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

Edsurge

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.

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Turnitin to Be Acquired by Advance Publications for $1.75B

Edsurge

based developer of software that uses artificial intelligence to scan students’ writing and code assignments to check for plagiarism, will be acquired by Advance Publications, a media conglomerate that also owns Condé Nast. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. Turnitin, an Oakland, Calif.-based billion in 2015.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort (Mathematica Policy Research, 2007). Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts (Mathematica Policy Research, 2009).

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10 Ways to Publish Your Game Anywhere

The Game Agency

or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). Your learning management is full of great elearning courses and content but how do you assess that your learners are retaining that content? No need to download any software. Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness.

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10 Ways to Publish Your Game Anywhere

The Game Agency

or 2004) and load into your Learning Management System (LMS). Your learning management is full of great elearning courses and content but how do you assess that your learners are retaining that content? No need to download any software. Here are 10 ways you can publish and deploy the game for maximum training effectiveness.

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Why I Still Believe in the iPad’s Positive Impact on Classrooms

Edsurge

The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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