Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid Inc., a maker of video discussion software and services for the education market, for an undisclosed amount. Read also: What's next on the Microsoft hardware front ...

Microsoft is looking to solidify its position in our classrooms, and to that end, has recently acquired Flipgrid, the video discussion platform currently utilized by more than 20 million teachers and ...

Flipgrid is a free video discussion platform for creating video discussions between teachers and students. It’s most commonly used by students to answer questions from a teacher using video. And you ...

Flipgrid, owned by Microsoft, is a freely accessible video chat platform that, according to the Microsoft Center for Teachers, helps teachers see and hear every student in the classroom while ...

Independent reading books adorned each desk. A child’s interests and/or personality displayed through the book he/she chose for reading that week. Alongside the books are notes and paper to write a ...

Why it matters: Google dominates the education market with its low-cost Chromebooks and collaborative tools. Microsoft needs every edge it can to convince schools that its a better education platform.