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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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As such these companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and the like – are the most significant education companies. Microsoft : “Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools,” Techcrunch reported in January. Pearson is Not a Platform. .”

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36 Edtech Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life

The CoolCatTeacher

I fired up a laptop, installed dropbox and was back writing within an hour. Microsoft Word (Personal Wordprocessing for Basic Documents). Microsoft Word – Lots of layouts, templates, and just heavy duty wordprocessing. I went through an incredible course on Lynda.com in January to help me use it better each day.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The Verge : “ OLPC ’s $100 laptop was going to change the world – then it all went wrong.” Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire. I’d love to see a comparison between Pluralsight and Lynda.com.).