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PowerSchool Buys Chalkable, Tops $200 Million in Acquisition Spending

Edsurge

The company raised $3 million in 2013 and acquired three companies: Learning Earnings, Spiral Universe (an SIS provider) and Chalkable, which initially aimed to create an educational app store where teachers can purchase and deploy apps. Like PowerSchool today, Chalkable’s offerings have come through previous acquisitions.

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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

The CoolCatTeacher

Office Mix for Powerpoint – Office Mix is a plugin that you add to PowerPoint 2013. I’m convinced any teacher can learn to make a quick video in minutes. (PC We needed a simple system to assess student work including built-in rubrics. College and virtual high schools use learning management systems.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).