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Can This Be the K-12 Edtech Marketplace That Finally Succeeds?

Edsurge

In 2012, First Book , a nonprofit that provides affordable learning materials to kids in need, approached the publishers of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and asked: Can you make a bilingual version of the popular children’s book? In 2012, the Center received a $1.5

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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

Edsurge

The most positive jumping off moment was when I realized I'd made $30,000 in extra income in 2012 or something like that. The first year I put my courses [on Udemy, an online course market], I had about 12 hours worth of content. You could take workshops on how to use audio and video. Is it sustainable? Did you pull it off?

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Tonight - A True History of the MOOC

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). psid=2012-09-26.0742.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Log in at [link].

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, budget shortfalls led Beaverton to axe more than 40 school librarian positions. Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. The Beaverton school district, west of Portland, Oregon, is a case in point.

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Trying to Ban Facebook is Not the Answer.

EdTechSandyK

From Pinecrest Preparatory Middle-High Administration Letter to Parents , February 22, 2012 When I first read and watched a news story about this Florida charter school''s letter to parents encouraging them to get their kids off of Facebook because of the problems social media activities were causing during the school day, it got me thinking.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

And a number of lease holders fell prey to economic realities —the company that had leased Albemarle County’s spectrum, for example, struggled in the great recession and had to back out of the deal in 2012. Finally, there are still many remote areas of the country where no EBS licenses have ever been issued.

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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

The Hechinger Report

The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity. During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. Online learning platforms like that where you don’t have a teacher just scream, ‘Nobody cares about you.’”.

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