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Microsoft Takes a Bite Out of BrightBytes, Acquiring Its DataSense Platform and Team

Edsurge

From launching new tablets to virtual-reality curriculum , Microsoft has added plenty to its educational offerings through a series of new product updates and acquisitions over the past few years.

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Technology Holds Great Promise for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

edWeb.net

Using a tablet with a communication app loaded onto it is a common way to do this. If the individual is also using a tablet for personal use or play, Christian recommends using two tablets if it’s economically possible—one for personal and one for communication—or only using the tablet for communication purposes.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

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. Apple : “Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017,” Edsurge reported in August.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Star Online : “ Germany plans to invest an extra €5 billion over the next five years to equip more than 40,000 schools and colleges with faster internet, wireless access points and tablet computers, the Education Minister said.” None of those chose for the education section are classroom educators, no surprise.