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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. fund to boost technology for kids | Belgrade News → The idea behind the initiative is to set up every student in the district with their own computing device. Tagged on: March 9, 2017 Belgrade schools may tap $1.5M

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Students who completed courses were more likely to complete courses.) And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145