Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Edtech startup incubators? Kurshan, a Senior Fellow and Innovation Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, has spent decades building edtech enterprises—both for-profit and nonprofit ones. I think this reflects an evolution of the edtech entrepreneurial ecosystem.” That’s so 2010.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

According to the BMO Capital Markets Education Training Report, investments in education technology are projected to rebound after a sluggish 2016. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). The report notes that although more money is expected to change hands in the industry this year, the volume of transactions has decreased.

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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 right edtech tool should be streamlining your goals, not making it more difficult to meet them with additional effort invested. Limited Class Time?

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

The future of American society depends on our ability as parents, educators, edtech professionals and legislators to collaboratively teach our children that words actually do matter. The New York Times reported this spring that children as young as 8 years old are using social media more than ever.

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Georgia Test Prep

AUGUST 10, 2020

There is even a term known as “90-10 gap” – so called because it compares students in the 90th and 10th percentiles of family wealth – and it equals about a 4-year difference in learning (Reardon, 2011). This post is going to look at exactly how Edtech can play a significant role in closing the achievement gap in America.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In March, the company reported a doubling of new users , which it attributed to more people learning from home as shelter-in-place orders were instituted in response to the pandemic. Leading the deal is Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology giant, reports Business Standard. based edtech investment firm. per month.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2019

That also applies to “bootcamp” models of online learning, which made up half of the six edtech graduates. Here’s a glance at the newest players in the edtech industry. Career Karma According to Course Report, there are nearly 600 coding bootcamps in existence. He plans to charge employers a fee “in line with the industry.”

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EdTech Company Edmodo Course 124

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. In rural Alabama, Piedmont City School District helped provide students with internet access by installing a town wireless network in 2011 using a federal E-rate grant.

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Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 335

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

This certification was awarded by Digital Promise , a non-profit established by the US Congress in 2011 to develop research, practice, and technologies to drive education equity, in partnership with the EdTech Equity Project.

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Accessibility Learning EdTech Company 88

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2022

The most notorious oracle predicting the coming death spiral of academia was the late Harvard University professor Clayton Christensen, who in 2011 famously forecast that “50 percent of the 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. Western Governors and Southern New Hampshire—report more than 100,000 mostly online enrollments each.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

was founded in 2011 as a venture-backed, for-profit news organization. It has raised more than $8 million from a mix of investors , including edtech stalwarts Reach Capital and GSV Capital, along with Chinese juggernaut TAL Education. EdSurge, based in Burlingame, Calif., The Arlington, Va.-based million round. million round.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

How should schools think about efficacy in edtech? Join Edsurge for an online panel discussion on edtech efficacy June 20 at 11am PT | 2pm ET. According to the CASEL report, “Ready to Lead,” interest in and support for SEL are high among teachers and school administrators. Is SEL worth the investment?

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Survey Education Learning Report 167

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University in 2011. However, Facebook’s refusal to take them off Facebook has caused conversations about just how series Facebook is — or not — about the removal of debunked news from their site.) Wesley completed his Ph.D.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The layoffs ranged from junior-level employees to the very top: Cory Reid, who joined in April 2011 and was named CEO in June 2014, is out. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. billion in U.S. Earlier this year, Portland, Ore.-based

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources.

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IXL Learning Learning Company Assessment 176

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A better question might be, what’s hot in EdTech this year ? In 2017, EdTech industry investments rose to a record-breaking $9.5 Just the first half of this year alone, the United States neared one billion in EdTech funding. We’ve touched on “what” and “why,” but “when” is just as crucial in EdTech adoption.

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Trends Symantec EdTech Robotics 100

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

He advised on matters ranging from developing and implementing cash strategies, to overseeing global accounting, financial reporting, tax, compliance and regulatory teams. In 2013, he was promoted to Director of Global FP&A and Leader for Data Insight & Reporting Center of Excellence. About Osmo from BYJU’S. About BYJU’S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Schools and districts needed a way to standardize data about their students’ backgrounds and achievement levels to meet state and federal reporting requirements. This was one of the needs behind the development of Ed-Fi , a set of education data tools and standards, in 2011 with support from the Dell Foundation. Reports to Insights.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

The scarcity of female directors in edtech is a striking contrast to the diversity that exists in the sector's day-to-day leadership. As much as one-third of edtech companies started during that time have a female CEO or founder. Quazzo is a voting board member on three edtech startups and an observer on the boards of two others.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Premium users will also have access to a library of millions of images, which are displayed on the quizzes, and performance reports that track student progress. It’s a case reminiscent of other edtech companies that eventually moved away from “freemium” products. And Padlet, the digital bulletin board, did the same thing in April. “The

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Game-Based Learning Company EdTech Survey 116

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. It was named a winner of the 2020 SIIA CODiE Award s, 2020 EdTech Awards, and 2019 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon is a Google Certified Innovator (#GTAWA 2011), has been a Lead Learner for a Google Teacher Academy (#GTAMTV2), is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and has facilitated over 10 Executive Briefings and led sessions in Final Cut Pro for the 2013 Apple Institute. VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 378

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That’s the record that Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s first Latino commissioner of education, would bring to the highest education office in the country, as multiple news reports say the Biden-Harris administration plans to name him as its nominee for Secretary of Education. If confirmed by the Senate, Cardona will hit the ground running.

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Education Digital Divide Policies Common Core 218

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

School librarians and classroom teachers have the responsibility to teach skills that ensure students distinguish news reporting from editorials and letters to the editor, be critical viewers of websites, and use resources ethically. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to teach critical thinking to even our youngest students.

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Libraries Social Media eBook Professional Learning 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The company was founded in 2011 with a straightforward value proposition: to provide teachers with a safe and secure way to send homework or study reminders to students and their parents on mobile devices without using personal phone numbers. Along with simplicity, Remind’s timing may have also helped the product find a receptive market.

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Facebook Company Education Smartphone 116

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common? And edtech is no stranger to it. Persuasive Design.

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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. Teachers can also assign reading materials and see reports on metrics such as how much students have read, or how well they performed on quizzes. Capstone provides the rest.) Here’s a quick run-through of the basic features. )

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Pearson Company EdTech Libraries 65

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Instructure has faced scrutiny over the past several months from activist investors, according to a report from investment bank SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. The last time a publicly traded learning management system provider was taken private was Blackboard, back in 2011.

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LMS Blackboard Company Report 61

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2018

What are the edtech trends to watch this year, and what are the key takeaways from 2017? A group of EdSurge reporters and editors recently asked readers—and shared a few of their own thoughts—during an EdSurge Live online forum. edtech companies raised about $1.2-billion And what are the technologies that will support me?’”

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Trends EdTech Company System 75

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Founded in 2011, ParentSquare supports more than 100 languages and reaches parents by app, email, text, voice-operated devices and web portal. Educators use ParentSquare and similar apps to send alerts, report cards, attendance notices, permission slips and sign-up forms.

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Company Strategy Report System 102

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

As Edtech Industry Grows, So Do Data Conversations “The conversation around interoperability has shifted over the past decade,” Walls notes. Yet as the edtech industry has grown, so too has the number of digital tools. For Walls’ team, there were several approaches to improving how data is shared between edtech tools.

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Data Education Industry Company 90

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. Let's get this out of the way: Netflix doesn't care about you as a person. References Bjork, E.

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Education Udemy EdTech E-rate 60