Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales. When Robbins left education in March 2021, it was for a client success specialist job at an edtech company.

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EdTech Classroom Company Industry 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Training Company E-rate Software 189

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

After a 14-year career in student & worship ministry, public speaking, and starting churches, in 2011, Chris began working for Burleson ISD in Burleson, TX as a 4th and 5th Grade Math and Reading Special Education Teacher at J.W. And so that was an amazing part of the experience with the city and corporate meeting. It sounds small.

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Data Meeting Elementary Company 345

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2021

Schools offer benefits of face-to-face communication and the freedom to schedule their parent-teacher conferences without investing valuable time to organize individual Zoom meeting links for every meeting. PTC Wizard has served the educational community since 2011, addressing the scheduling needs of more than 500 U.S.

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Conference Meeting Company Video 97

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. More Social Networking- I believe that more and more educators will see the benefits of having a place where their students can meet online to share information, gather or just chat, outside the classroom. My reflections on 2010, and my thoughts on 2011.

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Tablets Edmodo Wiki Facebook 100

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Lessons will include how to select AI projects, as well as how to work with and manage AI teams within companies. He left the company in 2014.) Instead it will be offered by Deeplearning.ai , an online learning company founded by none other than Ng himself. Several of the courses Deeplearning.ai

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Coursera Course MOOC Company 116

The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

2011 iNACOL Virtual School Symposium This week I attended the 2011 Virtual School Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The problem is that these solutions are not meeting the needs of smaller programs. Over 1,900 educators interested in online learning were in attendance. Hardware and Software vendors are not working together.

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Online Learning LMS Chromebook Data 56

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. ” In 2011, the FCC updated CIPA compliance requirements.

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Moscow internet services company Yandex participated. The Amersham, England-based company’s name stands for “more efficient learning,” and through a subscription-based mix of physical chemistry lab sets and virtual reality programs, Philippov hopes to make his name come true for students worldwide. TMT Investments led the round.

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STEM Company Software Report 146

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Weld North Education, an education company that has long focused on providing digital intervention and supplemental products in the K-12 market, has acquired LearnZillion , a Washington, D.C.-based based company that sells core curricula. Open Up Resources is among the other companies also selling products around the materials.

Kaplan 91

Kaplan Company Education Libraries 91

Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

para has provided learning technologies to Alberta school divisions since 2011. para to meet their needs. para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence. Over these nine years, Alberta school divisions and classroom educators have shaped the development and feature sets of H?para

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Hapara EdTech Digital Citizenship Groups 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Annually, Kahoot Pro costs $12 per teacher for K-12, the company’s primary market in education, and $60 per instructor for higher education. The play could be about more than just meeting a user demand. Kahoot, a Norwegian company, may have been feeling pressure from investors, who have injected $43.5

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Game-Based Learning Company EdTech Survey 117

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

million to a company focused on building the skills of English-language learners. Launched in 2011, Ellevation describes itself as offering online management and instructional tools focused on building collaboration among educators and helping schools meet the evolving demand’s of the nation’s surging ELL student population.

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Company Facebook Survey Industry 40

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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LMS Blackboard Company Moodle 97

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Both companies trace their lineage to top-pedigree universities: Carnegie grew out of research on computer-based instructional systems started by Carnegie Mellon researchers. Carnegie Learning spun out as an independent company in 1998. After it became an independent company in 2014, Harel raised another $3.5

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Learning Company Training Course 99

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. billion in 2010.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 160

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2021

provider of the premier unified school-to-home engagement platform for K-12, today announced it has received a significant investment from Serent Capital, a growth-focused firm that invests in technology and tech-enabled services companies. ParentSquare ([link] , founded in 2011, is based in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Company Survey Industry Software 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2011, parent and computer engineer Anupama Vaid set out to build a solution to engage every family with school communications—and all in one place. Since the company’s founding by Vaid and her husband Sohit Wadhwa a decade ago, ParentSquare has become the premier unified school-home engagement platform for K-12 education.

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Company EdTech Industry System 52

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 164

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Students will meet the various STEAM professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds that help make Country Music’s Biggest Night a reality. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Industry Advocacy Education EdTech 95

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Gender is just one part of the diversity problem confronting many technology companies today. As diversity reports from companies like Alphabet, Apple and Facebook reveal, the employee headcounts—especially in senior and executive positions—are overwhelmingly male and white. And I want to run a video game company.”.

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Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in venture funding.)

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EdTech Edmentum Industry Company 126

TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

As the legend goes … It was the middle of the night on July 11, 2011. The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. Over the last 11 years, I have seen so many educators go ga-ga because a company is giving out chocolate at a both or shipping stickers for the top of a Chromebook.

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Edcamps Learning EdTech Microsoft 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. million persons under the age of 18.

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Education Industry Training Strategy 192

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Meeting this year’s students “where they are” is going to look different than it did for last year’s class. When you’re the company behind those classroom solutions that are either deemed essential or scrapable at the end of the year, it’s imperative to keep a finger on the pulse of those conversations districts are having on an annual basis.

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Symantec How To EdTech Learning 127

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

His background will help Osmo expand the usage of computer vision technology across BYJU’S various products and platforms, further meeting the needs of learners of all ages everywhere.”. Osmo is an award-winning STEAM brand, wholly owned by BYJU’S, the leading global edtech company. About Osmo From BYJU’S. About BYJU’S.

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Robotics Epson Learning Software 62

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

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Company Video Broadband Report 92

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2018

Originally inspired by Barack Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address, we knew that we were preparing to take on a huge and daunting problem; for years, our education system has faced an acute teacher shortage. There simply aren’t enough qualified educators to meet the needs of our students, especially in STEM.

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STEM Education Training System 79

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 5, 2023

Pressbooks Pressbooks is an open-source platform that has been around since 2011. One of the main advantages of Sigil is its ability to create professional-looking eBooks that meet all the industry standards of today. Look for a solution that fits your budget and offers robust customer support. Completely free to use.

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eBook Software Industry Tools 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

Now, near the end of 2012, Glenn sat in his office, wondering how he was going to meet the year-end deadline for signing up eight community colleges as customers. The company had agreed to that goal as a condition of the Gates Foundation investment. But with the investment came a commitment to meet the charitable requirements of a PRI.

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Social Media Company Meeting Facebook 63

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

Pathways in Technology Early College High School (more commonly known as P-TECH) in Crown Heights, Brooklyn opened its doors in 2011. This week the company announced plans to create 80 new P-TECH schools across the globe, Stanley S. IBM is riding this wave of support, noting a corporate obligation to foster America’s workforce.

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Course Meeting Company STEM 70

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

The publisher co-led the New York City-based company’s $33 million Series D round in October 2011, hailed at the time as a strategic investment and a major vote of confidence in Knewton’s potential. The retrenchment delivers a setback to Knewton, for whom Pearson was the first—and most visible—partner. content providers.

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 78

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2020

Some basic current practices include grade-level team members orienting teachers who are new to the grade-level; participation in workshops/webinars provided by the curriculum company; regular teacher-teacher observations, feedback sessions and mentoring. Meet Mark Rogers. Teacher licensure and standards vary from state to state.

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Data Report Outcomes Groups 144

TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

Step 1: You Have to Start Somewhere As the legend goes … It was the middle of the night on July 11, 2011. Step 3: Diversify Your Portfolio The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. Thank you for leaving your family to attend one of my live events or online meetings.

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Edcamps Learning EdTech Microsoft 88

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

He has been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Garg, who is now one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching bestowed by Baylor University. When we do have meetings, some people come and some people Skype in. Now they’ve all graduated.

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Video Course Groups Analysis 129

100mentors

AUGUST 16, 2018

Educating a new generation of citizens of the world means rethinking the process of value, attitude, and behavioral acquisition (Wells, 2011), and this is no small feat. The IB curriculum is packed with curricular thresholds, like how much you must focus on inquiry, which you’re already pressed to meet.

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EdTech Tools Classroom Meeting 100

The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

The basic premise (I suggest you read the whole article ) is that a 17 year old working at BlackBoard (a technology company), is ridiculed for using their phone during a meeting by some older adults, because it looks like he is texting, while he is actually taking notes. The ending (spoiler alert!) The ending (spoiler alert!):

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Meeting Blackboard iPhone Social Media 56