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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

380 million tally in 2014. million (Seed) 2014 WI Harper Group GotIt! $9 million (A) 2014 SoftBank Ventures Korea, KTB Ventures Listenwise $600K (Seed) 2016 EduLab Minerva Project $70 million (B). 2014 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund One Month $1.9 billion in 2016, according to Goldman Sachs. edtech startups.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. In 2014, The Economist asserted that “nearly half of American jobs could be automated in a decade or two.”“Before The slides are also available here.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Michael Stephens Live Keynote - Follett Challenge - Digital Citizenship Week - K12 Online Starts

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 14th, 2014 In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. K12 Online Conference 2014 begins October 13! Thank you, in advance, for your contribution to this great event! Register here.