Behind one group of educators' role in the Amazon Inspire relaunch
| Published | 25 July 2017 |
| Publisher | edscoop, Scoop News Group |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
A team of educators in Indiana stood by Amazon Education as the tech giant spent the past year retooling its digital content repository.| Keywords | Amazon Education · Amazon Inspire · content · Edtech · Education IT News · Indiana · K-12 · Open Educational Resources · Rockstars of Curation |
| Published at | Washington, D.C |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
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| URL | https://edscoop.com//behind-one-group-of-educators-experience-creating-amazon-inspire |
| Access date | 3/15/2018 |
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