Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

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. At the time, a typical laptop cost well over $1,000. That never quite came to fruition, but almost 3 million is still a lot of laptops out there.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. One of the most high-profile initiatives this century was the “One Laptop Per Child” effort led by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte. Edtech companies entering low-income countries are noticing some of these challenges and are working towards solutions.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Through its mPower Piedmont initiative , which began in 2009, all students in grades 4-12 receive a Macbook Air laptop with home Internet access. Compatible with MacBook Air laptops. Next Generation Science Standards and 2005 Alabama Course of Study: Science. from Digital Promise on Vimeo. Requested Product Attributes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2018

While describing her experience after Hurricane Katrina flooded out her district back in 2005, Truesdale harped that leaders should be prepared for lack of access and instability at any time. Houpe has been working with a company called Cisco to secure his district’s network. Scale to the worst.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. And “free” doesn’t last. WTF is Unizin ?!

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myViewBoard

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

For over 25 years, Adobe has been one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world. Flash peaked around 2005 when other programming platforms starting to gain tractions including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The impact of Flash on education and the classroom. Countless software and computer applications used Flash.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The legislation also ordered telecom companies to provide their services to all public schools and libraries at discounted rates – from 20% to 90% off depending on the services provided and number of students receiving free and reduced school lunches. ” Among them: an $8.71

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