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9 Insights For Educators We Learned On A Zoom Call — With Zoom

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As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. It’s high energy.”

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?Another Major Coding Bootcamp, Iron Yard, Announces Closure

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Dev Bootcamp, a Kaplan-owned coding bootcamp pioneer, announced last week that it will be closing its doors in December. Social media users and bloggers have already responded noting what appears to be the start of a trend. We will finish out summer classes completely, including career support,” the announcement reads.

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Don't hide your online self when applying for college or career

The Innovative Educator

According to a study by Internet se curity company AVG , two thirds of HR managers will browse social media profiles of candidates.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

I''m also a proposed panelist for "Education2.0 - Social Media Drives Student Success" being hosted by Jennifer Openshaw. The company is also lifting some of its "per-seat" licensing fees so that those not enrolled in classes aren''t charged for accessing the material. November 2 - 4, all online, all free.

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Thursday's Microschool Summit - Stories of Starting Schools | Schedule Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #microschools and #microschoolsummit on their social media posts about the event. After getting a master’s degree in nuclear fusion (MIT), Kelly held engineering and marketing roles at various technology companies. He started a microschool around his kitchen table in January 2018.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Wait, so Purdue is gonna run Kaplan and a nuclear lab? Or maybe the company it’s using for its predictive analytics programs – EAB, I think – does and that’s why we’re hearing all these stories. ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology.