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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) million (A) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Volley Labs $2.3

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How to Play: Models for Game-Based Learning #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Notes from a panel session at SXSWedu 2013 [link] Teaching is a complex undertaking. Who are students and teachers in 2013? Kids in 2013 have well developed game playing abilities, but they check those skills at the schoolhouse door b/c that''s not their school experience. gamification sxswedu' Schools are messy.

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Teens and Tech: Distinguishing Addiction from Habit

MindShift

“Technology addiction” doesn’t appear in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the DSM-V, published in 2013. For over a decade Gabe Zichermann was a self-described “cheerleader” for what’s called “gamification.” Dueling diagnoses. Fighting tech with tech.