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ISTE Wants to Be More Than Just a Conference. Learn How They Are Expanding.

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In addition, the organization has announced a new platform to review technology tools and a framework for implementing edtech in the classroom. But it is unclear how much weight an ISTE U class or ISTE certification might carry as opposed to certifications from the big technology companies, whose brand recognition is global.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Some of these experimental sites included MOOCs and coding bootcamps. Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” Because honestly, where else would you put news about that private school company but in the surveillance section.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs.

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. to 11:00 p.m. K-12 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

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? can make political donations.

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To Attract Talent, Corporations Turn to MOOCs

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When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team in fall 2017. Two years later, Dubuc’s company, OpenClassrooms , has closed deals with both of them.

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A Devil’s Dictionary of Educational Technology

Bryan Alexander

The practice of writing to and interacting with an audience through an easy to use, automatically archiving tool. MOOC , n. It seems to include little start-up companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and others. A curiosity, which might be significant if every anyone used it. Can be neatly buried by the LMS.