Joanne Jacobs
New schools end up like old schools
High-tech schools of the future end up looking a lot like schools of the past, writes Larry Cuban in Regression to the Mean, Part 1 and...
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Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 20, 2018
- 2 min
Tech that monitor kids’ feelings: Creepy or … ?
technology to monitor students’ feelings is sparking privacy concerns, reports Benjamin Herold on Education Week. No kidding. All school...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 22, 2018
- 2 min
The little laptop that couldn’t
In 2005, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) promised to deliver rugged $100 laptops to poor children around the world, linking them to the...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 8, 2018
- 2 min
Connected, dependent — and distracted
Fortnite Mobile, a trendy free game, is distracting students and overloading schools’ wifi, reports Patricia Hernandez on Kotaku....
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 13, 2017
- 2 min
Teachers, beware the ed-tech trap
Education technology can be a waste of teachers’ and students’ time, argue two teachers in a new book, Screen Schooled. Joe Clement and...
Joanne Jacobs
- Sep 10, 2017
- 2 min
Tech-savvy teachers build their brands
Tech-savvy teachers are building their brands and forging relationships with edtech companies, reports Natasha Singer in the New York...
Joanne Jacobs
- Aug 15, 2017
- 1 min
Charters lose support, but fewer oppose choice
Public support for charter schools has fallen among Democrats and Republicans, but opposition to school vouchers and tax-credit-funded...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
AltSchool seeks future of learning
AltSchools, which charge parents $30,000 a year, are experimenting with using technology to personalize learning. #AltSchool...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jun 20, 2017
- 2 min
Are schools being Googlified? Don’t believe it
In How Google Took Over the Classroom, a front-page New York Times story, Natasha Singer “implies something deeply sinister is occurring...
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