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Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. PEARSON & LITTLEBITS ( www.pearson.com.) & ( littlebits.cc/education

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) Pearson, for one.) That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable. This year, Yik Yak shut down, despite having raised some $73 million in venture funding.

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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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It ignores what happens in Seattle: the home of Amazon, Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. ”). .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. Credly has acquired Pearson ’s badge platform, Acclaim. The seller: Book Dog Books.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. Via NPR : “The One-Room Schoolhouse That’s A Model For The World.” public schools.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Politico : “ Families for Excellent Schools CEO fired after investigation into ‘inappropriate behavior’ ” That’s Jeremiah Kittredge , who’s run one of the best funded pro-charter advocacy groups in the company. Via Techcrunch : “ Pearson is adding LittleBits kits to its STEM curriculum.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Florida Online finds stability after canceling deal with Pearson , but scales back its plan for ”exponential“ growth in online education for undergraduates.” ” “ Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation ,” Techcrunch reports. The University of Oxford has joined edX.