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

Edsurge

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses. billion in 2010.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

The rate of teachers quitting and retiring from the profession, according to Goldhaber’s calculations in one state, Washington, was about 11 percent in 2020-21 – actually a smidge lower than it was in 2006-07, another year of high turnover when a strong job market lured educators away. Most departures were filled with new hires.

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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. And online test proctoring software has roots at universities as well.

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A Call to Remake the Maker Faire

Edsurge

Their message was simple: Think creatively about hardware, much like people think about software. Google, a newly public business, reported a mere $6 million in revenue at the end of 2005. Dougherty had spent most of his professional career publishing books about software and the internet. Imagine something new from old parts.

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Transitioning Edtech to the Cloud

edWeb.net

But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom.

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5 Reasons to Address Cyber Security

edWeb.net

School management needs to take reasonable steps to ensure protection beyond data sharing policies. He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. Liability: Districts and school leaders can be held liable for network breaches.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Chris was named as one of “40 Under 40? Founder of CoffeeEDU.