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Voice-Based English Tutoring App MyBuddy Merges With a Friend: Edwin

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MyBuddy, an artificial intelligence-powered English tutoring app, features a friendly robot that guides children through speaking exercises. Edwin developed sophisticated adaptive learning technology for English as a foreign language,” says Crewkow. AI-powered language-learning tools have recently attracted venture capital.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Think Facebook. What is a “Platform”?

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The 2019 EdSurde Annual Special: Edtech April Fool’s News That Should Stay Fake

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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? Being naughty nets a soggy McFlurry.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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‘Learn’-Launching the 2017 Edtech Conversation With Cautious Optimism

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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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Can $10 million build the ideal high school?

The Hechinger Report

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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Visions of Education Futures Floating Around in My Head

User Generated Education

Why is there one person standing in front of the room doing all of the talking with students sitting passively at uncomfortable desks when we know that active, social, and experiential learning promotes interest, engagement, and deep learning? On the local level, learners will find their way to Neighborhood Learning Centers.

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