Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. Coursera raised $109 million in venture company because investors are cray. Google was fined $170 million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube. Google got into the anti-plagiarism business. This year, Instructure also acquired Portfolium and MasteryConnect ).

Technology 67

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 67

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. “Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Google Are Fighting a War for the Classroom,” Edutechnica wrote in June , with a look at how many colleges have adopted their competing “pseudo-LMSes.” Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Metaphors in ed-tech are so confusing.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40