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Utah’s Edtech Unicorn, Pluralsight Files for Initial Public Offering

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The Farmington, Utah-based provider of online courses for technology professionals has been on the radars of industry analysts ever since its $135 million Series B fundraise in 2014. The platform features videos from more than 1,300 authors who are paid based on how often their videos are viewed each month.

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

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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. 1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Present Engaging Resources to Support Cybersecurity Awareness Month Observances

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Established in 2004 by Congress, Cybersecurity Awareness Month seeks to raise awareness about cybersecurity and online safety. Grab & Go Mini Video Lessons Meet the women keeping the world safe online in the three-part video topic series from Girls4Tech. Discovery Education is the worldwide?EdTech?leader

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Lockhart Ed Tech

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David Lockhart started teaching high school history in 2004. He had to find that thing that made his lessons stand out, and he saw it with technology. For the last four years, he has been an instructional technologist who coaches, trains, and speaks full time.

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When Learning Goes Nomadic

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This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) and part 3 (about video). How does higher education use mobile technology to teach? After that shock, discussion began by exploring the full range of mobile technology available in 2019.

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How Some Chicagoans Are Unlocking the 'School Choice' Puzzle

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When it first opened its doors in 2004 as a part of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the organization took a leading role in opening charter schools across the city—130 of them, to be exact. I do want at least art and music, so he can get those components,” the mother shares at one point during the video.