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Do School Districts Need Their Own Data Centers Anymore?

Educational Technology Guy

Google Apps, Evernote, Edmodo, and more are all web based. E-rate no longer pays for servers either. We use Backupify to backup and archive all of our Google Apps data and the other vendors backup the data to multiple locations. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. data internet technology'

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling. Interactive Whiteboards.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. ” Google announces “Google Cloud Platform Education Grants for computer science.” “ Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?