Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The company’s latest deal involves something a little bit more invisible and behind the scenes, but what it calls “one of the most powerful tools we have in modern education.” That tool is data, and it marks the focus of Microsoft’s first edtech acquisition of 2019: DataSense , a data management platform developed by Brightbytes.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

So I am not here to tell you, based on my analysis of ed-tech “trends,” what new tools you should buy or what new tools you should incorporate into your teaching or what old tools you should discard. It’s a bit too early to tell what 2017 will bring.). I scrutinize the headlines. I listen to stories.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.” percent from 2017 to 2021.” ” Good grief, the handwringing.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The Girl Who Drank the Moon , written by Kelly Barnhill, is the 2017 Newbery Medal winner. Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat , illustrated by Javaka Steptoe is the 2017 Caldecott Medal winner. The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. The complete list of all winners is here.

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