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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. fund to boost technology for kids | Belgrade News → The idea behind the initiative is to set up every student in the district with their own computing device. Tagged on: March 9, 2017 Belgrade schools may tap $1.5M

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. It works well too for teachers wanting to bypass the procurement bureaucracy.

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