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Presidential-Elect Donald J. Trump After much speculation– and meetings from those the media described as “potential candidates,” including Michelle Rhee (who visited the President-Elect with husband,...
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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review
It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. Tomorrow I’ll launch the seventh edition of this massive, maniacal undertaking.This year...
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Education Technology and the Year of Wishful Thinking
This is part one of my annual review of the year in ed-techIn 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking, which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their...
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Presidential-Elect Trump “The Long Game of Betsy DeVos” by Jennifer Berkshire.Via The 74: “Betsy Devos, Trump’s EdSec Pick, Promoted Virtual Schools Despite Dismal Results.” Her husband is an investor...
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The Politics of Education Technology
This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-techOne of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten...
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The Business of Education Technology
This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-techIn previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “Top Ed-Tech...
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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'
This is part four of my annual review of the year in ed-techThe Rebranding of MOOCs Remember 2012, “The Year of the MOOC?” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in...
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Presidential-Elect Donald Trump “Trump Education Secretary Pick Has Indirect Stake in Student Lender,” The Wall Street Journal reports. That’s Betsy DeVos, of course, and Social Finance a.k.a. SoFi.Via...
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Education Technology and the 'New' For-Profit Higher Education
This is part five of my annual review of the year in ed-techTrump University and the History of the Future of For-Profit Higher Education On November 19, just eleven days after being elected President...
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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'
This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-techOne of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Seymour Papert died at his home in Blue Hill, Maine in August (yes,...
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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing
This is part seven of my annual review of the year in ed-techWhat Counts as a “Real College”? In April, the Department of Homeland Security arrested 21 people, charging them with conspiracy to commit...
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The Trump Administration Inside Higher Ed asks what might happen to Title IX and investigations into campus sexual assaults under the Trump Administration.Via The Washington Post: “Democratic senators...
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Education Technology and Data Insecurity
This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-techPokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game...
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Education Technology and the Ideology of Personalization
This is part nine of my annual review of the year in ed-techFacebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your...
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Education Technology's Inequalities
This is part ten of my annual review of the year in ed-techThe richest 1% now possess as much wealth as the rest of the world combined.That was the conclusion of an Oxfam report issued in January. It...
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Education Politics Via The New York Times: “Obama to Dismantle Visitor Registry Before Trump Can Revive It.” “The registry, created after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has not been in use since 2011,...
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The Curse of the Monsters of Education Technology
My latest book is now available for purchase.The Curse of the Monsters of Education Technology is the latest in my “monsters of ed-tech” series – a sequel to The Monsters of Education Technology (2014)...
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Education Politics Via The New York Times: “The Buffalo Board of Education on Thursday demanded that Carl Paladino resign from his post on the board after making racist comments about President and...
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What Happened in Ed-Tech in 2016 (And Who Paid for It)?
Here is a list of all the articles I wrote as part of my look at the “Top Ed-Tech Trends” of the year. “Trends” is perhaps the wrong word here. These are my observations about what’s happened in...
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