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Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

Edsurge

For this week’s podcast, EdSurge connected with Couch to talk about some of those frustrations, his time at Apple, and where he sees the company going next in education. These days we’re seeing a big push by Microsoft and Google in education, but I don't hear as much from Apple as we once did. They had no idea what to do with them.

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Clippy and the History of the Future of Educational Chatbots

Hack Education

Earlier this year, Microsoft made headlines when it debuted Tay, a new chatbot modeled to speak like a teenage girl, which rather dramatically turned into “ a Hitler-loving sex robot within 24 hours ” of its release, as The Telegraph put it. ” “Clippy’s back,” the headline read.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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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