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K-12 Dealmaking: GreatSchools Acquires Schoolie; n2y, Thrivist Gain Funding

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Riverside will work with n2y’s management team “to continue to deepen and expand the customer base, add complementary new products, enhance teacher training and development efforts, and pursue strategic add-on opportunities,” according to a statement. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Franklin, Tenn.-based

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Business of Job Training. Via CNBC : “ Amazon ’s cloud is looking at building a corporate training service.” The tutoring training company has raised about $1 million total. Language learning app Extempore has raised $420,000 from Syndicate Fund. million total. million from unnamed investors.

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8 Trends in Education Technology That Will Have A Major Impact

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Most of the educational institutes today have adopted mobile learning into their learning ecosystems, benefiting students and teachers alike. Social Media in Learning. Who would have ever thought that social media would one day be accepted as part of the learning process? Download Now!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Frustrated with how colleges have handled their claims of sexual abuse , more students are turning to social media to publicize their cases,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Via Education Week : “ Teach For America Ends Pre-Training Pilot Focused on Cultural Competency.” charter school.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Green Imperial Pigeon. Viral School Videos.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times : “ Navy Orders New Training After Deadly Ship Collisions.” ” Apparently watching CD-ROMs isn’t sufficient training for driving Navy destroyers. The Business of Job Training. ” The tech industry is still bullish on the business of tech training nonetheless.