Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” “ Apple , Microsoft , Amazon and Google Are Fighting a War for the Classroom,” says Edutechnica , with a look at how many colleges have adopted their competing pseudo-LMSes. Oh VR promises. Never change. public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40