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Three Epson Customers Featured in the 2017 NewBay AV/IT College Standings Program

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8, 2018 – Three Epson higher education customers were selected for inclusion in the 2017 NewBay AV/IT College Standings. The 2017 NewBay AV/IT College Standings list is featured online and in the December 2017 print issue of AV Technology Magazine. LONG BEACH, Calif. –

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Can $10 million build the ideal high school?

The Hechinger Report

School leaders wanted to include their input as they plan the opening of a new high school in 2017 (check out the story here ). The school offers a science, technology, engineering, arts and math curriculum, along with extracurricular activities such as robotics, coding and art.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.” Think Facebook. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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Need To Know: AI and Machine Learning

techlearning

In truth, the term AI has (arguably) gained more notoriety for storylines of killer robots (and the occasional Wall-e) hell-bent on destroying mankind than for its practical use and business benefits. The next wave of economic dislocation won’t come from overseas,” President Obama stated in 2017 during his farewell address. “It

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. ” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Venture Capital in 2017. Is this really a trend?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 Are you a student? No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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