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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

Sony Global Education Inc. says it has developed a system to bring “blockchain” technology–meant to serve as a decentralized-yet-secure system for transmitting data–to education, as the concept slowly begins to attract attention in the K-12 space. Goodbye, Middleman?

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Lirica Raises $1 Million to Improve App for Language Learning Through Song

Edsurge

Sony Music, Veridian Ventures and a group of private investors participated. “If What could give Lirica a leg up is a partnership with Sony, which helps it navigate licensing issues that can emerge when it comes to repurposing billboard hits for the classroom, says Lirica founder and CEO Paul Custance. Screenshots of Lirica app.

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How “blockchain” technology could influence education

eSchool News

Sony Global Education sims to build a new, widely applicable educational infrastructure that enables diverse methods of evaluation, open sharing of academic proficiency and progress records. Sony Global Education’s Global Math Challenge is a worldwide competition that tests participants’ arithmetic and creative thinking skills.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. One year later, Eastern Washington’s bachelor’s degree program in data analytics had its soft launch this semester, enrolling a handful of upperclassmen.

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Tech Apprenticeships Shift the Costs of Higher Ed From Students to Employers

Edsurge

Prime Minister—reported in January raising $44 million to bring apprenticeships in data, software engineering, digital marketing and project management to the U.S. Members include Walmart, Sony and T-Mobile. There’s been new private investment in the concept, too.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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A second prong of individualized direct instruction, informed by the data provided from those “games,” was rounded out by a third rotation—reading books of their choosing at their level. They trained volunteers to access Lexia’s reports and use the data to adjust direct instruction.

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Tokenized Learning According to data tracked by Coinbase , ICOs have raised nearly $3.4 Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout. “Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are reaching record highs, and a lot of people are looking to cash in on this,” says Doug Levin, founder and president of EdTech Strategies.

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