Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. ” “ How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. Aaron Swartz, 2008. “And I’d never gotten my Ph.D. Apple sneers about this.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Chromebooks. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Higher Ed Inflation Hits Highest Level Since 2008.” It’s a new kind of university or something.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50