Giving Compass' Take:

• Companies like Google are offering edtech cheap or free through CSR programs, but their motives are not purely altruistic. 

• How can edtech be used to maximize student experience and minimize the advertisement of products? 

• Learn about the private data implications of edtech. 

Google has created teaching courses and certifications, engages in educator outreach nationwide, and creates tools like a closed-captioning function for students giving presentations on Google Slides.

"You could argue that part of it is philanthropic," Jonathan Rochelle, a product management director for G Suite for Education, told Business Insider. "But for us, having educators and students experience our products is important."

He added: "Our motivation is to make sure people have an option to work better."

But Google for Education has raised suspicions for ed-tech analysts and educators.

"They are still selling their Google products to kids, who are being taught to trust them," Keith Chiappone, an eighth-grade English teacher at Conackamack Middle School in Piscataway Township, New Jersey. "Then, when they are of age where they can legally make decisions, that's going to be their default."

Read the full article about CSR edtech by Rachel Premack at Business Insider.