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

Edsurge

The conferences were the most publicly visible part of SIIA’s education programming, attracting executives from big textbook publishers along with their peers from major technology companies with growing education footprints, including Apple and Microsoft. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. But when he and the head of the UN Kofi Annan went to demo the device, its signature feature — a hand crank that would power it — fell off. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last. Apple sneers about this.

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