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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. Meanwhile, a trend that began in the 1990s was picking up steam — one-to-one computing.

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

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Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. Market researchers shared the latest reports about the edtech landscape and opined where sales opportunities were. “It

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Owl Ventures’ New $185M Edtech Fund Has Global Backers—and Ambitions

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Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. Dreambox, a provider of online math materials, dates back to 2006. edtech industry. Still, other education investors are re-upping their war chests.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. He holds an M.Ed

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Announcing Speakers Plus Bonus Downloads for "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. Steve Hargadon Library 2.0 Nigel also serves as Mayor Menino’s advisor on emerging technologies.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

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Source: EdSurge One trend is clear: The dollars invested in the US edtech industry has ticked up steadily since 2011 (considering 2015 as an aberration). On the whole, bigger but fewer deals is a trend common across all U.S. Investment Trends Breaking down the $1.45 In other words, they’re cutting fewer—but bigger—checks.

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

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I can’t help but notice that mobile technologies have been one to three years out from widespread adoption since 2006. These are the trends the Horizon Report has identified this year: One to Two Years. Here’s what fourteen years’ worth of predictions look like: Click for full-size. “Smart objects” (a.k.a.