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That’s a Rap! Nearpod Buys Educational Hip Hop Creator, Flocabulary

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The Brooklyn-based company best known for fusing hip hop with educational content in music videos and instructional activities, has been acquired by Nearpod , which helps educators beam digital content to students’ devices. Since 2004 it has created more than 1,100 clips that have amassed an estimated 50 million views.

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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

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At the time there was also a new effort to create standards for education technology, the Instructional Management Systems project, which helped convinced me there was real potential for what we now call learning management systems. Here are some lessons I learned about what makes the higher education market unique.