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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

SETDA gives the example of “Bobby,” a sophomore in high school who transferred to a new school after his first semester. This is not just a hypothetical example. Interoperable networks don’t just allow teachers to share information with each other, but also streamline outside learning tools directly to students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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When the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toured the US recently, he hung out with Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , and Sergey Brin , for example. There’s more on the GED, that very old competency-based learning exam, in the research section below. “ Does OER Actually Improve Learning? ”).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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