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November 1, 2012

Ed Tech Pulls in $1.37 Billion in Venture Capital

Written by jtsai via CB Insights Education technology (or EdTech) has become a major focus area for venture capitalists with 235 companies building education-oriented tools & services raking in $1.37 billion between Q2’11 to Q2’12.  Since 2010, CB Insights data shows an average of 53 venture capital financings per quarter to education focused startups   Deal […]

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Samsung and Khan Academy Launch Pilot Tablet Program

via Education Week By Nikhita Venugopal on October 30, 2012 12:25 PM   Tablet computers have been expanding their presence K-12 classrooms over the past few years and the pace of the expansion appears to be quickening. The latest chapter in the rise of tablet computing in schools involves technology company Samsung, which announced a

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With 4.5M Users, Instructure Takes On The Courseras & Udacities Of The World With Its Own Open Course Network

via techcrunch.com Rip Empson Instructure launched Canvas in 2011 to give educational institutions an alternative to the ubiquitous (but much criticized) software of educational giants like Blackboard. Rather than forcing schools to spend six months integrating and learning how to use inflexible and bloated learning management software, Canvas offers an open source and cloud-native system

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