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A win for Apple: 640,000 LA schoolkids may use iPads by late 2014
Flickr School districts are calling for faster Wi-Fi and more technology and devices in classrooms. This is a priority for the highest echelons of government, with President Obama pledging that his...
View ArticleSchool’s out! Udemy nabs $12M to drive down the cost of higher ed
Udemy, the online learning platform that offers videos and live lectures from hundreds of expert instructors, has closed its second round of venture capital funding. The company website features over...
View ArticleKno launches a free tool for publishers to turn boring files into an...
Ed-tech company Kno has the support of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, but it has struggled to find its niche, until today. Kno’s CEO Osman Rashid is confident about a product that can turn a...
View ArticleDispelling myths: Personalized learning tools will not replace teachers
GUEST: This is a guest post by Andrew Smith Lewis, executive chairman at Cerego. Why is it that so many people who opine on matters of education do so by espousing an “either or” position, reducing...
View ArticleFCC’s new Digital Learning director puts focus on increasing Internet in schools
The Federal Communications Commission announced today it has hired Michael Steffan as the director of digital learning. In his new role, Steffen will lead initiatives to expand access to broadband...
View ArticleCoursera partners with publishers to bring digital textbooks to the masses
Coursera, the online course provider, is one of the fastest-growing startups that is transforming how we learn. Today, the company announced a partnership with a fellow ed-tech startup, Chegg, and is...
View ArticleObama says he’ll get 99 percent of schools connected to fast Internet
President Obama made a visit to a school in Mooresville, North Carolina today and announced an ambitious plan to get 99 percent of American students connected to lightning fast Internet within five...
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Fingerprint adds 1,500 kids videos to its mobile learning platform
Fingerprint has added more than 1,500 children’s videos to its digital learning platform on mobile devices. The San Francisco company has created a kind of virtual app library for safe kids apps and...
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