Microsoft buys social education platform Flipgrid - @omr.dgli

in #technology6 years ago
 Microsoft bought Flipgrid, a social education platform

Microsoft bought Flipgrid a social training application that allows short videos to be drawn and shared with interested people to create collaborative lesson plans.

Minneapolis-based former name Vidku, now called Flipgrid, Instagram for classes or Snapchat is called. The platform, which has seen an increase of 800 percent in teacher accounts according to the past years, continues to grow day by day. The company will have an important place in the Microsoft's portfolio for the new market.

Microsoft's Vice President Eran Megiddo explained that Flipgrid is as social as ever before. highlighting the impact of learning and helping them continue to evolve as part of the Microsoft family, while highlighting that the platform and its products will continue to benefit everywhere for students and teachers across Microsoft, Google and partner ecosystems.

Flipgrid, Microsoft's general edtech games, and that the company is already integrating the application into Microsoft Teams in Office 365 for Education. The company will make the practice free for schools. Those who have purchased an account will receive a refund.

The app's updates will be available soon. Other details of the purchase are not yet clear.

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