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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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What’s Next for Pearson? (Not Buying Your Education Startup.)

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For Pearson, the world’s largest education company, some of its recent tumult in past years have been self-imposed, even deliberate, under the helm of John Fallon. But last year, Pearson posted a profit , the first sign that its rocky journey to transform itself into a digital-focused learning company may have turned the corner.

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gener8tor and ECMC Group’s Inaugural OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator Cohort Addresses Learning & Labor Challenges with Creative, Tech-first Solutions

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SimiDigi (Dallas, TX) – A full-service workforce training and development company designed to cut costs for industrial organizations and train their mobile workforce through the use of 3D and Virtual Reality technology. More than 500 one-on-one meetings will be facilitated today at this year’s conference. About gener8tor.

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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

We did two live Future Trends Forum sessions from NMC summer conferences. It was a career honor to be invited to offer the closing keynote for their annual conference. As Kim Pearson quickly realized, This is a shock. — Kim Pearson (@professorkim) December 19, 2017. That’s a lot of material.

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Teaching Strategies Buys ReadyRosie to Reach Parents and Children With Video Lessons

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Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012. Any serious engagement of this demographic with educational technology tools must have a mobile-first strategy in place,” Roden says. “Our content is what people fall in love with,” says Roden, 41.

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The New Media Consortium: its sudden death and what comes next

Bryan Alexander

We did two live Future Trends Forum sessions from NMC summer conferences. It was a career honor to be invited to offer the closing keynote for their annual conference. As Kim Pearson quickly realized, This is a shock. — Kim Pearson (@professorkim) December 19, 2017. That’s a lot of material.

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How One Educator Found Work-Life Balance By Teaching Online—From Her Living Room

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Then there are teacher evaluations, walk-through evaluations, teacher meetings where you have to stay after school or parent-teacher conferences where you're trying to get parents in the classroom, get them more involved, get them on the same page as the students. I love that it's mobile, so I'm able to take work with me anywhere I go.