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We Wondered If NFTs Could Change Education, So We Decided to Sell This Article on the Blockchain

Edsurge

To explain what’s different about NFTs, she pointed to a recent example of a viral YouTube video that fetched a huge price. Specifically, the 2007 video known as Charlie Bit My Finger , which has been viewed more than 885 million times, sold as an NFT for more than $760,000. But What’s an EdSurge NFT Worth?

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. Vicki: Give us some examples. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. And it just sounds overwhelming.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. Searsport had started transitioning to a standards-based diploma in 2002, after receiving a share of a $10-million school reform grant that Gates had made to the Sen.

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Reading, Writing, Gaming

Educator Innovator

Founded in 2007, the Institute of Play has designed and opened two secondary schools devoted to game-based learning: New York City’s Quest to Learn , a public school, and ChicagoQuest , a charter school. And they really produce some amazing stuff,” said Darnell, now president of Histrionix Learning Company.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

We have some really great examples of billionaires and geniuses who do not have a college degree. Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. When it comes to financial reasons, it should never be finance that eliminates somebody’s access to post secondary education.

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Virtual Reality and Learning Mini-Conference on March 29th: Accepted Sessions (and Keynotes) Announcement!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This example, as well as other effective approaches, can help us to begin a national conversation about the use of XR/immersive learning technology in libraries, schools, and museums; and about making content available to all users, creating spaces where digital inclusion and digital literacy serves those who need it the most.