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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. And, perhaps most importantly, when is the right time to invest?

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What these teens learned about the Internet may shock you!

The Hechinger Report

Can high-school kids check the authenticity of an alarming image posted on Facebook? The news literacy initiative is based in the Stanford History Education Group that Wineburg founded in 2002 to train teachers how to use primary sources and help students critically evaluate historical claims. Will they seek corroboration?