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

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1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Not yet convinced? Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. billion in 2010.

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AeroFarms Celebrates World Environment Day with Bronx School PS 85

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AeroFarms started a partnership with PACS in 2011, where it installed a farm in the cafeteria to be used for STEAM education and supplement the school’s food service offering. About AeroFarms Since 2004, AeroFarms has been leading the way for indoor vertical farming and championing transformational innovation for agriculture.

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5 Technologies to Watch In 2011

The Electric Educator

Note: This is the fifth and final installment of my "5 things to watch in 2011" series. Five companies to watch in 2011 Five trends to watch in 2011 Five people to follow in 201 1 Five Blogs to read in 2011 Josef Dunne, Via Flickr 1. HTML5 The development of HTML5 has been underway since 2004.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023), you are likely an individual who "prefers to figure out things on your own but always think about the best way to say things before speaking. Zodiac animal: Tiger Legend has it that individuals born in the year of Tiger (e.g., If you were born in the Rabbit year (e.g.,

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. million in venture capital.

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CDI Receives Award from Microsoft for Deploying More than 1 Million OS Licenses

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The company provides student and teacher devices, a wide range of classroom technology and accessories, deployment services and warranty programs. CDI has been awarded Top Performer Status from Microsoft in 2011, 2014 and 2017 for deploying the highest number of recertified PCs and Notebooks with a genuine Microsoft License.

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CDI Partners with littleBits to Provide STEAM Coding Starter Kits to Schools

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The company holds ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications, and processes more than one million I.T. Founded in 2011 by Ayah Bdeir, its innovative platform of easy-to-use electronic blocks allows anyone to create and prototype with electronics, independent of age, gender or technical ability. assets annually.