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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

Edsurge

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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

Edsurge

Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event. Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

Since 2018, she has been a partner at Learn Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the global education sector. But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance.

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

Doug Levin

" 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." ask Sonia Livingstone, Kjartan Ólafsson and George Maier.

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Need To Know: AI and Machine Learning

techlearning

I believe 2018 is the year that this will start to become mainstream, to begin to impact many aspects of our lives in a truly ubiquitous and meaningful way.” Today, things are so advanced that there is unlimited growth potential with AI companies designed to support business like yours. Those jobs I believe are at risk.

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Mini-Conference for Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries - Wednesday, June 17th #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. He was commissioned by the White House on January 24, 2020, following his confirmation by the United States Senate. Janessa Esquivel Library Media Technician Sr.,

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June 17th - Library 2.0 Mini-Conference on "Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries" - Speaker Listing

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. He was commissioned by the White House on January 24, 2020, following his confirmation by the United States Senate. Janessa Esquivel Library Media Technician Sr.,