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Microsoft is looking to solidify its position in our classrooms, and to that end, has recently acquired Flipgrid, the video discussion platform currently utilized by more than 20 million teachers and ...

Independent reading books adorned each desk. A child’s interests and/or personality displayed through the book he/she chose for reading that week. Alongside the books are notes and paper to write a ...

Why it matters: Google dominates the education market with its low-cost Chromebooks and collaborative tools. Microsoft needs every edge it can to convince schools that its a better education platform.

Microsoft has acquired social learning startup Flipgrid, the company revealed on Monday. The acquisition marks the latest push into the education market for Microsoft, which has been going ...

You can delete a Flipgrid video as either an instructor or student in a few steps. Flipgrid is an educational tool by Microsoft used to create video message boards and discussion topics for students ...

Flipgrid (@Flipgrid) enables learners to respond to prompts with short videos--most are about a minute, but they can be a long as five minutes. The video platform has become a favorite of teachers ...

A video-discussion platform originally started by a University of Minnesota professor to keep in touch with students for a course he was teaching has been purchased by tech giant Microsoft. The tool, ...

Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, an educational software startup. Flipgrid, which has 20 million users from all over the world, will now be completely free for schools; previously, the service cost $1 ...