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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, in his classroom with students at William J. Another aspect of inequity and access can be seen in the consequences of restrictive technology use agreements and imposing technology fees in schools with high free and reduced lunch populations, says Jeffrey McMahon, STEAM teacher leader at John H.

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

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education technology investors is creating a new fund to support deals overseas. Maia Sharpley , who spent 9 years as vice president for strategy and innovation with Kaplan , is now a full partner with Learn Capital. We provide some kind of example that you can survive outside that system” of federal aid. Nate Davis, CEO of K12 Inc.,

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Via MIT Technology Review : “Another Price Slash Suggests the Oculus Rift Is Dead in the Water.” Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.” and from Hacker News.