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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?). Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). Students will receive iPads.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Mercury News : “In Apple’s backyard, iPads ignite furor in schools.” ” Parents in the affluent school district are pushing back on the mandate that middle schoolers use iPads. Via teachonline.ca : “Directory of Vendors of Online Learning Products and Services.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.” ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. ” “What You Need to Know About Learning Analytics ,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The CEO has resigned. IBM partners with Pearson.