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Microsoft Unveils New Tech to Create Personalized, Immersive Education

EdTech Magazine

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Office 365 Updates Drive Personalized Learning. Personalized learning was the major thread connecting Office 365 updates. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. Customer Focused. Buying Cycle. Engagement. Content Length. 500-1000 words.

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20 By 2020: Quizlet’s Big Revenue Ambitions From Third-Party Content Partners

Edsurge

Content partners include publishers such as Pearson, nonprofits including the Jane Goodall Institute, test-prep providers like MCAT Self Prep, and other edtech companies including EverFi. That publishers like Pearson would make their materials available on a platform like Quizlet might mark a tidal shift in the education industry.

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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

Edsurge

Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children. Once the industry’s poster child for adaptive learning, Knewton boasted working with dozens of publishers, including Pearson and McGraw-Hill.

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The Vocabulary Doctors: How to Teach Vocabulary

The CoolCatTeacher

Kimberly’s Literacy Blog and has collaborated in writing classroom curriculum and language arts sections as well as chairing the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education. I mean, I know you talk about a lot of Edtech tools, but what are some of your favorites for really learning new vocabulary?

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

Edsurge

Kelly met him through Planet3 co-founder Albert Yu-Min Lin when Lin received an award sponsored by Switch, Kelly told EdTech Digest at the time. On the education side, the company enlisted Kelly McGrath, former head of K-12 science curriculum development at Pearson, who’d become Planet3’s chief operating officer.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Speaking of Blackboard , here’s a press release about Blackboard Classroom: “New Solution from Blackboard Helps K–12 School Districts Make Learning More Engaging, Personalized and Accessible.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Moodle ’s Mastermind, Martin Dougiamas, Still Believes in Edtech After Two Decades.”

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