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Dev tools · March 16, 2012

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ClassConnect, Github model for K-12 lessons

The History of the Future of Education Technology

ClassConnect, Github model for K-12 lessons launched on March 16, 2012 with 17 votes, #69 of 340 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

ClassConnect is a development tool for creating K-12 lesson plans using a GitHub-based model. It emerged from Hack Education, a publication founded to provide critical coverage of education technology without advertising or investor influence. The tool is designed for educators seeking smart, skeptical approaches to integrating new technologies into classroom instruction rather than adopting them for hype alone.

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From the sources

I created Hack Education in June 2010 shortly after I became a technology journalist. I was frustrated by the lack of coverage of education technology -- by both technology and education publications. I did my day job (that is, the freelance writing I got paid for) but devoted as much attention as possible to Hack Education, trying to create the sort of publication that I'd want to read: one that was smart and snarky, one that was free of advertising and investor influence, one that was tracking new technologies but not just because of some hyperbolic "revolution." To “hack” can mean a lot of things: To break in and break down. To cut to the core. To chop roughly. To be playful…from hackeducation.com

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