Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Jim Beasley’s mission to upgrade Llano Independent School District’s network began when he first started working there in 2005. The school district must leverage distance education — which requires a strong broadband connection. His biggest barrier to getting rural high speed internet?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers. It’s perhaps not surprising. Many now have a laptop for every student. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40