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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : “This tortoise shows kids that robot abuse is bad.” ” “ Robot abuse ”?! Because technology imperialism. ” asks Marketplace.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” ” But what did Facebook do?

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.” Via The Guardian : “ Toby Young quits New Schools Network , citing media pressure.” ” Edsurge offers “A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. There’s more robot news in the job training section above.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The survey was conducted by learning analytics company Civitas Learning. ” The Pew Research Center on “ Activism in the Social Media Age.” ” “How do children of color learn to draw themselves? .”

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” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.” charter school.”

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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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. “Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Course Signals.

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