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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

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In 2002, a critical transition occurred when 94 percent of public schools secured always-on broadband connections, granting educators and students increased access to rich media content. The AWS Education Accelerator application is now open.

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SchooLinks Raises $7M to Take on a Giant in K-12 College and Career Planning

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Going after an industry giant in K-12 college and career planning wasn’t what Katie Fang originally had in mind when she started SchooLinks in 2015. Fang is aware of what she’s up against in Naviance, which was founded in 2002 and says it is used by over 13 million students across 13,000 schools.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. Onwards and upwards!

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Let’s invest in black kids who pursue STEM the way we do black kids on the football field

The Hechinger Report

workforce in all industries since 2001. The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016. The percentage of jobs that require low levels of digital skill dropped from 56 percent in 2002 to 30 percent in 2016.

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eLearning Brothers Expands Family with Two Corporate Training Acquisitions

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The United States may not have had robot invaders from space in mind when drafting federal cybersecurity standards for the utility industry. Even with competition on the rise from online course providers that have moved beyond education and into corporate learning, Scivally sees plenty of growth opportunities in the industry, he says.

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Wacom for Education

Kathy Schrock

Wacom (pronounced Wok'um) has been the standard in the pen tablet and pen display industry since 1984. During the pandemic, many educators used pen tablets and blank presentation slides or online whiteboards to replace their in-classroom whiteboard when they were presenting from home.

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