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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

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” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. Assuming Pew’s trends continue at the current rate, by the year 2027, nearly 1 in 3 American adults will transition to online platforms to support themselves with on-demand gig work.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. billion by 2025. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Interactive Whiteboards. billion by 2023.

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