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Google Makes a Rare Education Technology Acquisition: Workbench

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Getting acquired by the likes of Apple, Google and other “Big Tech” firms is often the dream of entrepreneurs (and their investors). Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools.

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4 exciting trends that will define the 2018 education industry

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On top of that, there is promise for continued education outside of the classroom; just look at Google’s recent $1B pledge over the next five years to help train Americans for jobs in technology. Let’s examine four key trends that are expected to shape the education industry this coming year: 1.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Python

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Highly Versatile, driving up its Cross-Industry Appeal: Python is being used in different types of environments such as mobile applications, desktop applications, web development, hardware programming, and many more. It also enjoys support from Facebook, Amazon Web Services and Google.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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This is a bonanza for the tech industry and other vendors. Along with Chromebooks came Google Apps for Education – a suite of free, cloud-based productivity tools that allow for easy collaboration and engagement on any device. All Common Core testing will be done online. Ironically, the cloud brought us light.

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GitHub?s New Education Bundle Equips Students With Industry-Standard Coding Tools

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“Our mission is to help developers learn to code with the real-world tools of industry.” GitHub is where many companies, including Google, Facebook and Twitter, host their open-source projects. Similar to Google Docs, Github will save historical snapshots of a project so that users can always revert to an earlier version.)

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K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming

EdTech Magazine

On the cusp of this burgeoning industry is cloud-based gaming, which TechCrunch calls the “new frontier.” Among the tech behemoths, Amazon and Google are forging inroads in cloud-based gaming. Google is testing Project Stream , and Amazon is reportedly leveraging its massive cloud presence to develop its own service.

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?Readers’ Roundup: EdSurge HigherEd’s Top 10 Articles of 2017

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We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. Here’s the 2017 countdown, from #10 to #1. As the industry shifts toward paid “nanodegrees,” the future of the free, open course looks uncertain, even as the company says they have no immediate plans to discontinue them.