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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

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63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” The company, which provides public radio and related instructional materials to classrooms, has raised $1.55

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Last year, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he announced he would donate 99% of his Facebook shares to his philanthropic LLC, the Chan Zuckerberg initiative. The ideological and financial shift from public to private is exemplified by venture philanthropy – that is, venture capital investments framed as charity.