[Open-education] [OER-advocacy] Amazon Inspire

Mon Jun 27 17:50:04 UTC 2016

Hi,

Is this even free? Access is restricted which is a barrier. I hope this
will be open for all and  not just teachers. There is no mention of
licences. I assume everything is ccby or ccbysa.

Cheers,
William

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, Paul Bacsich Sero <paul.bacsich at sero.co.uk>
wrote:

> hi all
>
> NEW York Times reports:
>
> Just ahead of the back-to-school season, Amazon
> <http://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/amazoncom-inc?inline=nyt-org> is
> making a major foray into the education technology market for primary and
> secondary schools, a territory that Apple, Google and Microsoft have
> heavily staked out.
>
> On Monday morning, Amazon said that it would introduce an online
> marketplace with tens of thousands of free lesson plans, worksheets and
> other instructional materials for teachers in late August or early
> September.
>
> Called Amazon Inspire <https://www.amazoninspire.com/access>, the
> education site has features that may seem quite familiar to frequent Amazon
> shoppers. Search bar at the top of the page? Check. User reviews? Check.
> Star ratings for each product? Check.
>
> ....
>
> Amazon is joining other tech industry giants in an enormous push to expand
> the use of technology in the public schools.
>
> *From:* Layla Bonnot
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> *Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2016 2:46 PM
> *To:* OER-advocacy-coalition at googlegroups.com
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> *Subject:* [OER-advocacy] Amazon Inspire
>
> The public launch was this morning at ISTE
> http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/technology/amazon-unveils-online-education-service-for-teachers.html
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Layla Bonnot
>
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