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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event.

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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. It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. Edsurge told its version of events for the past decade’s worth of ed-tech, and I told mine. And “free” doesn’t last.

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