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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. His new job was to open a subsidiary for a French open source tech startup and that required hiring developers on the ground. Students on the platform go through two types of programs.

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How mobile games can make a global difference (and still be profitable)

The Next Web

Their expertise will help you find diabetes prevention tips that will blend in well with your existing gameplay. One recent study found that students tend to retain new information better when it is presented through jokes and funny stories. Another found that digital games can increase students’ intellectual openness.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

The fourth, Atrium Health Lake Normal Hospital in Cornelius, North Carolina, opens in 2025, while the fifth, Carolinas Medical Center Critical Care Tower, has just completed its framing. The formerly decaying multilevel parking garage now contains restaurants, retail, and a sprawling series of open-air gathering spaces.

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Seeing Beyond Sight

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our opening keynoter at the 8th Gathering of the Social Enterprise Alliance was Tony Deifell, who has been working as the senior strategy person at Kaboom!, Tony's talk blended photographs from his book with key questions that we should be asking ourselves. Tony Deifell rocks! Yeah, she's white. She doesn't act white?

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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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Engageli comes out of stealth with $14.5M and a new approach to teaching by video remotely

TechCrunch

But they’re not apps necessarily designed for classrooms, and that fact has opened a gap in the market for those looking to build something more fit to the purpose. “Younger kids need face-to-face contact, but in college, many students are now juggling work, family and studying, and online can be much more convenient.”

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Tired of ‘Zoom University’? So is edtech

TechCrunch

Now, nearly a year since students were first sent home because of the coronavirus, a cohort of edtech companies is emerging, emboldened with millions in venture capital, ready to take back the market. Upon joining the platform, each student is placed at a virtual table with another small group of students.