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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today?

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This Edtech Business Competition Is a Win for the Education Ecosystem

Edsurge

Today’s marketplace for education and edtech companies is quite different than it was in 2010. Today’s technology allows us to do things we could only dream of in 2010. Mobile internet access in homes has mushroomed from 9 percent in 2010 to 92 percent in 2017. Do we still need this type of competition? Absolutely.

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

I mined their 2017 report for some details to guide our thinking on the digital divide with regard to education. Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2010 $100,000,000. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9 2010 and 2010 ( American Recovery and Reinvesment Act [ARRA]).

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Universities that boost the poorest students to wealth are becoming harder to afford

The Hechinger Report

According to a 2017 study by Harvard University researchers, Stony Brook — one of 64 campuses in the State University of New York system — sends more than 51 percent of its low-income students into the highest 20 percent of income levels. Philosophically, we should do everything we can to promote social mobility.”.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022) are associated with these attributes: courage, ambition, enthusiasm, generosity, self-confidence, commitment to help others, altruism, sociability, and audacity. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable. Among the competitors Billings and Joseph named: the ASU GSV Summit , launched in 2010 by investment firm GSV Capital and Arizona State University, and which has become the annual dealmaking venue for education businesses and their financiers.

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