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From Teachers to Students: How Education Technology is Connecting Us on a Global Scale

EdNews Daily

What were two top motivating factors behind starting the company? At the time of the company’s founding, the level of Internet penetration in China had just reached a level sufficient enough to enable 51Talk’s business model to scale. 51Talk was listed on the New York Stock Exchange on June 10th, 2016.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things. I’m a big fan.”

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2016 Global Education Conference Starts Sunday - Important Information!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Become a Partner Organization! We're Still Taking Proposals! See our other sponsors, supporters, and partners on the conference website.

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College Board Scrutinized for Security Breaches on SAT Test in Asia

Marketplace K-12

Nearly all of those excluded worked for test-prep companies, as my colleague Catherine Gewertz reported. ” In one of Reuters’ stories , the agency reports that test-prep companies posted people outside the March 5 debut of the new exam–and that they collected information from test-takers that was later circulated.

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

Its purpose is to raise awareness of how overly restrictive Internet filtering can impede student learning by blocking access to legitimate educational websites and participatory learning tools (including social media). Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school. Teacher Resources by MediaSmarts.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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10 Reasons to Try Genius Hour This School Year

The Principal of Change

Your class will be covering all types of common core standards. The Genius hour and 20% time projects cover multiple common cores standards. Today, we are beginning to see educators, educational institutions and educational companies do new things in new ways.