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Technology Is Helping Prison Education Programs Scale. What’s the Catch?

Edsurge

Several have started their own companies. Students enrolled through the Pell Grant use tablets and laptops to receive instruction and complete assignments, though they are never given access to the “open internet,” he says. In December 2018, Peninsula College rolled out laptops to students at the correctional facility. “We

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Triumphs and Troubles in Online Learning Abroad

Edsurge

Branded eventually as Blackboard, it was the market leader in the U.S. and Canada for some time, and even today the company is in second place, with DTL Brightspace, a Canadian firm, close behind. As campuses locked their gates out of fear of infection, most American college students rushed to their laptops to study from home.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

Edsurge

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

It could be Google Classroom, it could be Schoology, it could be Blackboard, it could also be Microsoft OneNote. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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In one house, two brothers with disabilities had opposite pandemic experiences

The Hechinger Report

It’s the same Monday to Friday routine: Get up, change clothes, have breakfast, and turn on the laptops. Did you turn on your laptops? And the disparity is even greater for students of color, according to a study by McKinsey & Company published in December 2020. Each boy likes to eat something different for breakfast.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Not sure anyone else did.)

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.