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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. Esther Wojcicki, the esteemed journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School, joined in 2016 as the company’s chief learning officer. million by February 2014 for a game to teach kids social-emotional learning.

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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

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Once upon a time the learning-management system (or LMS) was a new idea. Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. Here are some lessons I learned about what makes the higher education market unique.

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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

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For that, we invented a concept called Learning Gadgets. Learning Gadgets are almost like little apps. If you want to track your learners, if you want to see the progress of your learners, if you want to bring in the information from the quizzes into your learning-management systems, then you have to buy. Young: Thank you.

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