Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Half of those, the firm said, would be iPads. Apple sold just 50 million iPads. The quotation is from 2012. And the Internet?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

Planned obsolescence of mobile technology. Falling cost of mobile devices, which impacts what’s affordable, who shows up to school with what on their own, school budgets, etc. The relative shrinking marketshare of iPads, as well as some very visible failure of iPad rollouts. Robotics in the classroom.

Examples 40

Examples Classroom Maker Movement Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. The iPad would solve that,” he said.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The New York Times : “ Apple Offers Free App to Teach Children Coding (iPads Sold Separately).” The startup, which something something MOOC something something, has raised $9.69 ” More on test scores and ed-tech in the research section below.

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Feds Drop Investigation Into Los Angeles District Over $1 Billion iPad Purchase.” ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via the Iowa City Press-Citizen : “ Iowa families foregoing classroom for virtual school.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Via Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.”

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via KPCC : “ LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” “Global Demand for Mobile Computing Devices in K–12 Grows, Powered by U.S.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45