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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo? 70+ million users’ account details.

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SimCityEDU sets middle school students to work on a “Pollution Challenge”

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GlassLab is a collaboration between the nonprofit Institute of Play —also an Educator Innovator partner—EA (Electronic Arts), and learning experts from Educational Testing Service and Pearson’s Center for Digital Data, Analytics & Adaptive Learning, among others. SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Zuoyebang (tutoring): $350 million.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The federal government is set to release data reports designed to help measure the performance of accrediting agencies , with metrics such as the graduation rates, debt, earnings and loan repayment rates of students who attended the colleges the accreditors oversee.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.