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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. But the real change came when Rosetta Stone’s computer-assisted language software became available for download as one of the first edtech products to become a household name within the U.S.

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What Workforce Education Is Learning From the Pandemic

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We are interested in just-in-time training ( SV Academy offers sales training for new hires paid for by employers) and last-mile training ( Pathstream offers employer-branded digital skills training for software platforms) that are tied into strong job placement prospects. Tech-enabled apprenticeships and high school-to-workforce pathways.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Case in point: Online course provider Coursera reported more than 13 million new registered users since mid-March, a 535 percent increase from the same period last year. Schools may be looking to invest in affordable and creative solutions , such as low-cost mobile hotspots or hardware that runs on cell signals.

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

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The Google campus in Mountain View, California. Any shift in the workforce to the advantage of workers without degrees carries obvious implications for economic mobility and equity. Businesses like Google, IBM, and Accenture have also made high-profile moves to boost skills-based hiring and remove bachelor’s degree requirements.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Although we may make much of college dropout successes, remember this: The biggest Internet Age success of all — Google — was started within a graduate program, as a Ph.D. Or must they take a leave of absence?

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Coding Activities by Grade

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I’ll start this list with web-based options, by grade level (click the grade you teach) and then continue with a mash-up: Kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade HS Apps BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game Cato’s Hike (K+) Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+) Daisy the Dinosaur —intro (..)

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Coding Activities by Grade

Ask a Tech Teacher

Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Stencyl –build games without coding with downloaded software. Jotform App Builder.

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