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Hack Education Weekly News

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Phil Hill on an “LMS Revival: D2L picking up new customers and showing they can listen.” I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. “ Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump,” Buzzfeed claims. ” “ The Giant Inflatable Trump Chicken of Ed Tech ” by Michael Feldstein.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Preparing for the Post-LMS World ” by Jonathan Rees. ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. Common App will merge with Reach Higher , a college-access program started by Michelle Obama. Boxlight Corporation has acquired EOS Education for ~$300,000.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” There is no schooling here, among other things (whereas there was school and access to lawyers in their previous detention facilities). ” Via Techcrunch : “ Apple adds student ID cards into Apple Wallet to access buildings, buy food and more.” Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data.”