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Here are five ways I’m hoping the K-12 education innovation agenda moves forward in 2018:

https://www.christenseninstitute.org/blog/5-big-ideas-education-innovation-2018/…

An early investor explains why the social media platform’s business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/january-february-march-2018/how-to-fix-facebook-before-it-fixes-us/…

Sony Corporation and Sony Global Education (SGE) recently announced development of a system to apply blockchain technology to education.  Blockchain technology is a “distributed database through which digital transactions can be securely made and recorded without approval from a central …

The market for virtual reality applications is growing at a rapid pace, and is expected to double in the next five years (Bolkan, 2017). As the cost of equipment falls and schools have greater access to technology, there is great …

The report comes from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) – a science and knowledge service that has scientists conduct research to advise EU policy-makers. The JRC looked at case studies carried out at European Universities and came up …

Stand-alone headsets–which have all the computing power onboard–could help consumer VR become more mainstream.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40511932/google-and-lenovo-unveil-the-first-high-quality-standalone-vr-headset…

Digital Science just announced Dimensions, a new product that includes a citation database, a research analytics suite, and streamlined article discovery and access.

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/01/15/new-citation-database-dimensions/…

To some, standardized testing overwhelms our schools and helps eradicate differences between students. For others, they remain the best way to compare students objectively and hold schools accountable. Whatever your thoughts, there’s no denying that students are taking lots of …

This interview with student teacher Sarah Lalonde gives us some insight into the current state of teacher development today.

https://dougpete.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/an-interview-with-sarah-lalonde/…

Teachers often find themselves under a volley of technology: “Use this! Try that!”

Sometimes, figuring out a new tool is merely another stressor.  But every so often, practical, simple, and timesaving tools come along. These platforms and apps make my …

In a new paper, Google researchers detail how their latest AI evolution, AlphaZero, developed “superhuman performance” in chess, taking just four hours to learn the rules before obliterating the world champion chess program, Stockfish.

https://www.sciencealert.com/it-took-4-hours-google-s-ai-world-s-best-chess-player-deepmind-alphazero…

A great selection of tools selected by Harvard students so you can collaborate more efficiently and stay organized.

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/12/10/tools-harvard-computer-science-students-use-to-collaborate-stay-organized/…

Today, schools across the country look to educators to customize learning for their unique classrooms. Here is how educators are accomplishing this through unbundling and BYOD.

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/11/20/textbooks-unbundling-byod/…