Amazon Unveils Inspire Online Education Service For Teachers and Schools (geekwire.com)

Amazon on Monday launched a new site called Amazon Inspire where K-12 teachers and schools can upload and access unlimited education and classroom resources such as videos, tests, projects, games, lesson plans with their peers across the country for free of charge. In a statement, the company said, "Our ultimate goal is for every teacher in every single subject to benefit from Amazon Inspire. When they walk into a classroom, we want every teacher to benefit from the collective knowledge, the collective insights and the experience of every single one of their peers." GeekWire reports:It's the latest in a series of moves by Amazon in the education technology market. The company acquired the TenMarks online math startup in 2014, and separately markets e-books and tablets for teachers and school districts. The company describes the project as an outgrowth of its involvement in the U.S. Department of Education's GoOpen initiative. Amazon also provides technical resources and support for the department's Learning Registry open database.

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And the money for this is coming from where?

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It's easier for school districts to find money to build a new football field than pay for school supplies, smaller classroom sizes or computers to access unlimited content.

Re:And the money for this is coming from where?

[Geoffrey.landis]

And the money for this is coming from where?

Not even reading the article, just the summary:

  K-12 teachers and schools can upload and access unlimited education and classroom resources such as videos, tests, projects, games, lesson plans with their peers across the country for free of charge.

Where the money is coming from is a good question. Amazon is anticipating making a profit here, of course. But it's not coming from school district funds.

lies

[Gravis Zero]

"Our ultimate goal is for every teacher in every single subject to benefit from Amazon Inspire

No, their ultimate goal is for every school to pay Amazon for material. Fuck you, marketing department and fuck your blatant lies.

So what, who cares?

[chasisaac]

And the difference between this and 10,000 other sites offering the same thing is . . . ?

More free-ish crap teachers have to wade through.

I can see it now: A glorious curriculum coordinator (aka someone who has little power other than to make teacher lives annoying) sees this and now demands that teachers use this as a new resource as it will be free-ish. This will make more teachers sigh and leave the profession. To bad only the good ones leave who can actually do something else. Those that are left will be frustrated with common core even more and chunk out more crappy lessons.