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K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million

Marketplace K-12

Barnes & Noble Education Buys LoudCloud Systems: The college bookstore operator and provider of digital education services has acquired LoudCloud Systems, a digital platform and analytics provider to clients in higher education, the for-profit sector, and the K-12 community. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Personalized learning is winning a growing amount of attention, but no off-the-shelf tech solutions. Instead it seems to be a learning strategy, sometimes driven by state governments. Even academics.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). There’s an understanding – even if it’s a disgruntled one – among those in the classroom and those making procurement decisions of what the LMS is for, what it should do, and so on. There’s an existing market there.

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The American Rescue Plan: Encouraging Transformation, Impact, and Longevity

edWeb.net

Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). These monies could drive the design of transformational initiatives with the potential for long-term impact.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

You have to work with the gray—that is the day-to-day reality of the classroom. We [made] probably the biggest single investment [in the Pearson System of Courses , which] completely rethinks the way that numeracy and literacy are taught in the classroom. they’re not fit for what we need to prepare young people….to

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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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