Somewhere a musing
In communications at Pearson plc.
Opinions expressed are mine own.
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Yahoo buys Tumblr, brings sexy back
This morning, the rumours were confirmed: Yahoo has secured a $1.1bn deal to buy the fantastic blogging... -
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WAZZOCK
Wazzock was a particularly prevalent—and particularly loutish—insult in the 1990s. At...
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WAZZOCK
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A look inside India 2.0
British broadsheet The Telegraph has been visiting India’s ‘temple of technology’ in a bid to understand how the country’s... -
“What Old People Think About Gay Sex”Filmed with the cooperation of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. Amazing and perfect.
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Driver’s ed for the social webHomepage is a new Kickstarter project that educates both children and parents on a child’s first foray into the...
How is technology changing English learning?
The Beijing Edtech Community - a fast-moving bunch of entrepreneurs, IT engineers, teachers, students and anyone else interested in edtech - got together for the second time in their history at the start of May, and we had the honour of sponsoring it. Leon Li, product manager for our mighty Future Technologies team in China, was on hand to document what went down.(via Beijing Edtech Meetup Explores Online English Learning | EdSurge News)
Pearson announces edtech incubator for startupsToday Pearson announced the launch of of Pearson Catalyst, a new startup incubator programme to identify the most promising education startup companies, and help them to break through on a global scale. The Pearson Catalyst incubator program will match startups with Pearson brands to deliver pilot programmes and offer access to Pearson resources and product experts, including the opportunity to work closely with a Pearson brand over the course of the program. The incubator program is looking for dynamic, technology-centric, startup teams that have been up and running for less than three years and who have viable products that are ready for launch in the market. If this sounds like you then click here for full program details and get in touch on future_tech@pearson.com.
(via Introducing Pearson Catalyst, the edtech incubator programme for startups)
MASSIVE news. Very very exciting.
