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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today? The cost, plus it’s easy manageability and durability, made Chromebooks a main player in the edtech game. 7 YEARS LATER… 1. Indeed, $2.3

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From Mexico to China: Why the World is Interested in the United States Edtech Market

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In the past, experts have made big projections for the global edtech market, with some groups estimating as much as $252 billion pouring into the market by 2020. In addition to shopping for applications, he hopes to build partnerships with companies that can support him and his school throughout the tech implementation process.

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What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? Zoom Has Some Ideas

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But as the company itself will tell you, it didn’t spring up overnight. Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants. In the future, there may be many such companies piggybacking off Zoom’s popularity. No, privacy concerns and online proctoring didn’t come up.)

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Course Hero Joins the Edtech Unicorn Stable

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education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” NewView Capital also contributed $30 million in what’s known as an employee tender offer, a process in which NewView purchased company shares held by Course Hero employees. Another U.S. The valuation—$1.1

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GlassLab Set Out to Prove Games Could Assess Learning. Now It’s Shutting Down.

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That question has spurred the creation of many companies, conferences and other collaborative educational gaming efforts. Launched in 2012 with a three-year, $10.2 The first word in GlassLab’s name stands for games, learning and assessment). based nonprofit that owns GlassLab’s assets. middle-school market.

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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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. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We

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Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator

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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. In return, Injini takes up to 15 percent of equity in each company. “We

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