC), and David E. The VLAC community prides itself on being an outreach for families that want home-based self-directed learning. Kanter, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer, Calvert Education, shined a light on a shift in education.

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Learning Pearson Robotics Examples 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. The other panelists were Peter Greene and Leonie Haimson. They have been at this a long, long time.

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Knewton Education Learning Company 63

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship – or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role – by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed.

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OER Pearson System Assessment 60

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.” ” Via The Indiana Gazette : “Directors vote to scale back Summit Learning program.”

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 47

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yes, working actively to erode the student-faculty relationship—or worse, somehow obviate the faculty role—by trying to create “ a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind ” is entirely wrong-headed. David Wiley ( @opencontent ) is co-founder and chief academic officer of Lumen Learning. They don’t.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Docente infantil y primaria Stories from the Earth: teaching about changing landscapes using 28 years of satellite observations - Peder Nelson, MS Creating equitable STEM learning opportunities for K-12 girls - Brenda Britsch, Co-Principal Investigator Maps, Math, and Media: Innovative Transdisciplinary Projects in Teacher Education - Melda N.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Conference 43

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? ” “ Learning to code will eventually be as useful as learning Ancient Greek,” Quartz claims. Via Education Week : “Why Neuroscience Should Drive Personalized Learning ” – because of “the propagation of myths and misinformation.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

He says his team spent about five years trying, and along the way they helped build some small-scale attempts into learning products, such as a pilot chatbot assistant that was part of a Pearson online psychology courseware system in 2018. It is also not a robot tutor in the sky that can semi-read your mind.

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Knewton Khan Academy Robotics Company 217

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In another room, children rotate through learning stations, sometimes at screens, sometimes putting pencils to paper. 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.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Name: Circuit Craft Pack Made by: Lectrify Website: lectrify.it/ Cost: $65 Audience: Ages 5+ (younger with adult help) What it Does: Lectrify allows students to learn simple circuits, resistance, and conductivity with easy-to-use LEDs and battery packs. Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune.

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Robotics Android Software Tablets 92

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty''s technology and integration needs. He helps educational organizations across the world find ways to utilize these tools in support of new learning models.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” It’s just not what you think.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“Life Is Complicated: Distance Learning Helps,” says The New York Times. ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. ” Social emotional learning ! Via Getting Smart : “Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. Something about "learning engineers". Spoiler alert: nothing.

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Technology Pearson Education MOOC 68

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook worked with the Summit Public Schools charter chain in order to develop this “personalized learning platform,” which it released last year and now licenses to other schools under the product name “Basecamp.” “Can Venture Capital Put Personalized Learning Within Reach of All Students?”

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 75

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The employee also claimed that Pi-Top is in talks with Pearson for an investment or possible sale of some or all of the company. Buchesky says the company vets all credible proposals for new capital and potential exit opportunities, declining to comment specifically on the Pearson claim.

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Company Strategy Robotics Pearson 79

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via Techcrunch : “ Tencent and education startup Age of Learning bring popular English-learning app ABCmouse to China.”

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 45

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

(But note: the kinds of companies that get coverage in the ed-tech and tech press – those that I’m likely to see and include in my research – are more likely to be those targeting K–12 and post-secondary education than those targeting the corporate learning market.). MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million.

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Coursera Company Knewton Udemy 58

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Via Techcrunch : “Thousands of academics spurn Nature ’s new paid-access Machine Learning journal.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Soon.”

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

But oh yes, kids, “everyone should learn to code” for job security. Founded by former Pearson exec Larry Singer , the company will offer openly licensed resources to schools. million from 1776, Learn Capital, Lerner Investments, and New Ground Ventures. ” More via Inside Higher Ed. ” Robo-advisory, yo.

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Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

.” Actually AltSchool hired more than one exec: Devin Vodicka (from Vista Unified School District in San Diego), Sam Franklin (from Pittsburgh Public Schools), Ben Kornell (from Envision Learning Partners), Colleen Broderick (from ReSchool), and Laura Hughes Modi (from AirBnB ). “Learning engineers.” Remember MOOCs?

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Education Coursera Robotics MOOC 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning? ” Open Up Resources is a non-profit – LOL – whose CEO Larry Singer used to be the managing director for Pearson’s K–12 marketing sales. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. School Speciality has acquired Triumph Learning.

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Education Laptops Company Report 47

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

LMS is learning management system. “Could robots be marking your homework ?” ” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” ” – “ China’s STEM learning industry may reach $15 billion by 2020.” DE is distance education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

This, from Edsurge, is horrifying : “What Universities Can Learn from Udacity ‘s ’ Gig Economy ’ Service.” ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” ” “Who Thinks Tech Makes Learning More Fun?”

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Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. “Everyone should learn to code.”

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

“ Can Pearson Sell Efficacy? ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The Hechinger Report lists “Ten jobs that are safe from robots.” Via Forbes : “Building Brains: How Pearson Plans To Automate Education With AI.” Bertelsmann has acquired OnCourse Learning. Sounds good.

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Education MOOC Pearson Blackboard 61

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? .” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The university will then begin augmenting its online offerings using machine learning and artificial intelligence products from Amazon. Over time, students will be able to customize their learning experiences using Amazon products such as Kindle and Echo’s Alexa assistant. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Robotics Pearson Company 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via The Times Higher Education : “For-profit claims ‘learning gain’ victory over universities.” Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. ” From the press release : “ Macmillan Learning Offers Educators Support for Open Education Resources via the Intellus Platform.”

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Education Kaplan Robotics E-rate 51