Amazon Launches Amazon Inspire for Digital Educational Resources

Amazon.com, Inc.

revealed Monday that it launched Amazon Inspire, a free service for the search, discovery and distribution of digital educational resources. According to the company, it was developed in support of its commitment to making digital classrooms a reality. Amazon said that Amazon Inspire, with its rich features such as search, discovery and peer reviews, would offer educators, irrespective of their location or funding, access to upload and share free digital teaching resources. The company indicated that it was inviting educators to shape the evolution of this innovative service to best serve teachers as part of its support of the GoOpen initiative. The online retailer's GM of K-12 Education, Rohit Agarwal, commented, "Amazon joins educators from around the country in recognizing the power of digital learning to transform the classroom, by creating a personalized, engaging learning environment for all students." He continued to add, "However, we also know that making that promise a reality is a time consuming proposition and teachers tell us that they spend upwards of 12 hours a week searching for and curating resources for classroom instruction, placing a high degree of trust in resources shared by their peers. With Amazon Inspire, we aim to quickly and easily put the best and most trusted digital resources at teachers' fingertips, saving them valuable time that can be devoted to what they do best and enjoy most—teaching." Some of the features are smart search, simple upload, collections, customer reviews, and accessibility support. AMZN Shares traded 1.46 percent down on Monday.