The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2014

In this second installment, software engineer Ben Slivka finally ships his educational software but finds his real customer base isn’t what he expected. CHAPTER 20: Slivka’s Sci-Fi Software Gets Shipped. February 2009: Bellevue, Washington. They were software writers, and good ones.

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Software Education Microsoft Company 67

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. Online learning.

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EdTech Gamification Tools Robotics 347

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2014

After Hastings sees DreamBox in action at a Rocketship school, he e-mails his friend Dan Kerns, DreamBox’s chief architect (the two worked together several years earlier; in Silicon Valley, all the best software engineers know one another) to say, nice job. But Danner couldn’t find that software, anywhere. This was 2009.

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Software Company Education Blackboard 51

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Mike Silagadze isn’t shy about his desire to take market share from the largest college textbook publishers through his classroom software company Top Hat. He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. The company has raised $90 million to date.

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Company Pearson Course Software 93

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

The company says it’s making these available to any “teaching-focused institution that grants degrees or certificates,” including non-traditional bootcamp-style coding programs. million companies across the world, GitHub is considered the standard when it comes to software development platforms.

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Industry Tools Microsoft Software 89

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For her Schoolzilla company to continue to grow, it needed a larger sales division. based company up for acquisition talks. Schoolzilla, the company perhaps best known for its Mosaic dashboard product, has found a new home with Renaissance Learning , a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

Data 75

Data Assessment Company Learning 75

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. Its parent company, 3P Learning, promises to price-match on districts’ most recent TenMarks contract.

Khan Academy 107

Khan Academy IXL Learning Company Software 107

Kathy Schrock

JULY 6, 2020

IPEVO P2V CAMERA (2009) __ OVERVIEW Fast forward to mid-2020, and IPEVO has just released their 8th gen model, the newly updated IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB document camera. IPEVO offers two free software programs to support this: Visualizer and Visualizer LTSE (accessibility software to use with the document camera).

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Sony Microsoft Chromebook Laptops 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2021

He now makes more than $100,000 as a project lead for a company that installs wind turbines. More than 60 percent of the construction workers who lost their jobs from 2007 to 2009 never returned to the industry, said Michael Ibrahim, an assistant professor of civil engineering at California State University, Los Angeles.

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Industry Training Company System 125

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2017

Salesforce Ventures , the investment arm of the customer relationship management software provider, has invested an undisclosed sum in Viridis Learning. Founded in 2009, Viridis aims to connect the different points in the employment triangle between students, schools and employers. To date, Viridis has raised nearly $7.5

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Software Training Data Industry 74

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In his view, most existing software have concentrated on file hosting, but have neglected to develop a friendly user interface for educators and students. Oyerinde says his goal isn’t to enter the learning management space but to integrate with other companies that offer individual LMS services at a better quality than one-stop-shops.

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LMS iPhone Android Company 65

Fractus Learning

APRIL 10, 2021

PerfectIt is a proofreading solution Daniel Heuman launched in 2009 to help writers and professionals edit academic papers, business reports, and legal documents. Professionals like engineers, proposal managers, technology experts, and researchers using proofreading tools based on their company or profession’s house style sheet.

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Software Microsoft Company Report 64

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It A company spokesperson wrote via email that “after a thorough review of TenMarks, we’ve made the difficult decision to no longer offer this service after June 30, 2019.” But the company gave no indication that it would close shop. It had raised about $4.8

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Tools Company Instructional Materials Tablets 80

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Plagiarism detection software originated at universities. And online test proctoring software has roots at universities as well. But I want to call out Proctorio in particular in this talk because this company has demonstrated it has no business in schools; its products have no business in classrooms.

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Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

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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Company Survey Report Training 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing the university for allegedly discriminating against Asian American applicants, will have access to “academic, extracurricular, demographic and other information” from all undergrads who applied to Harvard between the fall 2009 and spring 2015, omitting names and Social Security numbers.

Data 60

Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

Since the first event in 2009, the KidWind Challenge and its partners have provided this opportunity to more than 15,000 students across 22 states. We could not be more proud of the students and coaches for making the KidWind Challenge what it is today.” For more information about the KidWind Challenge, visit: kidwindchallenge.org.

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Industry Software Elementary Conference 40

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company. Authess $2.2

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EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

So this school year, they are launching esports classes and joining esports organizations and leagues that will allow students to improve their gaming skills, while also networking with tech companies. The Collegiate Star League launched in 2009, and now works with about 1,800 colleges and universities. At Johnson C.

Industry 145

Industry Video Gamification Course 145

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Most analysts -- and the school district itself -- blamed the failure on buggy software. Four years later, the district was demanding a refund from Apple.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The 21st Century Principal

JANUARY 25, 2014

That post, entitled "Common Core Standards Will Help NC Meet Its Challenges," was written by Caroline McCullen, the director of education initiatives at SAS which already has a multi-million dollar contract with North Carolina to provide value-added teacher data analysis software for teacher and principal evaluations. Who does it harm?

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Common Core Pearson Analysis Company 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It implemented a 1:1 device-to-student model in its middle schools in 2009, and expanded that to high schools in 2013. The idea that MAPLE exists to help LearnLaunch-affiliated companies sell products to schools “couldn’t be further from the truth,” says Klau. The fox is guarding the henhouse,” the MTA letter reads. This is wrong.”.

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Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 73

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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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Providing hosted services rather than giving districts the software to install on their own servers is better for edtech companies; it makes their products easier and cheaper to deploy and maintain. Edtech cannot afford to let the specter of cybercrime dampen enthusiasm.

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EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. Foundations had given seed money.

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Data Dropout Company Report 107

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. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning.

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Report Study Software Meeting 64

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 5, 2016

Goldman zeroes in on rising college costs , unsurprisingly, and offers some recent data: “Since 2009, college fees have risen by 10.6% The report is short but crammed with detail, so let me identify key elements and their implications. Note: I’m not writing to endorse the report. in real terms, versus a 0.9%

Education 40

Education Report Company Analysis 40

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 I only blog about sites, software, and products I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! (of went on and on about how AWEsome it was bringing current events & news written for students in an immediately engaging and Oh so Hip Hop way! I can''t be bought!

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Software Libraries Course Video 51

ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

We’ve posted a “ Website Hosting 101 guide back in 2009, a primer for creating your digital presence in 2011 with a guest post by Miriam Posner, and tips on how, and how often to update your website by Anastasia. Now that the new school year has begun, some of you may be looking to start a professional website of your own.

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Company Training System Accessibility 40

The Electric Educator

JANUARY 14, 2011

Autonomy, mastery, and purpose are three concepts that Dan Pink explained with great clarity in his 2009 TED talk. I decided to call this assignment the " FedEx Project " after hearing Dan Pink share about the software company Atlassian and their " FedEx Days." The idea is pretty simple.

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Wiki Survey Google Software 90

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. The pen, in conjunction with software that allows pen input, can be set-up to be a pencil, pen, eraser, or paintbrush!

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Tablets Software Industry Company 86

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Districts have spent thousands of dollars on consultants and software upgrades, and the racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps that the law was supposed to help eliminate remain largely unchanged. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too. The state ramps up.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

In my opinion, this is because of the added layer of complexity that the iTunes software adds to the process of finding and downloading videos. Phillip White reports that the number of videos available on YouTube in July of 2009 was somewhere around 100 million. Google has the brain power, coffers, and infrastructure to satisfy demand.

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Google Video Software Policies 43

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Dominguez said the experiences he had as a Code Next student are the reason he wants to be a software developer.

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Industry STEM Education Survey 130

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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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But that technology won’t be entirely homegrown: Chinese companies, particularly those building products or services laced with the machine learning algorithms, are increasingly playing a role in the tools that we call “AI.” He started a venture capital firm in 2009 based in Beijing called Sinoventures. Well, don't rat on the students.

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Khan Academy Company Software EdTech 140

techlearning

MARCH 29, 2018

– Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) (“Boxlight”), and K-12 science technology pioneer Globisens have released a new version of the GlobiLab analytical software for the Labdisc portable STEM lab. GlobiLab software communicates wirelessly with the Labdisc multi-sensor compact devices, allowing for full setup and control of the devices.

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Software STEM Data Tablets 40