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Can Companies Like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap?

Tom Murray

Can Companies like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? In March of 2016, the FCC modernized the Lifeline Program , in an effort to support unconnected families. When districts design their plans for home access, and companies such as Facebook rise to the challenge, kids win.

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How to Encourage Youth Leadership on Your Campus

The CoolCatTeacher

He founded the www.teachlearnlead.org global edu-library in 2013 and the Center for Global Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurial Studies at Brandon Hall School [link] (Facebook @BHSglobalyouth) in 2016. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Meet NEO at ISTE 2016 in Denver!

Neo LMS

Education and technology in 2016: it seems you can’t have one without the other. 16,000 educators and 500 companies have already announced their participation. Meet NEO at ISTE 2016. The post Meet NEO at ISTE 2016 in Denver! Let’s take learning to a whole new level, together at ISTE! We have candy!

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Intervene K-12 Named on Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America

eSchool News

5000 list of Faste Intervene K-12 ranks 162nd overall, 18th in Texas and fourth in education on Iist st-growing Private Companies in America. This highly regarded list puts Intervene K-12 amongst an elite group of companies who have received this distinguished achievement over the years, such as Oracle, Microsoft and Patagonia.

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How Ed-Tech Companies Use Research to Make Better Products

Digital Promise

While there is widespread support for ed-tech companies to use research when designing their products, there is still little information available about how companies actually do (or should do) this work. As a result, pioneering companies have had to adapt these methods as they strive to make products that are truly “research-based.”.

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ISTE 2016: Edtech Companies Pitching a Mile High

Edsurge

Nine edtech companies, nominated by the incubators that hatched them, will present to an audience of 25 education leaders. The Colorado-based company was formed in 2016 from the merger of two existing organizations: Digital Directions International (est. 2000) which sells HELP Math, and Boulder Language Technologies (est.

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Pearson Sells Mixed Reality Learning Unit to a New Company, GIGXR

Edsurge

million in two companies: online bootcamp Springboard and Knowledge to Practice, a medical startup. Now, the publisher confirmed that it has spun off its Immersive Learning team, selling its assets to a new company, GIGXR , based in Venice, Calif. All 16 staff formerly on that Pearson team will make the transition to the new company.

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