EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Our mission is simple: create products that give students everywhere access to enjoyable, affordable, and quality test prep. Magoosh started in 2009 with four co-founders and a few computers. Millions have studied with us, downloaded our apps, and watched our videos. Create lesson videos and explanations for MCAT test items.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. Though the startups presented a wide range of ideas, Runway co-founder Phil Kim said what connected them all is an effort to “tackle access and equity.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

But you know, I found that I create so many of my videos, my curriculum, everything that I have. Let’s start watching the September videos. And it wasn’t long before they were refining and refining and refining their videos. But they don’t all have to be your own videos. There’s no point in kids listening to lectures.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

That’s the question Top Hat has been hearing from college students and faculty, and why the Toronto company has decided to take on the publishing business. The latest cash infusion is an extension of the company’s $22.5 The company quietly launched the marketplace to a private group of users in fall 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

- New Improvements to Techbook Platform will Make Relevant Content Even More Accessible to Teachers and Students - Silver Spring, Md. Recently, teachers requested more ways to access the high-quality content they need for teaching and learning. Inspired by the global media company Discovery Inc.,

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MindShift

AUGUST 8, 2017

The game where you build virtual Lego-like worlds and populate them with people, animals and just about everything in between is one of the most popular games ever made; it’s second only to Tetris as the best-selling video game of all time. A version not all have access to, Ames says. Boys tend to play it more than girls.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We’ve got a lot of experience with both companies products. Two moms launched Little Passports in 2009, and since then, the company has become an international brand with exciting choices to keep kids entertained and engaged. More online content access. Overall, both companies are loved for their subscription boxes.

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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

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

2009 - Meeting of the Minds - important work from Common Sense Media on perceptions of social media ethics. de Haan found a video via a Google Alert of a video shot on a school field trip of students setting a bush on fire, including students jumping over and through it. We latch on to what we recognize.

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The Thinking Stick

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Certificate Level : For those that are independent learners but also want company on their journey. Learning is not about the content you can put together, the videos you watch, the articles you read. We’ll be there to guide you if and when you need help, but really this journey it all about you.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 4, 2011

I blogged about my unabashed love for The Week in Rap back in 2009 on my school library blog.I But this young, talented company, have also added SO many other subject categories of sweet rhymes & songs that immediately engage learning & inspire substantive conversations! Now, Flocabulary just gets even better! What''s for FREE?

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Sadly, one of my favorites, YouTube , can not be accessed by students in educational settings. My school completely blocks student access to YouTube; both the site and embedded videos. I agree with this policy: there is simply too much garbage on YouTube to allow student access. billion videos per day.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

That can be funding the institutions themselves; it also can be investing in financial aid,” said Debbie Cochrane, vice president of The Institute for College Access and Success, a national nonprofit. In 2009, state appropriations made up 61 percent of the general funding for USG institutions, while tuition accounted for nearly a third of it.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Filled, the bean bag chair for younger kids should be accessible without them needing parents’ assistance to climb on and off the bean bag chair. The large size is perfect bean bag chairs for adults playing video games or watching sports. Best Bean Bag Cover For Oversized Bean Bag Chairs: Wudaxian Bean Bag Chair Giant Foam Cover.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector. It’s an access issue that creates this belief issue,” she said. But Garrett didn’t buy this reasoning.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We grew up having our questions instantly answered as long as we had access to the Internet. Some argue that with easy access to information, we have more space in our brain to engage in creative activities, as humans have in the past. Of the studies available, the answers are sometimes unclear. seems to share Carr’s concerns.

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

Although we have made incredible strides in expanding access to education over the course of the past century, that access has always been unevenly distributed as are the conflicts and crises that undermine education systems and educational justice everywhere. Video, as they say, killed the radio star.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act , or ESSA, also provides increased access to funding for physical education by including the subject in its definition of a “well-rounded education.”. “At Related: Fighting hunger in the Mississippi Delta (VIDEO).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. Ethics and Legalities The New York Times continues its investigation of education giant Pearson and ethics concerns surrounding lavish trips that the company''s foundation has sponsored for state education officials.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

He then got his Bachelors in Networking and Telecommunication from DeVry University, and while going to school worked for a company that helpe larger organizations relocate and setup new computer systems. Along the way, he shares what he's learning in books, podcasts, articles, animated videos, and classroom resources.

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Kathy Schrock

AUGUST 16, 2023

My first review of one of their products was in 2009!) As a company, they listen to their customer's comments and come up with ways to enhance their product lines to meet and surpass the needs/wants of their customers. I have been a Wacom (Wah-kom) user and supporter for a long time.(My

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing. Fantasy. .”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

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. patents.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. patents.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

India’s education system has long lagged behind others, despite the country’s enactment of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) ACT , which was supposed to give every child in the country the right to a full-time elementary education “of satisfactory and equitable quality.”. India has also had long had a problem with keeping girls in school. “I

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Asynchronously interact with each other by posting text, audio or video greetings and/or multimedia content that informs other participants about their class, school, town or cultures. Learning2gether is a participant-driven professional development series that has produced over 420 podcasts since its inception in 2009. Who are we?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). Buy the all-access pass here and have access to all the sessions and bonus materials forever.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway. So many people predicting this company would disrupt higher ed.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Credit: Katie Cotterill for The Hechinger Report Fourth grader Aleah Ramirez and classmates learn video production at Fords Prairie Elementary School in Centralia, Wash. Later that night, after exhausting her frustration on an exercise bike, Grant replayed two videos she had created to put on the school district’s social media pages.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

According to an investigation by The Associated Press , “dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts – including serious financial problems and even convictions for cocaine trafficking or child molestation.” million from the company between 2010 and 2015 before he stepped down from his role there.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

.” The photographic evidence clearly showed otherwise – the crowds on the mall were visibly smaller than those gathered for the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January 2009. The annual Gallup poll gauging the public’s confidence in public schools did reach its highest level this year since 2009.

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