07/13/21
Discovery
Education has released an update to its K–12 learning platform,
offering a range of new features, tools and integration with other
technologies.
Among the updates is an improved Studio Tool, which allows teacher
and students to create their own content. The update includes
research-based activity templates, real-time collaboration, student
presentation boards and slideshows and an embedded Microsoft
Immersive Reader. Studio also includes some 1,500 ready-made
activities that can be customized or used as-is.
The platform also adds a new interactive quiz tool, which offers
video-based quizzes, traditional quizzes (multiple choice,
open-ended, etc.) and a Live Quiz tool for asking questions through
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07/06/21
In education and a few other sectors, one of the “lasting impacts”
of COVID-19 will be an increased reliance on cloud infrastructure,
according to a new analysis.
According to a new
report from market research firm International Data Corp. (IDC),
worldwide growth of cloud-based enterprise infrastructure grew at a
greater rate than non-cloud, 12.5% versus 6.3% in the first quarter
of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020. Cloud infrastructure
reached $15.1 billion versus $13.5 billion for non-cloud in Q1.
Cloud includes shared and dedicated. Investments in shared cloud
infrastructure increased 11.6% year over year, reaching $10.3
billion. Spending on dedicated cloud infrastructure increased 14.7%
in the same period, reaching $4.8 billion. According o the report,