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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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9 million (A) 2016 Fosun Group Kaymbu $2 million (Seed) 2016 Sinovation Ventures Knewton $52 million (F) 2016 TAL Education KnowRe $6.8 The masochistic obsession with studying has deep roots. edtech startups, including Enuma , Knewton , Minerva Project , Ready4 and Volley. million (Seed) 2014 WI Harper Group GotIt! $9

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Responding to President Obama''s call to train 100,000 teachers in STEM subjects in the next 10 years, Google and 80 other organizations have founded 100Kin10. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games. students to address the most pressing national and global challenges."

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits." A newly released report from Georgetown University''s Center on Education and the Workforce looks at the future of STEM-related jobs. See PDF for more details.)

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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

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From that list of results, he says, you might pick three videos and an infographic, and then add a case study focusing on a really moving human story. You drop these into a learning pathway, and you resequence them the way you want to,” he says. It’s a little hard to tell how Knewton works because it is so proprietary,” says Lue.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” " Via the MIT Technology Review : “Largest Study of Online Tracking Proves Google Really Is Watching Us All.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Complex Data on Girls in STEM.” ” asks Education Week.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. In 2013, Intel acquired Kno for $15 million — for “ pennies on the dollar ,” said one analyst — and rebranded the software as the Intel Education Study App. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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