Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. Last summer, the company held its retreat at a Native American reservation in Montana, where a team had been introducing its financial education offerings. Making this model work, Wincup says, is one of the company’s “trade secrets.to

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Follow Justin on Twitter or Google Scholar. I bet 2008 was the first time I came down to Georgia to see all the cool stuff that you're up to. It was right around the time that collaborative writing tools like Google Docs were just really first starting to be introduced. So how do schools iterate?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

There are a lot of companies limiting out a lot of talent. When the economy tanked in 2008 and millions of laid-off workers began competing for scarce jobs, employers got pickier about who they hired and increasingly added four-year degree requirements to some “middle-skills” jobs that had frequently been filled by workers without degrees.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2020

edWeb.net was announced as one of the Elite 200 companies who will compete in the GSV Cup and will now present at the 2020 ASU GSV Summit. Three companies will be chosen as finalists during the Summit, receiving a prize package of $250,000 in cash and $100,000 in Google Cloud credits.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard was the result of a 36-hour hackathon by Google’s education team, where staff were tasked with finding ways to boost student engagement. The cardboard goggles when combined with an Android phone, preloaded with any of Google’s Cardboard apps, are a simple way to bring classroom lessons to life.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

EVERFI is an international technology company driving social change through education to address the most challenging issues affecting society ranging from financial wellness to prescription drug safety to workplace conduct and other critical topics. To learn more about the course or to request it for your school visit everfi.com.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. A Starter Kit For Instructional Designers When EdSurge columnist Amy Ahearn graduated from college in 2008, she had never heard of instructional design—let alone anticipate that she would soon have a career in it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2018

We were just talking about how we’re pretty sure we met just about ten years ago to the day that we are recording this, in Princeton way back in 2008. One of the resources that I had shared recently with some of the local teachers is a Google program that’s in their training center in Google for Education. I’m new at this.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

How the Company Aims to Catch Tutoring Requests That Go Too Far. Here’s a look at how the education company is responding. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 Here’s what’s next for the world’s largest education company, according to its CEO John Fallon. Cheating on Chegg?

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

When social media site Academia.edu hit the scene in 2008, it was hailed by some scholars as an alternative to pricey academic publishing and peer-review models. People can simply search on Google: site:academia.edu "Potterheads" and retrieve all the results,” one user shared in the Hacker News thread.

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ProfHacker

MARCH 21, 2018

I know that google is mining the sh*t out of my emails. I used google’s own advanced search features to target emails for deletion. flight confirmation (do I still need the flight confirmation for my on-campus interview in 2008? Instead, I committed to unsubscribing. I know the privacy risks. So what did I do?

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Would you scribble down your thoughts — or would you Google it? Terry Heick, a former English teacher in Kentucky, had a surprising revelation when his eighth- and ninth-grade students quickly turned to Google. “What they would do is they would start Googling the question, ‘How does a novel represent humanity?’

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

I argue that rural states are where edtech companies, investors, and media outlets should be looking to to see truly innovative implementation of technology. It dates back to 2008, when an educational journey began in Wyoming that revealed the important role technology plays in enhancing teaching and learning—especially in a rural state.

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techlearning

MARCH 26, 2018

The company provides a variety of Chromebook custom services (white glove), device management, software, warranties, professional development, and the accessories needed to ensure successful implementation of the technology. “We The company holds ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certifications, and processes more than one million I.T.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 29, 2017

One day I searched google for top, online teaching companies and 51Talk was one of the first companies I reviewed. The interview process was simple and very informative about the company. I missed teaching so much but I wanted to work from home so that I would be able to write and teach at the same time.

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Starbucks, Apple, and Google are three companies which have amazing quantities of creativity and innovation. I have determined to take a closer look at these companies to try and find out the source of their creativity, innovation, and industry perception. Google founders Page and Brin view everything as a mathematical problem.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A companies have always had a strong presence, and this year was no exception with Microsoft and Google having the largest stands.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2015

Paul will tell more about the district and about how Google’s education technology helps them to meet their goals and create a successful 1:1 program. Google Apps and Chromebooks have helped Jenks to change the way teachers teach and students learn. Be able to pose their questions to the educators and to Google.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

(Photo credit: Wade Tyler Millward) Verify Everything The nonprofit News Literacy Project was launched in 2008 by an investigative reporter at The Los Angeles Times, and has since received financial support from a long list of individuals, companies, foundations and news outlets. Reverse Google image searches are handy.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Education’s Proto-Platforms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard ” or. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 26, 2016

“Those that don’t will be companies that get to $22 million in revenue and go away,” said Hoverman, whose firm is an international consultancy that provides services to education providers, policymakers and investors. percent per year through 2019, when 5 percent annual growth had been the norm before the 2008 recession.

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The Principal of Change

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Think about taxi companies and how they hate ridesharing companies. This put those companies in a situation where they had to get better or else people would (and in many circumstances) go with a different service. These companies have forced the taxi companies to innovate or die off. This is not just education.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Listen to this week’s podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen, or in the player below. Quite a few big companies. Nestle was one, they contracted with a Uruguayan game company to make Nestle-themed mini games that were specifically installable on the XO.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2018

According to Susan Wang, head of the ICS program at Mills, 86 percent of graduates from 2008 to 2017 went on to work in the tech industry. With Silicon Valley in the Oakland-based college’s backyard, Spertus says companies regularly make visits to the program to meet with students. “But

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

One of the most visible faces of Google’s education efforts—who helped lay the groundwork for its dominance in the U.S. After more than 14 years at Google, my last day is today,” Jaime Casap, the company’s former chief education evangelist, said in a YouTube video posted on June 27. I said Google education business manager.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 14, 2019

A panel of innovative educators in different leadership roles in the school community will present ideas and PD plans for using the free professional learning platform, edWeb.net, Google and other free tools to provide a PD buffet of learning that inspires and motivates teachers and impacts learning. Panelists: Dr. L.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 1, 2013

This perspective is championed by Nicholas Carr (2011), who provocatively argues that habituated use of search tools such as Google is 'making us stupid'. Tara Brabazon (2008) appears equally cynical about the impact the Web is having on this generation of learners, but provides a more measured response. Norton and Company.

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Several other companies have achieved similar success in their branding, namely Google, Apple, and FedEx. 17 Million visitors walked through the gates of the Magic Kingdom in 2008 making it the worlds most visited theme park. You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Equally important, the approach offers a readymade solution to a universal problem: In the information age, how do you teach students to think for themselves when so many answers are just a Google search away? “We Jon Bergmann.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The E-rate program is funded through the federal Universal Service Fund and administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the umbrella of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Use our Administrator Implementation Checklist, as a document or Google Form , to document your planning and implementation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2017

The program’s focus on regional theatre of the era – with its hierarchical breakdown of roles (producer-director-designers and actors – crew) — offered little preparation for my first out of college job as the managing director of an arts nonprofit in which I was also a company member. Forwarding looking enterprises like FaceBook and.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 29, 2013

Yet another is the Google Hangouts clan, whose totem has a number of affordances to support all of the above tribal activities as well as the collaborative sharing of spaces, and video linking for synchronous communication that overcome physical constraints such as geographical distance. 2008) Tribes: We need you to lead us.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This summer yielded a surprising announcement in the world of online education: that edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online education providers, had agreed to sell its operations to a for-profit company, 2U. Our brand is more akin to Alphabet than it is to Google.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

But as more colleges move to offer online programs, there’s another new cost that has nothing to do with delivering education: buying ads on Google and other online platforms to hook new students. And Google ads in particular are clearly a key expense at many nonprofit colleges with online programs. By 2015, that spending rose to $5.3

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 25, 2011

For a start, I flew up in the company of Mr Chickenman himself, Dan Roberts , and when the two of us invaded the executive lounge in the hotel, they quickly ran out of pretzels (Dan's doing, not mine I hasten to add). I admit I had to go to Google Maps to find it.

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