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60+ Great Educational Websites

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

That said, through my decade-long experience blogging and reviewing EdTech resources, I come to notice a common trend that I call 'outlier EdTech'. Google Classroom, Khan Academy, Edmodo, Nearpod, Socrative, and the list goes on. Google Classroom, Khan Academy, Edmodo, Nearpod, Socrative, and the list goes on.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Maybe that’s a trend that will stick over time.” Here’s a look at other trends experts foresee for the edtech industry as the pandemic continues to shake up education. For example, Chegg outperformed forecasts by hitting $132 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2020, a 35 percent increase from the same period last year.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. “When I told you about this type of software in previous letters, it was mostly speculative,” Bill Gates wrote in his annual letter this year. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. billion to $3.3

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MissionU Says It Can Replace Traditional College With a One-Year Program

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MissionU won’t build a traditional campus: Teaching will be done online—although classes will be held at set times in virtual classrooms (in other words, synchronously). They include Facebook, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, Warby Parker, Casper, Birchbox, Plated, 2U, and Chegg. “In Too Job Focused?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The private student loan company has raised $50 million total, but I’m told “fintech” doesn’t “count” as ed-tech so let’s just ignore this trend, right?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Examining Trends in Graduate Student Debt by Race and Ethnicity” by Seton Hall University professor Robert Kelchen. ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, a failed online charter school. Via NPR : “Before They Walk Into A Classroom, These New Teachers Will March On The N.C.