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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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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.). In education, both algorithms and data are integral to the push for “personalization.” ” But what did Facebook do?

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” The New York Times Magazine has an incredible profile of Gwyneth Paltrow ’s “ Goop ” empire. Good thing IBM Watson isn’t making any claims about “personalized learning” or partnering with beloved shows like Sesame Street. The Business of Job Training. ” More via the AP.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment. More, via Inside Higher Ed , on various colleges’ OER initiatives.

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“The Growing Role of Technology in Personalized Learning ,” according to KQED’s Mindshift. ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. Adeptemy , an adaptive learning company, has raised $3.48 Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.