Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Exposure may be one factor: A Google-sponsored Gallup report ( PDF ) that found that female students are less aware of online and local opportunities to learn computer science. One such effort is Black Girls Code , started in 2011 by Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer by training who has worked in biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

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Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. We have attendees signed up from 133 countries!

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” I mean, paying for air conditioning in schools would just be a bridge too far. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

It was great to meet and talk with some very creative and inspirational people during my travels in 2011. Brechner is not ignorant of the fact that broadband provision is a necessity for such projects to succeed, indeed he even declared that 'broadband is a human right'. Conrad Wolfram.

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OER Broadband Laptops Social Media 53

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

" Tagged on: September 14, 2017 Alphabet Continues to Have Highest Cash Holding in Internet Industry | Market Realist → Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Alibaba (BABA), Amazon (AMZN), and Baidu (BIDU) have the largest cash holdings among their peers in the Internet sector. But not in the case of our software."

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

" Tagged on: September 14, 2017 Alphabet Continues to Have Highest Cash Holding in Internet Industry | Market Realist → Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Alibaba (BABA), Amazon (AMZN), and Baidu (BIDU) have the largest cash holdings among their peers in the Internet sector. But not in the case of our software."

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

“The number of states planning to use the new tests dropped from 45 in 2011 to 20 in 2016,” Education Next observed this fall , and many states and districts have opted to use the SAT or ACT instead of those assessments created by the Common Core consortia, SBAC and PARCC. The Procurement Problem.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40