EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

“One-to-one programs really started birthing right around 2010–2012. The internet of today bears l ittle resemblance to the internet of 20 years ago , and website blocking software likely needs to change, too. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out 5 best practices for adhering to federal privacy laws.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Provisioning apps quickly and securely has been core to Clever’s business since it was founded in 2012. A report published in January suggests that most software licenses purchased go unused. Another recent survey found that, on average, districts saw more than 700 different edtech products used each month during the last school year.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Those jobs will be created by advancements in software, and kids need to prepare now for those possibilities. To facilitate increased focus from educators, the International Society for Technology in Education updated its standards for computer science curricula in July of this year, the first time since 2012, EdScoop reports.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

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. Because of limited edtech providers in Mexico, Najera relies on products from the United States and Spain. You know education is not a big business in Mexico.

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EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For example, Sony Playstation VR software and designs have evolved dramatically over the past few years, seeking to create a more comfortable and natural experience for users. Unlike traditional education, in a classroom setting with teachers and students, VR connects the user to software without any actual personal interaction.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. Director of Digital Learning and Innovation at Milford Public Schools, MA, talked about why they wrangled their technology and how having a defined edtech toolbox improved teaching and learning overall. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

For example, for its remote learning classes, the Paris School of Business is using software called Nestor to track students’ eye movement and facial expressions through their laptop webcams. Biometrics — technology that captures physical and behavioral data — is being used by several universities to collect data on students’ attention.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 7, 2019

Quick Take: Interactive displays are a big investment in edtech. Large-format touchscreen LED displays, introduced in 2012, offered a new alternative with expanded benefits, reduced maintenance requirements and better overall total cost of ownership (TCO). Learn everything you need to know before jumping in: ? Interactive Flat Panels.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience).

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

Source: (Chappuis, Stiggins, Chappuis, & Arter, 2012) Learn more in BWRSD’s Lens on Teaching and Learning. Assessment Strategies and EdTech Resources in Action. This rapidly emerging edtech tool is being used across all grade levels and content areas in schools across the nation. You Need Data to Personalize Learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Zoom is actually a decade old, and the first conferences launched in 2012, limited to a mere 15 participants. Education has of course been a key growth area for the company, and it’s been busy over the past year hiring former educators and those with years of experience in edtech.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

based edtech startups in 2017 saw a resurgence of investment capital. edtech investments in 2011. edtech companies. Carolan, who previously co-founded and managed the New Schools Seed Fund in 2012, noted that the average seed round used to be around $700,000. edtech startups hit almost $1.7 percent of the $1.2

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 30, 2020

Brunell founded the company in 2012 with his partner and wife, Brittany Brunell, who is responsible for all clinical content within Everyday Speech therapy materials. . His company is doing some big things with their edaware software, helping teachers and counselors keep our kids safe. He is definitely a rising star now in America.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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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. Instead, it has caught the attention of a European buyer: An Italian blockchain company that builds software to support the “Internet of Things” ecosystem has acquired Declara. But Declara is not going away.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Rethink Education , an edtech investment firm based in White Plains, N.Y.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Collaborative software. A landmark 2012 study found that classroom design alters academic progress over a school year by 25%. These spaces offer convenient seating plus tech like audio, display, and sharing software. EdTech for 21 st Century Classroom Design. Interactive Software. There are many influences.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

That’s the question my startup co-founder and I asked ourselves when we reconnected at an apps conference for speech language pathologists in 2012. We started working on our ideas in 2012 and founded Communication APPtitude (CommAPP) officially in 2013. How hard can it be to create an app? Yet, neither of us wanted to give up.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

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. million in investment funding, about a third of which has gone to food and beverage companies, followed by software and entertainment.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

The post Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning appeared first on EdTech Strategies. Zheng and colleagues for a solid contribution to the emerging research base on the impact of technology in K-12 schools on student academic achievement.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Last year, AltSchool pivoted from operating schools to selling software.) That, apparently, helped him land a $25 million seed round from Benchmark Capital in 2012. Still, he added that although the “always be raising” mentality is “a natural trend, it comes at a huge cost to you and the company over the long term.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. While these were stepping stones, it had become clear to Sheppard by 2012 that the district needed to take a bigger step and convert to a one-to-one model. “We This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Still, the deal is less than the estimated $168 million that Galvanize has raised since it started in 2012, according to Crunchbase. Galvanize’s backers include familiar names in the edtech investment world—New Markets Venture Partners and University Ventures—along with ABS Capital Partners and the Colorado Impact Fund.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It was 2012, and online learning was suddenly booming. It [can] create this cycle that naturally leads to the winner-takes-all,” says Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. Money turns out to be key for building tech platforms, both in terms of software development and building out partnerships, courses and marketing. (To

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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.

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Seattle-based software company Ranku announced today its acquisition by academic publishing company John Wiley & Sons. In 2013, co-founders and childhood friends Kim Taylor and Cecilia Retelle started Ranku out of the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, raising $500,000 in seed funding led by Mark Cuban, GSV and Microsoft Ventures.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

Add collaboration software and students can cast and share content from their seats. EdTech provides abundant ways to create effective feedback. Like captions, text highlighters and text-to-speech software. Plus easy-to-use content sharing software. Often no software licensing fees. Some teachers love edtech.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

million between 2012 and 2016, says Jeff Seaman, co-director of the Babson Survey Research Group, who has been tracking the country’s virtual education lifeline for 15 years. Online education has a troubled past,” recalled Phil Hill, edtech consultant at MindWires. “In One reason is that digital education at U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Last week, DreamBox Learning raised $130 million to grow its online K-8 math software. Founded in 2012, KnowRe started as an after-school math tutoring center before refocusing its effort on building math educational software. Math is a hot subject right now—especially in the world of mergers and acquisitions.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

The Minerva Project started in 2012 to reinvent American higher education. AltSchool was another highly-funded edtech startup that created schools to test its tools, and which recently spun off its school operations to focus on selling software. Lately, that mission seems to be attracting more interest and traction abroad.

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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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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” FY 2012 $0. Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort (Mathematica Policy Research, 2007). Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts (Mathematica Policy Research, 2009). 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Founded in 2012, Panorama pitched its survey tools as a way for parents and educators to better understand the social-emotional needs of their children. It takes the company 10 full-time staff, focused exclusively on this effort, to connect data from education software that don’t speak to one another.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I And “free” doesn’t last. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Software development is still predominantly a craft, as well as a skill,” wrote Steve Brownlee, an instructor at the Nashville Software School. Its website states that since 2012, the firm has invested in more than 62 companies that have together raised more than $100 million.

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