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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. million in venture capital, for example, Edmodo hadn’t even figured out a business model, let alone become a powerful platform. A belief in technological utopia. A fierce embrace of the new. .”

Trends 64
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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?”

Pearson 145