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How Indian Tutoring App Provider Byju’s Got So Big

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In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

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Strategies for Closing the Digital Equity Gap

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According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Innovative Approaches.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

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All students, Krehbiel emphasized, should have universal access to broadband internet. In 2007, Dr. Pellegrino was elected to lifetime membership in the National Academy of Education. New Meridian is a nonprofit assessment company on a mission to support quality education for all students by fostering deeper learning.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” “ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. Microsoft and Apple are two.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

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Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels. I could never go back to the old model,” says Ms. But computers are expensive. Nor is he the only one on a digital crusade.

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