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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. Five-year-old To’Niyi Hilliard, her braids festooned in purple, green, and yellow ribbons, eagerly chattered about how she was going to learn to read books to her mama. And what happens after that?

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Build Your Own Student Tech Team! – Student Chrome Squad (Part 3)

Shake Up Learning

As a Digital Learning Specialist for Royse City ISD, Cody gets the privilege to help teachers navigate instruction in a digital age; specifically, how to incorporate digital tools to positively impact learning. I think I got that last one from a parenting book somewhere.). © Shake Up Learning 2016.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

CDI COMPUTER DEALERS CHROMEBOOK TRADE-IN PROGRAM ( cdicomputers.com ) CDI Computer Dealers has launched a Chromebook Trade-In Program that provides a hassle-free, environmentally-friendly way for schools to dispose of their aging Chromebooks and obtain a free two-year premium extended warranty on the new ones purchased from CDI.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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