article thumbnail

Happy New Year! And Public Domain Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Some history from Wikipedia: “It could have entered the public domain in four different years: first in 1955, renewed to 1986, then to 2003 by the Copyright Act of 1976, and then to 2023 by the Copyright Term Extension Act (also known pejoratively as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act”) of 1998.

article thumbnail

Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. She got started with integrating technology in the classroom in 2003 and dabbled with app design in File Maker and HTML. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

Kaplan 354
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

Edsurge

With billion-dollar fundraises on top of billion-dollar valuations , it’s no mystery that the education technology industry is attracting top dollars from investors. And as it turns out, edtech companies are attracting a premium from buyers as well. Much of the company’s growth has come through these channels.

Education 214
article thumbnail

Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

Kaplan 162
article thumbnail

What does the ‘metaverse’ mean for education?

The Hechinger Report

It’s the future, the next big frontier of the internet, if you ask technology CEOs or researchers. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse. That may be because there’s no clear consensus on what the term means.

Education 126
article thumbnail

Education Technology and The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Hack Education

The future of education is technological. To resist technology, therefore, is to undermine students’ opportunities. To resist technology is to deny students’ their future. These technologies foreclose rather than foster future possibilities. Necessarily so. Or so the story goes.

article thumbnail

Chief Privacy Officers: A Small But Growing Fleet in Higher Education

Edsurge

When Kathleen Sutherland took the helm as Chief Privacy Officer for the University of Colorado in 2003, there weren’t very many people in higher ed she could turn to for guidance and advice. The trend has also followed increasing amounts of technologies in the higher-ed space—and the privacy concerns these new tools bring.

Education 148