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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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By providing these examples of state leadership to support technology in education, though, states can work towards bridging the digital divide. Kajeet , the industry leader for safe, managed mobile solutions, powers the K-12 connected environment. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

Edsurge

In an interview with EdSurge at the conference, General Assembly CEO Jake Schwartz said he was excited to continue to lead the operation, which will retain the brand and operate as a division of Adecco, and gain better connection to industry partners through the new parent company. But its education officials are looking for outside help.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” From the story: “Online education company Udacity plans to branch out of its core technology market to meet growing demand for digitally-skilled workers in areas such as banking and the car industry, its co-founder told Reuters as the company launched in Germany.” Oh VR promises. Never change.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.” This week: “ OpenStax Partners with panOpen to Expand OER Access.” Good grief.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. What’s next?” Thanks in advance.