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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Summit Learning does share student data with 20 different service providers who help facilitate the platform’s capabilities. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. Researchers tend to agree that screen time itself is not bad, at least for older kids.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Five bundles will be available for purchase: one each at the preschool, elementary school, middle and high school levels with grade-appropriate curricula and resources, and two with building blocks and related non-digital materials. Big Universe is now available in the U.S. exclusively through FuelEd. TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.