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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

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based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. It eyed the edtech industry as early as 2014, says Elizabeth Fisher Marshall, a managing director at Hall Capital, but “our concern at the time was the depth of the opportunity set and the unproven exit market.” WriteLab (Chegg).

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Can Technology in the Classroom Replace Expensive Textbooks

Kitaboo on EdTech

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. Thus, replacing expensive textbooks with technology in the classroom is the right thing to do in the current scenario. Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg.

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Gig’s Up: CreatorUp Raises $1 Million to Train and Match Creative Professionals for Work

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To support that effort, the startup has raised $1 million in a seed round from a group of investors that include Metallavon VC, an early-stage investment fund based in Greece, and LearnStart, the seed fund affiliated with edtech investment firm Learn Capital.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Is Your Edtech Product a Refrigerator or Washing Machine?” I love this headline from Campus Technology , which echoes the wise words of Bill and Ted from their excellent adventure: “ Ed Tech Changes … and Stays the Same.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). Via eCampus News : “Is higher ed ready for the big edtech explosion ?” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology. Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.”