Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. ” In other Microsoft/Minecraft news , the company will donate $10,000 to the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics to build a Minecraft Lab at a local school. . ” Upgrades and Downgrades. ” asks Education Dive.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson. Apple sneers about this.

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Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

His wife is the co-founder of OER organization CK–12.). Via KQED’s Mindshift : “ MIT’s Scratch Program Is Evolving For Greater, More Mobile Creativity.” Kahoot has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Creandum, Northzone, and Microsoft Ventures. Sounds Familiar.” million total.

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