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From Mexico to China: Why the World is Interested in the United States Edtech Market

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We are using iPads for our fourth to ninth grade students, and we are looking for apps and websites for our students to learn [on the devices with],” says Najera. When Chen started her work back in 2012, she says people were obsessed with online learning models like Coursera.

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Coding Activities by Grade

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At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age.

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Coding Activities by Grade

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At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school.

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Coding Websites/Webtools by Grade

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Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Stencyl –build games without coding with downloaded software. This is a long list of online activities related to coding and programming. Coding Curriculum. Code Academy.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. And “free” doesn’t last.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. The Procurement Problem.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.” More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Once upon a time, Coursera updates went in the MOOC section. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.