The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 2, 2012

For the past few years ( here and here ) I started a tradition (if we can call it that) where I look back at the year in #edtech and try to make predictions as to what''s going to take hold in the coming year. No science behind any of this. So, how did I do last year? QR Codes- I said QR would take more of a foot hold.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

And therein lies the challenge for both educators and EdTech leaders – how can we best serve an industry that’s constantly evolving every nine months? But on the other, adding in a completely new mix of students you don’t yet know becomes more challenging for both educators and EdTech leaders. Low Barrier to Entry.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year ? In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in EdTech funding. We’ve touched on “what” and “why,” but “when” is just as crucial in EdTech adoption.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

During its heyday, Amplify touted its orange tablets as the tool that would transform digital learning experiences in school. Yet the company’s most impressive offering may have been its games. All three parties decided to merge their assets under one new company that adopted the Touch Press brand. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Udacity is one of the few edtech companies to gain “unicorn” status, meaning it is valued by investors at over $1 billion. Is the company a new kind of (unaccredited) university? These days the company does a little bit of all those things, but it doesn’t fit neatly into any of the categories. A publisher?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

They have lodged accusations against Instructure that include a lack of transparency in how Instructure executives found a buyer and securing a deal that undervalues the company. “I The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We started EdSurge in 2011 by focusing on K-12 education. EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? In 2011, our attention was riveted by the entrepreneurial activity surrounding students in grades K through 12. Here’s what we’re doing and how we hope you can help.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

The publisher co-led the New York City-based company’s $33 million Series D round in October 2011, hailed at the time as a strategic investment and a major vote of confidence in Knewton’s potential. Through these partnerships, Knewton tags digital content with metadata and maps them onto a learning path.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Now, some educators—and consultants—are calling for edtech consulting firms to be held accountable for whether or not their million-dollar advice translates into improved, measurable learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

This was one of the needs behind the development of Ed-Fi , a set of education data tools and standards, in 2011 with support from the Dell Foundation. As today’s education technology tools are used more frequently to drive instruction, expectations have grown for how data can support teaching and learning. Reports to Insights.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University in 2011. He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate and assess learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Heather Hiles towers above most other edtech entrepreneurs. She began a long career in education, which included cofounding two social enterprise organizations (one of which helped get 4,000 women off welfare), serving as a Commissioner of San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education and starting two edtech companies.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I am the Founder of #MexEdChat and I have been an ISTE Edtech Advisor. in the Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance from the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts in 2011 and went on to become a behavior dean at North High School. We started the Tour company to show the real side of slums and its community.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition).

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