The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.” ” 69% of Google’s employees are men. No Alexa or Google voice assistant. 56% are white. Or something like that.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

“Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google Are Fighting a War for the Classroom,” Edutechnica wrote in June , with a look at how many colleges have adopted their competing “pseudo-LMSes.” (In ed-tech, never forget: “ The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release.”).

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Udacity Offering 5,000 Scholarships for Nanodegree Programs.” ” (Psst.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. In February, CoSN, the Consortium for School Networking, called broadband access outside of school a “ civil right ” for students. Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company. million in E-Rate rebates.). In March, the FCC approved a $9.25

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40