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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

When he came home to Tunis, he met many students who wanted to build products like him each summer. Amine was struggling to find higher web developers,” CEO Yahya Bouhlel told TechCrunch in an interview. “So Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages.

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An ed-tech specialist spoke out about remote testing software — and now he’s being sued

The Verge

The software was called Proctorio, an online test-proctoring tool that monitors students for suspicious behavior while they take virtual exams. This is the one that will show you, beyond a doubt, the emotional harm you are doing to students by using this technology.”. They are afraid of students. Proctorio is afraid.

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Bringing the Lean Startup approach to healthcare

The Next Web

I also teach students, residents and fellows and hold joint appointments in the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor. I have a PhD in epidemiology and this training blended perfectly with the focus on metrics and research in the lean startup approach. Image credit: Jupiter Images / Thinkstock.

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Design for every body: The evolution of accessible design

Fast Company Tech

Years ago at Michael Graves Design, our president Donald Strum, our chief design officer Rob Van Varick, and I were reviewing student portfolios. We conduct interviews and observations with a diverse range of potential users, including older adults and individuals with disabilities. All the designs were about sustainability.

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SplashLearn raises $18 million for its game-based edtech platform

TechCrunch

In an interview with TechCrunch, SplashLearn co-founder and chief executive Arpit Jain said one of the biggest hurdles the education system faces today is that kids do not wish to learn, so you have to broach the subject in a way they find engaging. His startup offers math and reading courses to students in pre-kindergarten to grade five.

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The Apple Watch is being held back by Siri

The Verge

The Apple Watch is explicitly a computer designed to be on your body all the time, to blend into the background and become invisible, and to get your voice commands. Towards the end of his interview with Ars , Giannandrea talked about hiring new talent for his team. “I We’ll leave the mind reading to Elon Musk for now.

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Do-Good Tranquilista: Interview with Kimberly Wilson

Have Fun - Do Good

Below is an edited transcript of my November 3rd interview with Kimberly for the Big Vision Podcast. I needed something that focused on what I really wanted to evoke, and what I wanted students and yogis to feel when they walked through the doors. Kimberly Wilson: Tranquil Space Foundation started in July of 2006.