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The power of ed-tech in the developing world

Neo LMS

How ed-tech is shaping the developing world: a few case studies. When it comes to innovation and developing economies there are a lot of reports and studies that conclude with a large amounts of “shoulds” and “coulds”. Descomplica. Conclusion.

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

Edsurge

Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. The service has a premium version that costs about $20 a month.

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‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

The Hechinger Report

Used to working on tablets or laptops for much of their day, many of these students were also behind in fine motor skills, struggling to use scissors and still working on correctly writing numbers. Miller’s first graders are a case study in the scale, depth and unevenness of learning loss during the pandemic.

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Start Youngsters on a Coding Adventure with Cubetto

Learning in Hand

Primo , a London-based company, offered to send me a Cubetto in exchange for a review. Unlike most toys for young coders, Cubetto does not use a tablet, phone, or computer. In a classroom, it means you don’t have to dedicate a tablet or computer to Cubetto. I typically say no to these kinds of requests.

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Let’s Get This Right: Teach Programming Hand in Hand With Design

Slate and Tablets

As the founder of a company who takes immense pride in our product design, and who values it more than most ed tech companies do, this cannot be more wrong. This is an interesting case study but is yet another example of irresponsible reporting. No Computers in School.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

Edsurge

The company was renamed “Amplify.” Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. We left behind the tablets and spun out a few adjacent businesses.

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Our Grammarly Review – Is It the Perfect Grammar Checker?

Fractus Learning

Business writers writing case studies, reports, presentations, and other documents. A copywriter writing brochures, sales sheets, and website landing pages for B2B and B2C companies to increase sales. Fiction writers and non-fiction authors wanting to engage their audience. Academics writing formal research papers.