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From Banning to Embracing Social Media: #GovTechLive Names #NYCSchoolsTech Facebook Group & Twitter Chat Best in NYC

The Innovative Educator

The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. Best Use of Social Media to Engage Citizens: #NYCSchoolsTech Group on Facebook (Lisa Nielsen) A wise man once said, “ The ‘good old days’ weren’t so good for a lot of people.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. Even more embarrassingly, I was a co-founder of a company in 1998 called Mascot Network that raised $22 million to build online Facebook-style portals for colleges , which was seven years too early. MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012.

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Culling Your Social Media Past

ProfHacker

And partly because of the potential for online abuse, or at least parasocial behavior, and partly because of the change in search capabilities, the kinds of conversations I had openly on Twitter in 2011 or 2012 are often the kinds of conversations that I would have on Slack or in private messages in 2016 and 2017.

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Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, when Luciano started teaching preschool, the median annual salary for IADT graduates in Chicago was just $25,000 ten years after graduating, and more than half of students with federal loans were either delinquent or in default five years after starting repayment. “It was just so demoralizing,” she said.

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Tom Vander Ark Supports MIND Research Institute on #GivingTuesday

MIND Research Institute

Giving Tuesday was founded in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation. November 28, 2017. Throughout Giving Tuesday, Cisco shared Tom’s story as well as others on their Twitter , Facebook and Instagram channels.

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With a New CEO, Can Edmodo Regain Its Ed Mojo?

Edsurge

Founded in 2008, Edmodo attracted a large online community of educators, who used the free, Facebook-like platform to communicate and share resources with their peers and students. million and revenue of $1 million in 2017. The company claims that more than 100 million accounts have been created across the world.

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K12 Eyes Further Deals After $165M Acquisition of Coding Bootcamp Galvanize

Edsurge

Still, the deal is less than the estimated $168 million that Galvanize has raised since it started in 2012, according to Crunchbase. Rosabal had joined Galvanize in early 2018, after a turbulent 2017 that saw layoffs and leadership changes. times that. Galvanize announces its income share agreement option.

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