eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2023

She is also a robotics advisor for the largest VRC Robotics team in Washington. About Certiport Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, is the leading provider of certification exam development, delivery and program management services delivered through an expansive network of over 15,000 Certiport Authorized Testing Centers worldwide.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers. The Future of the K-12 Education Industry : From BigChalk to Pearson, then to Renaissance and now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jack Lynch has steered education companies through plenty of change in the digital era. Join us for a slice of the action!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Once the industry’s poster child for adaptive learning, Knewton boasted working with dozens of publishers, including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. He’s also careful around how he frames adaptive-learning technology: “There’s a lot of legitimate concern about the robotic tutor.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education education ) Pearson, has partnered with littleBits, bringing hands-on invention-based model of learning and teaching into its 3-8 science curriculum, Elevate Science, in a new program called,”Pearson littleBits STEM Invention Toolbox.”

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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. IBM and Pearson recently launched a partnership in which Watson will be available to answer students’ questions in some of Pearson’s digital learning materials.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

These partners range from household names such as Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to upstarts like Waggle. Stories in which he described technology as a “ magic pill ” and “robot tutor [that] can essentially read your mind” further fueled these perceptions.

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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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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.” ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.”

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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. Yes, leasing students temporary access to OER locked inside a platform, only to shut them out at the end of term, is ridiculous.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 22, 2018

A geek at heart, Julie mentors FIRST robotics teams in her free time. Pearson, littleBits, and the New York City Department of Education. She is currently finishing her doctorate at Oakland University in educational leadership. Julie’s family consists of a wonderful husband, three adult children, a dog, a cat, and four parrots.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Pearson, for example, was founded (albeit as a construction company) in 1844 and acquired along the long history various textbook publishing companies which have also been around since the turn of the twentieth century. They have been at this a long, long time. ” (My man here does not even know how to use the word “literally.”).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” “ Pearson , WTF? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The company, which makes educational and entertainment robots, has raised $520 million total. From the EU’s JRC : “ Blockchain in Education.” ” Spoiler alert: AI doesn’t care. UBTech has raised $400 million from Tencent Holdings.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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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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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. Terrapin is also offering a Makerspace Bundle, which includes all of their robots, the new Easi-Scope, and a variety of accessories.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

“Fake news,” “robots coming for our jobs,” “the new economy,” “surveillance capitalism,” “personalization,” “the cult of innovation,” and so on – these are all narratives intertwined in the power of major technology companies, platforms, data, and algorithms.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab. They argue that Summit is not your average private vendor and, because of its ties to Silicon Valley, is different even from educational heavyweights like Macmillan and Pearson.

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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. Karen also taught 7th grade Math at The Dalton School and 7th/8th grade Math at LaBrum Middle School, a public school in Philadelphia.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Pearson, for one.) Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Prodigy Finance (student loans) – $40 million.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “ Robots Won’t Replace Instructors , 2 Penn State Educators Argue. .” “ Instructure Announces a New CEO” – Michael Feldstein on Dan Goldsmith.

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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. Dangerous practices and products are normalized.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Pearson claims Pearson’s personalized learning products work. It partnered with Pearson. The use of Watson at Georgia Tech to create a “robot teaching assistant” garnered lots of headlines about the possibilities for automation and artificial intelligence to “ save education.”

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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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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. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Credly has acquired Pearson ’s badge platform, Acclaim. The seller: Book Dog Books.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

MakeBlock (robotics) – $30 million. Companies that were actively acquiring startups in previous years – Blackboard, Pearson, and PowerSchool for example – have not bought any startups this year. MasterClass (online classes taught by celebrities) – $35 million. BYJU’s (test prep) – $30 million.

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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.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The Spoon on robot delivery vehicles : “ Starship ’s Robots are Headed for School and Corporate Campuses.” “Soon.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Founded by former Pearson exec Larry Singer , the company will offer openly licensed resources to schools. On the horizon: makerspaces, online learning, robotics, VR, artificial intelligence, and wearables. .” Robo-advisory, yo. Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech). OpenClassrooms has raised $6.74

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots Are Changing The World,” says edX , which hopes to sell you on some classes on robots. .” ” “ Robots Are Changing The World,” says edX , which hopes to sell you on some classes on robots. Billion Worldwide This Year.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” 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. “ Teaching Robots to Learn Teaches the Students Too,” says Campus Technology.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. South previously worked at the US Department of Education and K12 Inc. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

“Could robots be marking your homework ?” Royal Roads University’s George Veletsianos on Pearson ’s release of its learning design principles. ” asks the BBC. Via NPR : “Carol Dweck Explains The ‘False’ Growth Mindset That Worries Her.” ” The Business of Ed-Tech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” Also via Techcrunch : “ Primo Toys rolls out Cubetto, a wooden robot that teaches kids to code.” Among the findings: “ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , Pearson , and McGraw-Hill account for 85 percent of the market share for K–3 math curriculum.” Via Techcrunch : “ Google launches App Maker.”

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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.” .” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Education Week : “ Pearson Tested ‘Social-Psychological’ Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results.” Not Buying Your Education Startup.)” “ Do you need a blockchain? .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. “ When the Robots Come for Our Jobs, They’ll Spare the Teachers ,” Edsurge tries to reassure its readers.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Pearson Unveils Immersive History Curriculum, Even as Potential Sale of K–12 Products Looms.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. From Pearson : “ AI-based tutoring : A new kind of personalized learning.”

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