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Hack Education Weekly News

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” It’s being positioned here as the first time Congress has funded open textbooks, but it’s not the federal government’s first commitment to OER. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students? Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “First Ed-Tech Trade Mission by U.S.

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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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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” Via CNBC : “This Chinese-Israeli start-up wants to change the way kids learn to code.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The New York Times Magazine has an incredible profile of Gwyneth Paltrow ’s “ Goop ” empire. Good thing IBM Watson isn’t making any claims about “personalized learning” or partnering with beloved shows like Sesame Street. Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. ” She was Ms. ” 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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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The New York Magazine : “The Class of 1946–2018 Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness.” ” Stop acting like “ self-directed learning ” is a new thing. Via Edsurge : “Campus Support for OER is Growing, Survey Finds.” Thanks in advance.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Via Techcrunch : “ Kudos wants to be a gentle introduction to social media sharing for kids.” Via Techcrunch : “ Kudos wants to be a gentle introduction to social media sharing for kids.”

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