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Google Makes a Rare Education Technology Acquisition: Workbench

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Getting acquired by the likes of Apple, Google and other “Big Tech” firms is often the dream of entrepreneurs (and their investors). Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools.

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

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Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure. Edmodo platform was one of my best app when I started teaching in 2013.”

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Looking for Ways to Improve Data Privacy in Schools? Start Here

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MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools can balance privacy and security protocols. Since 2013, 39 states and the District of Columbia have passed more than 110 laws addressing student privacy , Amelia Vance, director of the Education Privacy Project at the Future of Privacy Forum, recently told EdTech. . by David Andrade.

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K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming

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Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are building their esports programs. Among the tech behemoths, Amazon and Google are forging inroads in cloud-based gaming.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition)

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Zeynep Tufekci shares her experiences more broadly (beyond education) in this provocative talk from June 2016: I’ll be spending some time later this week with friends and colleagues at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium and look forward to the dialogue. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition).

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

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based edtech startups in 2017 saw a resurgence of investment capital. So far this year, these companies raised over $1.2 edtech investments in 2011. edtech investments in 2011. In fact, the number of deals has been on a steady downward slope since 2013. edtech companies. billion across 126 deals.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. edtech investor, including.

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