Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a now-famous 1997 interview , he candidly explained why Amazon started out by selling books. Books were simply a stepping stone, the “best first thing” to sell.) In 1994, hardly anyone was buying books on the internet. Bezos, more than any other tech entrepreneur, is known to play the long game, masterfully.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 89

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Tuesday, June 17th at 10am PDT in San Anselmo, CA Common Sense Media at iTeach2014: Four Skills To Help You Discover, Use, and Share Great Digital Tools for Learning , Your classroom is ready for digital learning, but how do you find quality apps, games, and websites for students and integrate them into your teaching? Happy reading!

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” ” Sponsored content on Edsurge , paid for by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative this week includes this piece on surveillance-as-personalized-learning at a Montessori chain of schools. Colleges Weigh the Breadth of Their Tobacco Bans.”

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. One other company that rode the wave of the MOOC revolution back in 2012 was MasterClass which offers online classes “from the best,” as its PR puts it.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55