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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Verge : “ Microsoft secures $480 million HoloLens contract from US Army.” ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. Buzzfeed on the Parkland school shooting survivors : “‘It was like a war in the classroom.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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I’m not sure why Inc calls ClassDojo “Slack for Classrooms” when it’s really much more “operant conditioning and surveillance for schools.” Via The Backchannel : “ Microsoft Weaponizes Minecraft in the War Over Classrooms.” ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Some Colleges Try to Burnish Student-Loan Default Rates.”