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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.

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First announced in 2014, the challenge invited organizations to submit open-source software that showed potential to help children in developing countries improve basic reading, writing and math skills. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently.

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Google?s 12 Education Updates Include Classwork and a (Slight) Classroom Makeover

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Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. It may have captured pole position in the U.S., Outside the U.S.,

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

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First, mobile learning. Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age. There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet. Just to get things going, here’s a recap of 2015. Second, the introduction of gamification.

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

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When Tulsi Parida joined Newsela in August 2014, she was the 19th employee at the fast-growing New York City-based startup. During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. Edtech companies entering low-income countries are noticing some of these challenges and are working towards solutions.

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The Surprisingly Low-Tech Way Schools Are Keeping Students Off Tech

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A growing number of entertainers, including Chapelle and musicians Jack White and John Mayer, prohibit the use of mobile devices during their performances. Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company says that it has leased pouches to more than 1,000 schools across the country, including a handful of colleges and universities.

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iPads Did Not Revolutionize Campus Teaching (But a Few Colleges Give Every Student One)

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When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. So when Hiram College announced last month that it would provide every student and professor an iPad starting this fall, it made us wonder what the state of Apple’s sector-creating tablet on campuses is these days. (It

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What are the challenges of digital content transformation and how to overcome them?

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One way to address this is to partner with digital publishing companies or third-party service providers who can help in the digital content transformation. These digital versions can then be accessed on all types of reading devices including tablets and smartphones. . Digital Publishing / March 21, 2014. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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