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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer. Tablet computers didn’t take off until a decade later. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies.

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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on. Digital is King.

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When the bus is the schoolhouse

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. The students in her classroom who were served by Rosie and Sunny bring stronger academic and social skills than those who didn’t.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Education Week : “A bill shielding what is now Ohio ’s largest online school and its sponsor from the negative consequences of accepting thousands of former Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow students is headed to Gov. The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. Alexa Hits the Classroom.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” The company makes wooden blocks that interact with a tablet. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Good job, team.). Via The New York Times : “U.S.

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