The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2014

March 2010: Palo Alto, Los Altos, California; Bellevue, Washington. 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.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Todd Brekhus’ industry experience dates as far back as the early 2000s at PLATO, and later at myON. Although one-to-one computing hasn’t been as transformational as some predicted in 2010, we’ve certainly seen a huge shift in how kids work and use technology in the classroom. The largest companies in 2010 were the textbook providers.

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Data Education Company Blended Learning 108

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

China’s Education Modernization 2030 Policy and Ten Year Development Plan for ICT and Education 2010-2020 are among government initiatives named that intend to improve the country’s education in the long run. Extending access to education technology beyond schools is also key. For that, the authors commend the work of Project Unicorn.

Technology 138

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 138

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

That’s so 2010. Edtech startup incubators? That’s the conclusion reached by Barbara (“Bobbi”) Kurshan, a long-time veteran of the education technology world. Many of the most eager entrepreneurs were first timers—often very young people with little experience in building companies or even in teaching—but driven by a passion for education.

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EdTech Company Software Secondary 121

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

and elsewhere regularly use software and curriculum developed within the past decade, often developed by small companies and former educators. Ten K-12 School Technologies Created Since 2010. Even as industry has built fresh tools for students, we too frequently left educators on their own, scrambling to keep up. Clever-2012.

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Learning Mobility Digital Citizenship Industry 103

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others). Currently, he predicts, the financiers in the edtech industry will focus on consolidating revenue-generating businesses. Yet that’s not all.

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Symantec Kaplan Company EdTech 70

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

Ryan Greenberg: I’m currently a software engineer at Twitter, where I work on building Twitter’s tweet infrastructure (really). Trisha Quan: I received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. Ryan Greenberg, Twitter Software Engineer And what about the bigger trends?

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Twitter Google iPhone Industry 132

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

Founded in 2010 and formerly known as Tabtor, Thinkster offers subscriptions for its tutoring services, with packages that range from $80 a month to $2,088 a year. Based on how students answer questions, the software generates new questions that aim to help them address their weak points on specific math and English questions.

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Company Common Core Smartphone Tablets 81

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2019

So when the field really started expanding around 2010, Madsen, who works near Portland, Ore., Madsen, who advises software companies these days, is still concerned by that attitude, and about how he sees it impacting industry practices—and society more broadly.

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Data Course Company Analysis 136

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2018

And for the education technology industry, it’s a reminder of that the “freemium” business model presents plenty of challenges—even when the product becomes very popular. For Laurie York, who’s created 82 padlets since first using the tool in 2010, the initial response was “disappointment.”

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Company EdTech STEM Industry 103

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

Instead, he bounced from one unfulfilling job to the next in the hospitality and restaurant industries. One day, a friend forwarded an email about Resilient Coders, a boot camp that trains people of color for web development and software engineering jobs. The researchers estimated that 6.2 million jobs were at risk of degree inflation.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2020

became a software-and-services company that provided key infrastructure and marketing to Purdue Global. Zovio has rebranded itself as a software-and-services company, and will continue to run many services for Arizona’s new Global Campus. Second, as odd as it is for a public university to buy a for-profit one, it is not unprecedented.

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Kaplan Company Report Trends 156

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2015

Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analysis showed undergraduate statistics degrees nearly doubled (95% growth rate) during the period spanning 2010 to 2013. FASTEST-GROWING STEM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES 2010–2013. Computer Software and Media Apps 68.4 1,160.

STEM 40

STEM Analysis Handbook Data 40

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

What was once a sleepy conference at Arizona State University that charged $50 for attendance has now become ground zero for dealmaking in the education technology industry. (A Here’s how the attendee demographics have grown from 2010 to 2018. A ticket for this year costs nearly $3,200.) Total Attendees: 350 to 4700.

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Company Conference Pearson Industry 108

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. The edtech industry made big strides during this era. billion in 2010.

Kaplan 158

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

So Bryant signed her up for a game development camp at Stanford in 2010, only to learn that Kai was one of the few girls—and the only student of color—in the group. No one really wanted to talk about issues of gender or the lack people of color in the industry. And there’s even more chatter about age diversity within the tech industry.

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Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

A BISG (Book Industry Study Group) survey in 2010 stated that “E-book sales grew exponentially in first quarter 2010 jumping from 1.5% of total US book sales in 2009 to 5% of the market in first quarter of 2010.” This is not surprising since more and more people are turning to reading electronic books.

Mobility 81

Mobility Android Report Tablets 81

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 17, 2011

Join me for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Karen Cator, the Director of the Office of Education Technology , on education, technology, and the 2010 National Education Technology Plan.

Technology 69

Technology Advocacy Education Industry 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. billion was spent on devices by K-12 schools in 2015, and the Software and Information Industry Association estimates that nearly $8.4

iPad 85

iPad Broadband Software Company 85

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2017

Interestingly, data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) , a longitudinal study arts graduates introduced in 2010, argues upwards of 87 percent of arts graduates experience satisfaction in their current work. Forwarding looking enterprises like FaceBook and. Related: Can the arts get students to college?

Survey 40

Survey Study Training Data 40

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Since 2010, computer science majors have again been increasing , going from about 39,000 to more than 64,000 in 2016. We’ve seen there are increases and decreases in CS majors that seem to match patterns in the tech industry, such as more CS majors leading up to the Dot-com boom, and then a real sharp drop off after that.

Trends 69

Trends Industry Examples Training 69

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

I saw the gender divide in schools when I ran for Congress in 2010. After all, software is more powerful, more capable than it was in the past. The challenge, from what I hear, is not about getting girls to major in computer science or CS-related fields; it’s encouraging them not to drop out three years into industry.

Education 124

Education Company Examples Technology 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

To get from design to actual product involves using advanced computer software plus a waterjet, a traditional manufacturing machine. Manufacturing, which shed nearly a third of its workforce between 2000 and 2010 , is rebounding as a solid path to the middle class. Schools are taking notice. Nationwide, about 3.5

Industry 107

Industry Robotics Study Company 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, doesn’t fall too far behind, having launched in 2010 and doing business with GE Healthcare and DocuSign. their classes in the last year have seen students’ work recognized in published papers and presented at industry conferences. Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to.

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Microsoft Accessibility Google Khan Academy 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2017

He compares this to the music industry’s self-defeating sluggishness in understanding that consumers preferred to buy one song and not an album. These include hugely popular, fast-paced, and high-priced software coding academies known as boot camps that provide certifications giving students entrée into coding jobs.

Industry 46

Industry Report Course Company 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In 1994 and 1997, during Kelly''s tenure, Wired won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence (the industry''s equivalent of two Oscars). The kind of tools reviewed include hardware, power tools, books, and software -- anything that leverages power to individuals. He is now Editor-At-Large for Wired.

Technology 62

Technology Trends System Groups 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave grants to colleges to buy data tools and software. Renick says he signed a contract with EAB 2011 before it even had a prototype for the software.

Data 109

Data Dropout Company Report 109

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The Horizon Report said in 2010 that “open content” was less than a year away from widespread adoption. “Software is eating the world,” investor Marc Andreessen pronounced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2011. But that doesn’t jibe with “software is eating the world,” does it?

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

Ketchum’s students face more challenging expectations than previous generations, in part due to new standards Mississippi adopted in 2010, which spell out more demanding benchmarks for each grade. Most parents work at catfish farms, natural gas plants, in the auto industry or making farm and construction equipment.

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Elementary Report Data System 74

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

MathWorks has partnered with the Museum since 2010 to bring TSW to school classrooms, supporting program growth as well as the development of virtual workshops and distance learning resources for teachers during the pandemic. MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. About MathWorks.

Elementary 98

Elementary Classroom STEM Industry 98

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Calvin Klein Jeans recently put up three billboards - 2 in NYC and 1 in LA - to promote the brand’s upcoming campaign for Winter 2010. QR Code Jewelry - If I weren''t so busy (and so indolent) I''d start a cottage industry of Customizable QR Code jewelry or buttons on Etsy.com. I''ll keep you posted! I have shopping issues.

Libraries 74

Libraries Classroom Smartphone Wiki 74

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

MathWorks has partnered with Discovery Museum since 2010 to bring TSW to school classrooms, supporting program growth and developing virtual workshops and distance learning resources for teachers. About MathWorks MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software.

STEM 56

STEM Classroom Industry Analysis 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. For many U.S. Last year, U.S.

EdTech 142

EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 142

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

This can further be linked to depth of knowledge being greater as it is internalized (Yaklief, 2010), as exhibit 2 illustrates. The greater the level of internalization of knowledge, the greater perceived depth of knowledge (Allee, 1999; Herling, 2000; Yaklief, 2010). Middleton, Cognition and communication at work (pp. Levesque, L.,

Groups 52

Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

According to the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF)’s The Future of Jobs report , the “fourth industrial revolution,” described as the confluence of emerging technology breakthroughs (such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, and 3D printing) are utterly transforming everything we experience and understand.

Industry 60

Industry STEM Software Course 60

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

It’s also a big bump from the $40 million in total venture capital that the company had previously raised since 2010, when Woolley-Wilson took the helm. It also might have shut down were it not for an $10 million investment in 2010 from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. This deal marks the biggest single investment in a U.S.-based

Outcomes 76

Outcomes Company Industry Study 76

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Bosch camera portfolio is feature-rich, reliable and includes a wide array of products from small form factors ideal for offices to cameras designed for industrial applications such as utility and transportation infrastructure. Bosch Building Technologies has been a part of the LenelS2 OAAP since 2010. . . About LenelS2.

Technology 57

Technology Industry Video Software 57