LEGO Education | August 25, 2020
The LEGO Group today announced the appointment of Fiona Dawson, the Global President of Mars Food, Multisales and Global Customers, to its Board of Directors with immediate effect.
Fiona Dawson has worked for family-owned Mars, Incorporated for over thirty years. In her current role she sits on the Mars, Incorporated Leadership team and is responsible for Mars Foods’ portfolio of household brands, the various Multi-Segment markets in Mars, Incorporated, and the Global Customers. Mars, Incorporated has global annual revenues of more than US$35 billion. During her career, Fiona has held a wide range of leadership and marketing roles including President of Global Retail and Mars Chocolate UK, and European Marketing Vice President.
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Kahoot! | July 22, 2021
Kahoot!, the global learning platform company, announced today that it is partnering with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. to introduce Kahoot! app for Zoom, enabling Zoom meeting attendees to easily access, host, and play Kahoot! learning content directly inside Zoom Meetings.
The engagement has proved to be critical to successful learning, collaboration, and connection as the world has increased the use of video communications in work and social settings. The Kahoot! app for Zoom will make it simpler than ever for corporate leaders to engage and inspire their team members with Kahootengaging, !'s game-based learning experiences at a time when many businesses are staying virtual or planning for a hybrid model.
Users can access, host, and play Kahoot! games and learning content with other Zoom Meeting participants without ever leaving the Zoom Meeting or requiring a second device using the Kahoot! app for Zoom. In meetings, presentations, and virtual events, corporate leaders can energize their teams.
Use every video call to its full potential.
Hosts can use Kahoot! app for Zoom to use the power of friendly rivalry and play to engage all participants. Users can conduct knowledge and feedback checks with workers, use word clouds to encourage innovative thinking, and use polls, open-ended questions, and other tools to empower participants' voices. With the brainstorm function, companies can crowdsource ideas and take collaboration to the next level.
Meeting hosts will get immediate access to data and reporting from their Kahoot! experience, allowing them to respond in real-time to audience engagement with the content. Hosts can also distribute the Kahoot! games to all participants as self-paced tasks for those who weren't able to attend live, extending attendees' engagement and improving learning retention.
About Kahoot!
Kahoot! is on a mission to change the way people learn. We aim to enable everyone to reach their maximum learning potential, including children, students, and employees. Our learning platform makes it simple for anybody, whether an individual or a company, to develop, share, and play engaging learning games. Kahoot! was founded in 2013 to become the world's most popular learning platform. In the past year, 300 million games have been played on Kahoot! platform, with 1.8 billion players from over 200 nations participating. In addition to the award-winning DragonBox math learning apps, the Poio learn to read app, the Drops language learning apps, the Actimo and Motimate employee engagement and corporate platforms, and Whiteboard.fi, the online whiteboard tool for all educators, teachers, and classrooms, the Kahoot! the family also includes the award-winning DragonBox math learning apps, the Poio learn to read app, the Drops language learning apps, the Actimo and Motimate employee engagement and corporate The Kahoot! Group has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, and Spain.
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educationdive | May 01, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education will give an additional $1 billion in coronavirus relief to minority-serving institutions, including historically black and tribal colleges, as well as to select other schools that serve high shares of low-income students.The funds are part of the $14 billion in aid directed to colleges in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in March. As these schools tend to be under-resourced and serve needy students, the funds aim to provide more support for covering their own costs and supporting students.
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