My Paperless Classroom

AUGUST 15, 2014

If you have not yet heard of Robot Turtles, it is a board game built around the fundamentals of computer programming by Dan Shapiro, formerly of Google and Microsoft, launched on Kickstarter last year. The response was amazing enough to convince the company Think Fun to help Dan deliver the game to a wider audience.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 9, 2011

His son is vice-president of his theater company and its webmaster. A west Texas child with an immune deficiency disorder can attend school and interact with his peers via a robot that represents him. His daughter helped create a monage video for their 8th grade class before they all went to separate high schools for 9th grade.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) “Why are there 72 slides about gaming, from a company invested in EA, Zynga, Mobcrush, and Magic Leap?” ” he asks. “Why is there a slide about Peloton?

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” “Film company behind Love Actually to open school in London,” The Guardian reports. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Fired testing company seeks $25.3

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