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How to Use Fortnite in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

He has had the opportunity to share his approach to Computer Science education at ISTE (2015, 2018), FETC (2019, 2020) BIT (2014, 2019), CONNECT (2019, 2020), Schoology NEXT (2018), as well as in interviews with major newspapers (Toronto Star, 2017).

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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. This means that the companies end up with large amounts of sensitive data.

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A Timeline of Google Classroom’s March to Replace Learning Management Systems

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While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas , Moodle and Schoology , Google’s Classroom platform is increasingly catching teachers’ eyes. Over the last two years, Google has taken its popular applications and outfitted it for the classroom.

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Battle of the Classrooms: Apple, Google, Microsoft Vie for K-12 Market

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It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. Updates and Upgrades: The first of the “Classrooms,” Google Classroom launched in August 2014.

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Global Ed-Tech Funding, Propelled by Big Deals, Reaches New Record

Marketplace K-12

Overall, funding for global deals in the digital space jumped by 58 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to research from CB Insights , a New York-based market research company. Another China-based company, 17zuoye , raised $100 million. The company’s name loosely translates into “homework together.”.

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How Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s iZone Went from ‘Cool’ to Cold

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The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. Hodas left in 2014.) Today that budget is $3.2 Driving organizational change is enormously hard.

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The Long Life of a Data Trail

Graphite Blog

Within educational technology, tech companies can acquire data via multiple routes. The fact that EdTech companies treat student data (which really is a track record of learning, personal interest, and growth) as an asset to be bought or sold is on very shaky ground, both pedagogically and ethically.

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