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Google, Expanding on HBCU Pilot, Launches ‘Tech Exchange’ to Boost Diversity in Industry

Edsurge

-based HBCU, in Google’s Mountain View, California headquarters to learn first-hand the skills and concepts they’d been studying in class. Even in their early conversations about Howard West, officials at Google planned to expand the program to other institutions. The 2018 edition of the report reveals that just 2.5

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Fast forward to 2018, how many schools in the world can actually say that they executed this? Many renowned names in the game, such as Blackboard and Google, are now offering their own cloud-based virtual classroom suites. Still, educational institutions and their staff are decidedly more open-minded from this point of view nowadays.

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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. Apple and Google continue to up the ante in their quest to win adoption in classrooms. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security.

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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2018)

Hack Education

It’s been quite a year for education news, not that you’d know that by listening to much of the ed-tech industry (press). 2018 was a year of ongoing and increased hate speech and bullying – racism and anti-Semitism – on campuses and online. And on and on and on.

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The Work You Do Has Power

Tom Murray

Advances in technology are disrupting almost every industry, and in almost every country. Take a moment to consider the digital disruption that has already occurred in the following industries (Goodwin, 2015). Kickstarter, Zopa, SocietyOne) The largest software vendors don’t write the apps. .…and now Sears. Projections.

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How to Protect Sensitive Data in SaaS Applications

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 06/13/2018 - 14:32. More professionals and students use Software as a Service (SaaS) on a daily basis. SaaS adoption is growing for a wide range of industries. SaaS information should be held to the same industry-regulated standards as finances or healthcare. Strategies to Protect Vulnerable Student Data.

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K–12 Teachers Use Virtual and Augmented Reality Platforms to Teach Coding

EdTech Magazine

Coding skills are in high demand and will soon become a necessary skill for nearly all industries. Since 1990, jobs in science, technology, engineering and math have grown by 79 percent , and are expected to grow an additional 13 percent by 2027 , according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey. .