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Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

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Back in February, an EdWeek brief reported that Amazon Education was beta-testing a new platform with educators, helping teachers navigate the jungles of open educational resources (OER). Microsoft and ISTE also plan to work with school in the Microsoft Showcase Schools program to integrate ISTE's standards of edtech integration.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Apple sneers about this.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via Techcrunch : “ Microsoft launches Intune for Education to counter Google’s Chromebooks in schools.” ” “Of OER and Platforms: Five Years Later” by Lumen Learning’s David Wiley. million total.