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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). " Tagged on: July 23, 2017 Education Division Strategic Plan | National Governors Association → NGA's Education Division has a new strategic plan (2017-2020), which includes a focus on personalized learning. I think the latter."

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Need To Know: AI and Machine Learning

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AI FOR ALL “We are at the cusp of a new revolution, one that will ultimately transform every organization, every industry, and every public service across the world,” commented Ralph Haupter, president, Microsoft Asia. “I In essence, AI is something that can be packaged up and purchased on a monthly basis, like your broadband or phone.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

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However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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In The News: On $300 Million Corporate Commitment to Trump Administration’s #CSforKids Initiative

Doug Levin

Questions Linger Over Companies’ $300 Million Computer Science Pledge.” 12 October 2017. Levin was executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association during the rollout of ConnectED, the Obama administration’s initiative to bring high-speed broadband internet and educational technology to schools.

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In The News: On $300 Million Corporate Commitment to Trump Administration’s #CSforKids Initiative

Doug Levin

Questions Linger Over Companies’ $300 Million Computer Science Pledge.” 12 October 2017. Levin was executive director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association during the rollout of ConnectED, the Obama administration’s initiative to bring high-speed broadband internet and educational technology to schools.

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