INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, a social education app that utilizes short video clips to create collaborative lesson plans
The Minneapolis-based startup, which began life as Vidku, has had strong growth for an experience that has been alternatively described as
Instagram and Snapchat for the classroom
Early last year, it reported an 800 percent year-over-year growth in teacher accounts
dominated by Google, thanks to its wildly popular Chromebook category
In May of last year, the company launched an educational variant of Windows 10, which joined such existing plays as its Minecraft Education
offering, the company will be making the app free for schools
Those who already purchased an account, meanwhile, will be getting a refund
A round of updates to the app is forthcoming, as well
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
