eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

Since its founding in 2009, the company has delivered more than 3.5 Since then, the Highlights brand has grown to a diverse and inclusive family of products for kids from birth to 12, that includes games, websites, mobile apps, school skills practice books, and multiple book clubs. PresenceLearning, Inc. About Highlights.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But when funding dries up and profits remain elusive, companies have to make tough cuts. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. He adds: “As a venture-funded company, there’s been a decision to get to profitability in the next nine to 12 months.”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018, 2030), you are likely to be a person who is loyal, loves to snuggle, is attentive to details, and loves company. It is often associated with honesty, hard-work, respect, diligence, and adaptability.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We’re Asking The Wrong Question | Fast Company → Cathy Davidson writes: "Neither technophobia or technophilia is the right solution for our students. What does it reveal about how these companies imagine teaching and learning. "Just every other aspect of your whole life." The real issue is the process of learning."

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

We’re Asking The Wrong Question | Fast Company → Cathy Davidson writes: "Neither technophobia or technophilia is the right solution for our students. What does it reveal about how these companies imagine teaching and learning. "Just every other aspect of your whole life." The real issue is the process of learning."

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EdTech Student Data Privacy Industry Social Media 150

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. The 10 groups presenting Wednesday were the accelerator’s second cohort, and 14 companies have gone through the program so far.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

In 2011, the company launched myON as a digital service with roughly 1,000 digital titles on the platform. Much of the momentum behind myON’s launch was spurred by the popularity of iPads, recalls Todd Brekhus, myON’s President, who joined Capstone in 2009 to expand its digital offerings.

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Pearson Company EdTech Libraries 66

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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For those who believe public universities should help spur social mobility, this is a dream prospect. Under one such approach, the staffing model, learners are employees of a client company. Andela , a startup that trains coders in Africa and hires them out to tech companies around the world, pays a salary to its learners.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 24, 2011

Media companies are slowly realizing the demand for streaming services and are opening their vaults to services such as Netflix, but at a hefty price. Mobile Devices and applications are quickly becoming the dominant form of connectivity in society. Both Apple and Android report strong sales/downloads of applications to mobile devices.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 29, 2013

Tribal identity in the age of the Web transcends ethnicity, traditional cultural expectations and geography (Wheeler, 2009). Post-industrial society saw the emergence of personal computers, the Web and a global communication network of mobile phones. 2009) Digital tribes, virtual clans. 2009) Imagined worlds, emerging cultures.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

I wrote a post on December 28, 2009 where I talked about tools that I thought would have a break out year. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone. So education related companies are going to have to be innovative in the apps they create for these devices. How did I do?

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

The program is unique to Ohio, but in communities all over the country that have been ravaged by the opioid crisis, educators and health professionals have mobilized to establish their own homegrown programs to support children impacted by the drug epidemic. Alexa Bihner and Ryder put away toys before bed time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years, teaching every level of school from grade school to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world. PLATFORM: The mini-conference platform is Zoom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

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. Valve , the company behind the video game hit Portal, is working on an educational game.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test. 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.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

The company notched its first major K-12 customer in 2009, after Casap helped ink a deal with the state department of education in Oregon to deploy Google Apps for Education to its districts. In April 2020, the company claimed its G Suite for Education products were used by 120 million students and users across the world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

It allows companies to pay employees via direct deposit, and for you to pay others via mobile apps or online banking services. Over the next month, the EdSurge Research team will be profiling companies about how they think, plan, and guide their product development process to address these needs. “We million students.

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Data Education Industry Company 92

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. But Martin Cooper, a Motorola exec, made the first mobile telephone call in 1973, not 1983.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 12, 2016

For more ideas, check out the previous guides: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009 — or share your favorite gifts with us in the comments! But some lesser-known companies make nice speakers that sound good and are quite affordable. Some of these can get quite pricey, especially when you’re paying for a name (e.g.,

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Tablets iPad Mobility Company 40

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2023

By 2009, recognizing the need for child care in her community, she got licensed to serve up to 14 children with an assistant so she could expand her home-based child care program. She called every property management company and landlord she could find. The families in her program mobilized too. Photo courtesy of Wise.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Track it Forward is the only volunteer time tracking software that offers a full suite of school-friendly features, including a custom Community Service Directory, event calendar, mobile app, milestones tracking, advanced verifications, service resume, and Clever single sign-on integration.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

Dust from nearby orchards sweeps by empty bus shelters, past a grove of uprooted almond trees stacked in heaps 20 feet high, and through a mobile home park where roosters guard abandoned cars and soot-covered trailers seem to admit defeat. They own The Wonderful Company, the $4.6 This is my legacy.”.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Bonus: This company has some of the BEST customer service I''ve ever dealt with. Phillips Hue - Mobile & Interactive starter light kit - Through your smart phone or tablet, recreate millions of different colors, set timers and alarms, connect to your favorite apps and dim the light. Here''s my first in 2009. Ok, maybe I am!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

If one were to name the top tech companies that people want to work for, the FAANG s wouldn’t be a bad bet. Going forward, we don’t think Silicon Valley will be the only place where new companies are being formed.” Today, the Indianapolis-based company raised a Series A round totaling an auspicious $7.77 million seed round.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Now, a year after enrolling in the program and on track to graduate, Andrade, 29, is living in Seattle with his partner and son, having recently accepted a full-time job as a contractor at a large technology company. per hour since 2009. Andrade’s story points to the potential of guaranteed-income programs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

She joined AFS-USA in 2009 as Business Development Strategist. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility. We started the Tour company to show the real side of slums and its community. Prior to her assignment in the U.S., We also operate in Nepal.

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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. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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