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Hack Education Weekly Podcast
Every week, Steve Hargadon and I sit down (virtually) to talk about the latest ed-tech news. I always find our conversation to be one of the most thought-provoking exchanges I have all week. In this...
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Will Facebook Help Us Rethink COPPA?
Facebook to Open Its Doors to Under–13-year-olds? The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Facebook is “developing technology that would allow children younger than 13 years old to use the...
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What Lies Beneath: Some Thoughts on MOOCs' Tech Infrastructure
Cross-posted at e-Literate Much of the mainstream media attention paid to MOOCs lately has involved the content, the credentialing, the cost, the class size. But what about the technology? It was (not...
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Hack Education Turns 2!
Two years ago today, I published my first blog post here on Hack Education. At the time, I was a technology blogger for ReadWriteWeb, feeling intensely frustrated that I was admonished for wanting to...
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LearnZillion: Video Lessons for Students, Professional Development for Teachers
You can learn a lot about a (education) startup if you listen to a founder tell its origin story – how she came to identify a problem, and how she devised the solution. You can ascertain a lot about...
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An Outsider in the University Library
I don’t like going to campus much. Even though it’s been years since I left grad school, I still fear I’ll run into a member of my committee if I'm on or near the university. They’ll ask me how my...
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The Language of MOOCs
Cross-posted at Inside Higher Ed Lately when I write about MOOCs (and I admit, I do write about MOOCs a lot lately), I feel the need to attach a bunch of adjectives to clarify what I mean by the term:...
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Hack Education Weekly News: Ray Bradbury and the Venus Transit
RIP Ray Bradbury It was sadly and beautifully fitting that Ray Bradbury died on Tuesday, the day of the Venus Transit, a celestial event that will not happen again for another 105 years. The short...
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Hands-on with the New Google Chromebook
Warning: I write lousy gadget reviews. It’s difficult for me to not judge devices based on my own needs and usage patterns. As someone who spends her days on the road and on a computer, those needs...
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Hack Education Weekly Podcast
Every week, Steve Hargadon and I sit down (virtually) to talk about the latest ed-tech news. I always find our conversation to be one of the most thought-provoking exchanges I have all week. 0:00:...
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RIP White MacBook: The Future of Apple Computers at School
“Education is deep in Apple’s DNA” – Philipp Schiller, Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing Once there was the MacBook. It was "the notebook for everyone." It was the notebook for many schools – the...
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Launch Education & Kids, Storified
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An Edu-Blogger Survey
Alice Bell is working on a research project with the Open University’s Institute of Educational Technology “exploring communities of education blogging.” She’s posted a questionaire on her blog, and...
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Instructure Canvas, Now With Learning Analytics
Cross-posted on Inside Higher Ed The learning management system startup Instructure unveiled a learning analytics feature for its Canvas platform this week at InstructureCon, its (now) annual user...
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Hack Education Weekly News: School Lunch Blog Censorship,...
Politics and Policies Unable to get his DREAM Act through Congress, President Obama has issued an executive plan that would would involve granting many of those same provisions to young illegal...
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Hack Education Weekly Podcast
Every week, Steve Hargadon and I sit down (virtually) to talk about the latest education/technology news. I always enjoy our conversations, and this week was no exception. We were aided, of course, by...
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ISTE 2012: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Apologies for the light posting this week. I’m currently working on a book chapter, an article for EDUCAUSE, a script for a documentary, and a keynote for the CALI Conference – all with deadlines this...
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CodeNow: This is What Democratizing "Learning to Code" Looks Like
I woke up yesterday to the news that Codecademy had raised $10 million. I decided to skip writing another screed, even though I think many of my original complaints about the site are still valid....
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UniversityNow and the Mythologies of Higher Ed
Cross-posted at Inside Higher Ed Monday was Graduation Day at the University of Oregon. As my boyfriend and I wandered nearby campus and saw all the twenty-somethings in caps and gowns and party gear,...
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Ed-Tech and the 3 Laws of Robotics
Here are my slides from the keynote I gave today at the CALI Conference for Law School Computing. I spoke about education technology, efficiency, automation, artificial intelligence, and yes, robots...
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