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Top Hat Raises $55 Million to Take on Big Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

Mike Silagadze isn’t shy about his desire to take market share from the largest college textbook publishers through his classroom software company Top Hat. He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. The company has raised $90 million to date.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, 2029), legend has it that you are a person who is well organized, likes to work according to well-planned schedules, and you do your best to succeed at whatever you do. If you were born in the Rooster year (e.,

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Quizlet Raises $20 Million to Bring More Artificial Intelligence to Its Study Tools

Edsurge

But there’s another number that also has the company excited. The company has now raised $32 million in total. Founded in 2005, Quizlet is probably best known for its digital flashcards, built by a then-high schooler, Andrew Sutherland, who is still with the company as its chief technology officer. Today, U.S.

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What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

Edsurge

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. Quite a few big companies. Nestle was one, they contracted with a Uruguayan game company to make Nestle-themed mini games that were specifically installable on the XO.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

Through its mPower Piedmont initiative , which began in 2009, all students in grades 4-12 receive a Macbook Air laptop with home Internet access. Next Generation Science Standards and 2005 Alabama Course of Study: Science. from Digital Promise on Vimeo. What’s the technology environment? Web-based preferred. Who can I ask?

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

Edsurge

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. satisfaction, engagement, grades, mindsets, attitudes, persistence, views, logins, clicks, etc.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

New schools are being built every few years to keep pace with a surge in families moving to the area due to its proximity to technology and engineering firm Sandia National Laboratories and new business hubs for companies such as Intel and NTX Bio. Students attend in-person classes once per week.