Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. “technologizing” the government. ” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll

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APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” ” (In Cleveland.). MarcoPolo Learning has raised $8.5

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APRIL 20, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” From GeekWire : “For investors, the future of education technology is now the workplace.” National) Education Politics.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” “ Coursera More than Doubles Number of Degrees on Its Platform,” says Campus Technology.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

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