“What is a Smart City?” is the third entry in my slide presentation series “Education in the Cloud.” If you haven’t yet seen them, prior posts include an introductory essay and “Digital Classrooms as Data Factories.” Part 3 of Education in the Cloud: What is a “Smart” City? A growing number of metropolitan areas are […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
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Yesterday I shared an introductory essay to my series “Education in the Cloud,” which included the slide presentation “Big Data vs Teachers.” Today’s post features “Digital Classrooms As Data Factories.” Slide Presentation: Digital Classrooms As Data Factories My goal for this series is to make it clear that the “Future Ready” changes we’re seeing in […]
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Ed Reform 2.0 is a different variety of privatization from the one to which we’ve become accustomed. End-of-year high-stakes testing, imposition of value-added measures, alignment to Common Core State Standards, and destabilization of districts through charter school expansion, closures, and turnarounds were actually setting the stage for the final act that is now on our […]