Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Eva Moskowitz, the founder of New York City’s Success Academy, set the tone for this year’s NY Edtech conference by telling the crowd of 1,400 techies, entrepreneurs, researchers and educators that she may have some “unpopular perspectives” on edtech. Then, through her opening speech, she set out to put technology in its place. “I

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” The company has been turning a profit since 2012, according to Grauer. education technology companies have propelled Coursera , Duolingo and Guild Education to the unicorn stable. Another U.S.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

For the next week, I will be participating in many events to support gender and cultural diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Below find a list of these events and ideas for promoting digital diversity. Upcoming Events. Digital Diversity: Minority Women in EdTech - SXSWEdu, Tues.,

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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 learning opportunities for teachers help school systems recognize the full return on their edtech investment.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2018

Acer is once again aggressively targeting the education market with the first two-in-one 15-inch Chromebook, unveiled Wednesday during the company’s Next@Acer keynote event in New York City. Prices were not announced at the event. He added that 10 million Acer Chromebooks have been delivered to schools since 2012.

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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. Just my feelings from what I have been reading and seeing and what I believe will take a great hold in educational technology.

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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. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

education conferences—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. For more evidence of increased pandemic appeal, the Census Bureau notes that while national homeschooling rates grew rapidly from 1999 to 2012, since then they’d held steady at about 3.3 Still, spring is nearly a total loss for in-person events and summer is spotty.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 10, 2015

For the next week, I will be participating in many events to support gender and cultural diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. Below find a list of these events and ideas for promoting digital diversity. Upcoming Events. Digital Diversity: Minority Women in EdTech - SXSWEdu, Tues.,

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Kyle is known as a transformer of educational technology.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

One of his latest investments is his first foray in education technology, PenPal Schools. How Crowdinvesting Works Crowdinvesting—which also goes by equity crowdfunding and investment crowdfunding—became legal on paper with the Jobs Act signed by President Barack Obama in 2012. More Equitable?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 28, 2015

Our topic today: Confronting some hard truths about our own #edtech coaching. After we do an #edtech PD session, what percentage of teachers actually implement what we showed them? Should we judge our success as #ETCoaches by teacher #edtech use or student #edtech work products? ETCoaches #edtech. Go in peace.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

From Episodes 1-5, I had the opportunity to be introduced to Educational Technology Giants such as Angela Maiers, Eric Sheninger , Tom Whitby, and Steven Anderson. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Step 4: Your Brand Belongs to YOU… not EdTech. ProudMoment). They all want one thing.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. Yet among the more than 3,000 people who poured into Salt Lake City for the event, the bankers were visibly in full force. edtech industry.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

What “blended learning” means has certainly evolved since the Innosight Institute (now called the Clayton Christensen Institute ) introduced its definition in 2012, as “formal education program in which a student learns: at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace.”

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 24, 2022

Immersive technology is constantly changing and Jamie loves to keep educators updated on how they can best serve their students with it. Now that the Expeditions app has been discontinued and the technology of individual headsets has evolved teachers are a little lost as to what’s next. The Buzz on AR and VR in Schools.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

From Episodes 1-5, I had the opportunity to be introduced to Educational Technology Giants such as Angela Maiers, Eric Sheninger , Tom Whitby, and Steven Anderson. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. There are hundreds of Educational Technology Brands in this world. They all want one thing.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 19, 2013

You DO NOT want to miss this FREE professional development event. Edcamps are organized and attended by passionate, tech-savvy educators who are eager to explore, discover and share new teaching strategies, tools and education technologies. I''ve had the pleasure of attending EdcampNJ 2012 and attending/presenting at EdcampPhilly 2013.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2019

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. That means that colleges could use the Coursera software as an alternative to their learning-management system.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. At the moment, Participate plans to keep eduClipper free for users—check out the press release here for more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Kennedy The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Daylight Time.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2017

For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. EdFoo “campers” create the event’s agenda collaboratively and on the fly, organizing their ideas on a whiteboard as the conference begins.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Texarkana College adopted new enterprise software and other edtech tools like an early-alert system, but technology was only one aspect of the school’s effort. And in fact, some officials attribute poor technology purchasing decisions as one of the roots of their troubles. We let technology leave us in the dust.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape. Some things were once simpler: Edtech pitches used to concentrate on either the K-12 or higher education market. Eight startups took the stage this year.

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RafranzDavis.com

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

This “game”, which received exceptional reviews AND AWARDS from teachers and media affiliates from all over the country, has been used in classrooms since at least 2012. Not if “fun” means simulation and badging built on the premise of a horrific event such as slavery. Interesting? How/Why Does This Happen?

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2017

First the numbers: In the past year, we have published more than 300 articles about the shifting trends in higher ed, education technology and digital learning. Discovering MOOCs in 2012 lit a fire under me. I left my position running university internships abroad and went head first into the edtech world.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

Teachers often report that increased attentiveness and engagement are the top benefits of teaching with interactive display technology. Note that many researchers still use the term “interactive whiteboard” or IW for all similar technology.) EdTech provides abundant ways to create effective feedback.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. If you are giving a school a technology that they cannot use—or it is not really going to make a difference in reading scores or school performance—then it is not the right input, not the right system.

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edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2015

Richard Culatta, Director of EdTech for the US Department of Education, and Larry Cocco, co-founder of the Games4Ed Project, addressed educators helping to advance the integration of games into learning. Shannon Miller , Teacher Librarian and Technology Integration Specialist, presented on MackinVIA. Charlene Blohm, founder of C.

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The Mobile Native

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

edWeb Community: www.edWeb.net/mobilelead webinar location: www.instantpresenter.com/edwebnet3 Presenters : Scott Newcomb, 5 th Grade Teacher, and Kyle Menchhofer, Technology Coordinator, at St. Marys Intermediate School in Ohio Time : Th ursday, November 8, 2012- 4pm / Eastern Time Session Description : St. Mary''s schools.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MARCH 9, 2015

Congrats to our good friend @plemmonsa on being named in the '20 to Watch' #edtech leaders by @NSBAComm #innovation pic.twitter.com/TfPgVHFK7s. Barrow Elementary’s Andy Plemmons Named to the “20 to Watch” Education Technology Leaders by the National School Boards Association. — Flipgrid (@flipgrid) March 7, 2015.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

The technology needs to work, of course, but is it being used and delivered powerfully and in the best way possible? Zach Desjarlais is currently the director of instructional technology for Vancouver Public Schools in Washington. His participation in a Learning Counsel event led to district recognition for VPS’s systemic leadership.

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EdTechnocation.com

AUGUST 7, 2012

Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative is launching Connected Educator Month in August 2012. Throughout August, there will be coordinated opportunities to participate in events and activities in dozens of online locations to develop skills and enhance one’s personal learning network." For these reasons, the U.S.

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RafranzDavis.com

JUNE 7, 2015

Fast forward to the end of Ashley Judd’s speech and I, like almost every other person in that room, was mortified at how uninspired she was for that particular event. While her story is compelling, it was not the right time or tone for that event). 2012 Keynotes. Others though? Not so much. An educator. An Educator.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

It’s why he and co-founder Daniel Friedman took a different route when starting their company in 2012: making Thinkful coding courses completely online. The events range from a lunchtime meeting on web development to info sessions on how to become a data scientist. According to Silver, the meetup was a hit.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Notes from SXSWedu 2012 Concurrent Session. Allow students to bring their own technology Include students and teachers in professional development - this helps create accountability for the teachers to use the technology and also puts students in position of being able to help. Principal wanted to do more with technology.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Tom Daccord, Director of EdTechTeacher, kicks off the event with the Monday/Someday dichotomy. ” Someday is the pillar and foundation of success for any technology integration program. At the end of the session, he spoke with a highly regarded technology integration specialist from Nebraska. A Cautionary Tale.

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