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Battle of the Classrooms: Apple, Google, Microsoft Vie for K-12 Market

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It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. For a quick summary, see our comparison chart at the bottom.). Google Google Classroom.

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EdTech definitions every teacher should know: Part 1

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I have also situated phrases that are often incorrectly interchanged against one another for what I hope is a useful comparison. So when viewing “reality” through the camera or mobile screen, digital tools augment or add to what you see. Examples include automated stock trading software and automated cars.

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Microsoft’s Big Bett Updates: Free VR Curriculum and Using a Pencil as a Stylus

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On the software side, several new grading functions have been added to Microsoft Teams, the company’s version of a learning management system. Its interface resembles a mashup of Slack and Google Classroom.) By comparison, Google claims more than 30 million users for Classroom, a likely competitor to Teams.

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Microsoft’s Many EDU Updates—and a Window of Opportunity to Win K-12 Market Share

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Microsoft has long had a beef with Google—even if the company won’t always admit it today—dating back to the “Scroogled” advertisement campaign that critiqued the search giant’s Chromebooks and privacy policies. K-12 mobile devices, Microsoft still has some catching up to do. The attacks may have since toned down in intensity.

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In the market for a 360° camera? Look no further!

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With the explosion of +Google Cardboard (and Google Expeditions ), my interest lately has been with the idea of students and teachers creating virtual reality and 360° content. I thought it might be helpful to others if there existed a comparison chart of all the affordable 360° cameras out there.

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How a Master's Program From the '80s Quietly Keeps Up With Coding Bootcamps

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Recent graduates “landed jobs at Mozilla, Stitch Fix and are getting jobs as software engineers,” she adds. Spertus, who has also worked as a senior research scientist at Google, disagrees, saying “it’s a fallacy to think the theory you learn in CS programs is … useless. Not contract positions, they are getting full-time positions.”

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Tools Harvard Computer Science Students Use to Collaborate, Stay Organized

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MOSS (Measure Of Software Similarity): This tool is freely developed and can help determine academic honesty. The tools allow users to anonymously submit student work and see a comparison to other existing code. There’s also a mobile app. Malan finds it more group friendly than Google Hangout.

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