eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students across Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) will add new, high-quality learning resources to their digital book bags this Fall thanks to a new partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Finally, all VCSC educators now enjoy access to the Discovery Education Network.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

In 2012, First Book , a nonprofit that provides affordable learning materials to kids in need, approached the publishers of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and asked: Can you make a bilingual version of the popular children’s book? In 2012, the Center received a $1.5 Who’s going to use it?”

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. These resources needed to be simple to use, accessible for all teachers and students, easily integrated into the district’s robust science program, and aligned to Minnesota state and NGSS standards.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 2, 2012

For the past few years ( here and here ) I started a tradition (if we can call it that) where I look back at the year in #edtech and try to make predictions as to what''s going to take hold in the coming year. This idea of access to education is only going to grow, I believe, into something pretty amazing. Look at my district.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

There are so many players out there—and a few emerging winners” in edtech, says Niesner, 40. “We The company reached 25 million users by 2012 and 55 million users three years later. Busuu is free for individuals, and a premium package for about $70 a year offers practice with live native speakers and offline access to course materials.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Not so for Southern New Hampshire University , which has partnered with Rethink Education , a venture firm based in White Plains, NY, to launch a $15 million seed fund to support early-stage edtech startups. The group has invested in 30 edtech companies since its launch in 2012, mostly through Series A and B rounds.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In 2012, 30 million primary-age children (or 1 out of 5) in sub-Saharan Africa did not attend any school. He is the founder of Injini , an edtech accelerator based in South Africa, that launched this year to support education startups from across the continent. Yet their prospects are perilous. Yet the U.S.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

Students have access to models of strong and weak work. Source: (Chappuis, Stiggins, Chappuis, & Arter, 2012) Learn more in BWRSD’s Lens on Teaching and Learning. Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. Students are provided with timely and descriptive feedback. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. Users who upload class materials can access the full library for free. But, he cautions, “let’s not rest on our laurels.” By conventional business standards, Course Hero has already hit milestones that have eluded many peers in the same industry.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2023

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

My nominations for the 2012 EduBlogs Awards are all about being inspired and helped throughout this year. Med Kharbach does an excellent job of curating edtech tools. I access it via paper.li. I highly recommend and nominate: Best group blog - Hawaii Book Blog (soon to be Hawaii Reads). I consult this blog every day!

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. The question is, are the teachers within a school, grade, or subject area accessing the same toolbox? Often, the reason teachers were reaching outside of the official edtech was because they didn’t understand how the programs could help their students. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The challenge, as highlighted by Fruth, is how much data should be accessible to the stakeholders.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. For example, students in Egypt generally lack access to high-quality textbooks, and those that are available are usually expensive and written in English, not Arabic. In the U.S.,

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The system is comprised of a peripheral camera originating from 2003, motion controllers first released in 2010, and a headset that emerged from a personal 3D theater in 2012. Tagged: edtech , edtech ideas , education , teaching , technology , virtual reality , VR , vr in the classroom. Advantages of VR Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

It’s the percentage of students around the whole who lack consistent internet connectivity—and access to many of the tools and online courseware that some have hailed as the solution to education gaps. Some, like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, have taken on the monstrous task of bringing internet access to billions of people around the world.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Unlike other edtech startups seemingly on the fast track to big checks, Codecademy has been in the business for over a decade. The company last raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Naspers in 2016, and a $10 million Series B back in 2012.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Through our acquisition of Pivot Interactives, Discovery Education is now better positioned to broaden our impact by providing our partner school systems access to phenomena-based, active learning tools.”.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For some districts, the best way to attain massive amounts of money to pay for edtech purchases or initiatives is through bonds. Take Milpitas Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay Area, which proposed a bond measure to pay for technology remodeling school spaces back in 2012. It eventually passed —a total of $95 million.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

Declara launched in 2012 to considerable funding and fanfare—including a shoutout from former President Barack Obama. She started and sold one edtech company, SynpaticMash. But its AI-powered social learning platform struggled to live up to expectations, and never quite found its footing in the education market. Declara was the second.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Report results are based on an assessment in 2012 that tracked students in more than 40 countries and surveyed them on computer habits and conducted both written and digital tests. In some countries, like Turkey and Mexico, about half of the students don’t have access to a computer at home. Edtech Professional Development Must Amp Up.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Mention edtech, and the first thought that usually comes to mind is collecting data to evaluate students’ progress. By asking three key questions, leaders can get a better sense of their K-12 edtech ecosystem. Thus, while a school may think it has 20 official edtech tools in the classroom, the unofficial list could be over 200.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. He invested $500,000—90% from eRate dollars, 10% from the district—into increasing access points in the hallways of the 17 schools, and increasing bandwidth for the approximately 8600 students and 450 certified staff that needed online access.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

At the turn of this century, adventurous faculty ventured out into cyberspace on their own, propelled by their own talent, accompanied merely by a laptop and internet access. million from 2012 to 2019. None of those costly resources were essential drivers of online enterprises as they are today.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Universities that can meet the growing needs of adult learners with high-quality, career-aligned, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities are the ones that will emerge from the pandemic as stronger, more relevant institutions. That’s only going to grow.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Coursera started with a mission to give the general public free access to courses from expensive colleges. The company, which was started by two Stanford University professors in 2012 and is now one of the most well-funded in the education industry , has always been highly picky about which colleges it works with to develop courses.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Founded in 2008, Knewton blazed its way into the edtech industry with bold proclamations about its adaptive-learning technology, which it then licensed to digital curriculum providers. It is currently available for $44 per course for two years of access, or $9.95

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. For one thing, edX made its platform open source, meaning anyone can have access to the computer code. It [can] create this cycle that naturally leads to the winner-takes-all,” says Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. Downsides of Openness?

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

Among the tools currently on Pearson Ventures’ priority list are those that expand access to higher education and employment, with a focus on next-generation assessments and credentials. Aside from capital, Pearson Ventures offers prospective portfolio companies access to the publishers’ global distribution channels and networks.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

4] Principals should be in the loop on things like access to the curriculum for special education, need for assistive technologies, and other accommodations. Communication Disorders and Use of Intervention Services Among Children Aged 3-17 Years: United States, 2012.” Strategies for When Special Education Moves Online.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy. Data Privacy.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Easily access your Google Calendar with this powerful extension Tweet This. Information from A to Z on EdTech and teaching, it should you your go-to resource. Great Podcasts December 9, 2012 by SamPattersonEdD from United States One of the biggest challenges to adopting tech is getting to know it. Tweet This. Great stuff!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

For Brian Fitzgerald, what began as a newborn side project in 2012—when he was working at edtech startup Knewton—has become a fully-grown venture of its own. We want to take the best of experiential learning and make it accessible to anyone, anywhere.” million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures.

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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. But these massive open online courses still continue to shape the way people around the world learn and access education. What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

In 2012 I took a job as a general education language arts teacher, working with at-risk youths. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. The curriculum they were exposed to had already proven itself ineffective—but I didn’t have access to anything better.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. ” FY 2012 $0. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

However, we shouldn’t think of these constructs as “stand-alone” goals; it is their mix and match that counts (Ford & Yore, 2012). Make the lesson attractive, accessible and relevant to your students. What makes the flipped classroom an attainable educational strategy is our access to technology. Bergmann, J., & Sams, A.

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