A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. The dying taxi industry and Blockbuster provide stark reminders of this fact. The shift here is to begin to meet stakeholders where they are at and engage them in two-way communications.

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iPhone Personal Learning Network Smartphone Professional Learning 150

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

With more than 20 years in the industry, Larry has seen the ups and downs, twists and turns. He also talked about the challenges facing edtech companies today, including his skepticism towards what he calls an “engineering” model of personalized learning. And I would say Amplify is increasingly a curriculum company.

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Company EdTech Personalized Learning Laptops 69

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The edtech industry made big strides during this era.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 158

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

.” Everyone Should Learn to Code. As I noted in the previous article in this series , the technology industry has continued this year to advocate for changes to both policy and curriculum to expand computer science education. Computer science education need not be about job training and need not be in the service of industry.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Trump personally asked Xi Jinping to help resolve case of UCLA basketball players arrested in China.”

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Education OER Pearson Report 47