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Part 8 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series

Part 7 of my Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012 series

I think it’s clear by now — whether you’ve read my series on the top ed-tech trends of 2011 or not — that it’s been a big year for education technology startups. Launches. Updates. Funding. Acquisitions. Adoption. Headlines. Buzz. Woohoo. And stuff.

Part 4 in my Top 10 Ed-Tech Trends of 2011 series
If data was an important trend for 2011, I predict it will be even more so in 2012. That’s the world we’re living in. That’s the world we’re moving into.

Legalities
A fascinating research paper from danah boyd, Eszter Hargittai, Jason Schultz, and John Palfrey examines COPPA and parents’ seeming willingness to help their under-13-year olds bypass the age restrictions. Let me cite the conclusion at length:

“Sooner or later,” Knewton‘s senior marketing associate Will Fleiss told me in a recent email, “we’ll convince the world we’re no longer just a test prep company.” And with the company’s announcement that its adaptive engine would be powering Pearson‘s digital courseware, indeed, that day is probably here.

Last week, the test prep company Knewton announced that it had raised $33 million, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $54 million.