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Meet the Kaplan EdTech Startups

This is a follow-up post to Kris’s from late June on Kaplan’s EdTech accelerator project… funding through TechStars. Here’s some video reports from various startups in the project. From the Kaplan EdTech accelerator blog site.

Common Core updater: NYT

Article from NYTimes on present status of Common Core standards implementation issues. The standards, which were written by a panel of experts convened by governors and state superintendents, focus on critical thinking and analysis rather than memorization and...

RU Siri-us?

If one has a tablet with microphone and software that can incorporate audio from user with same into a “learning app”…… that then creates another layer of interaction for designing effective DLE. This supporting documentation, and this link to...

Rural Broadband Issues: AZ

Story from something called Cronkite News, which discusses FCC “Connect America Fund” and “National Broadband Plan” issues in Arizona rural areas. FCC said to have examined satellite and not favorable towards that as solution. Presently....