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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

EdTech Magazine

Adaptive learning tools, which use elements of machine learning to modify learning experiences based on student ability and understanding , are also on the rise in K–12 with leaders indicating they have tripled their spending on such tools.

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Edtech Startup Ello Named No. 5 on Fortune’s Change the World List 2024

eSchool News

Ello’s AI-based reading app leverages the world’s largest child speech data set and the largest library of decodable children’s books, to support parents with struggling readers for a small fraction of what a reading tutor would cost. Ello chose to put its entire library of e-books online, free and accessible to the public.

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Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

eSchool News

The Excellence in Integrations and Extensibility Award recognizes those who have used Brightspace Valence, the extensibility technology that includes all APIs, client libraries and integration tools, to create a solution that has made an impact on productivity and demonstrates the power of bringing learning technologies together.

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A Domain of One's Own in a Post-Ownership Society

Hack Education

Your heirs will not inherit your digital reading library. Your heirs will not inherit your digital music library. You don’t own the movies you watch via Netflix; again, it’s a subscription and unlike a print magazine subscription, once you stop paying the bill, you won’t have stacks of old copies lying about.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. 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.).

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Don’t Pull the Plug: Why America’s Commitment to Public Education Must Remain Strong

Educate AI Magazine

Established in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, E-rate was created to ensure that schools and libraries could afford the connectivity necessary to participate in the digital age. Since its inception: E-rate has delivered over $65 billion in discounts to schools and libraries. It is not operated by the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ 14 projects win 2016 Knight News Challenge on Libraries.” The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57 ’” LOL job titles.