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Free Conference! Design and Delivery in a Blended Learning Jungle

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ll be the closing keynote and discuss “7 Ways to Redefine Reading Instruction with Technology in a Blended Learning Environment.” Each day will focus on a different topic: reading, writing, and STEM. You’ll learn strategies to help students use technology to support their writing goals with Christopher Bugaj.

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Life After Merger: When Edtech Acquisitions Go Sour

Edsurge

Ringelstein and Renaissance Last February, Wisconsin-based learning analytics and assessment platform Renaissance Learning acquired UClass , a San Francisco-based startup that billed itself back then as a “Dropbox for Education.” The lawsuit is still pending. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

EdTech 60
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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Course Signals, a software product developed by Purdue University, was designed to boost “student success” by using learning analytics to inform teachers, students, and staff to potential problems, labeling students with a red/yellow/green scheme to indicate their danger in failing a course. Course Signals.

Pearson 145