EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

“I told them we were at 1 gig in 2013, we went up to 2 gigs in 2015, and now we need 10 gigs,” Phillips says. “We MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where K–12 schools can turn to secure funding for personalized learning programs. And they said, ‘We get it.’ It was a visual that totally made sense to them.”. Public Schools. by Wylie Wong.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

In response to schools’ data privacy woes, legislators in over 40 states have passed more than 120 student privacy laws since 2013. SUBSCRIBE: Become an insider and get access to exclusive whitepapers, videos and articles on the latest in education technology. Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

The key difference in the past few years, however, has been larger funding rounds and valuations across a fewer number of EdTech companies. One factor causing larger deal sizes, but less of them, is that many of the large later-stage deals in the EdTech space would have otherwise likely been IPO candidates in years past.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Jason Osborne is on a mission to give all students in his district access to high-level sciences, and he’s helping other K–12 districts to do the same. He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Jason Osborne is on a mission to give all students in his district access to high-level sciences, and he’s helping other K–12 districts to do the same. He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Jason Osborne is on a mission to give all students in his district access to high-level sciences, and he’s helping other K–12 districts to do the same. He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Jason Osborne is on a mission to give all students in his district access to high-level sciences, and he’s helping other K–12 districts to do the same. He was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change in 2013. MORE FROM EDTECH : How students use ed tech to further their STEM education.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2022

Edtech is having a renaissance, driven by necessity. The global pandemic has created an immediate need for better edtech solutions in our schools due to increased awareness around ensuring the health and wellness of students and staff. . According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , during 2013–2015, 3.9

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your School Be Ready?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Zeynep Tufekci shares her experiences more broadly (beyond education) in this provocative talk from June 2016: I’ll be spending some time later this week with friends and colleagues at the EdTech Efficacy Research Academic Symposium and look forward to the dialogue. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition).

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

Named one of the top 16 “Forward Thinking EdTech Leaders in the Country” and one of the “Top 100 Influential Voices in Education.” EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, Blogger, and Apple Distinguished Educator. Author of the book “iPad in Education for Dummies” released in January 2013. What’s on the rise in edtech right now?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Can edtech improve the quality and usefulness of educational research? We may be biased (as colleagues at a large and scrutinized edtech company), but we aren’t naïve. Our own company has been on this road since 2013. Something must change if educational research is to meaningfully impact teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

should be asked by all CIOs, teachers, administrators, and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy, and interoperability. Open access to data has the potential to violate student data privacy regulations, but closed access to data has the potential to lock everything down. The data balancing act.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your District Be Ready?

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are building their esports programs. You have access to a limited library of games.”. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: Five steps to creating a successful K–12 STEM program. Made for educators, by educators, Code Kit has created an abundance of resources, such as customizable lessons, video tutorials, and other tools, all available for free and accessible online. blogs and produces videos for EdTech magazine. by Buzz Garwood.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. With Workbench , these educators will gain access to an innovative learning platform that provides lesson and project authoring, sharing, and discovery capabilities.”

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! At last count there were 119 state privacy laws passed in 39 states since 2013,” he said. Tell parents how that information is being used, who’s accessing it and what return for that they can expect to see.”. Tell parents how you’re protecting it.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. edtech investor, including. Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. edtech startups, including Enuma , Knewton , Minerva Project , Ready4 and Volley.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2023

While the need is there – a recent CDC report details how both Type I and Type II diabetes are on the rise in youth populations – not every school has access to a qualified nurse on premises to assist children with their routine diabetes care. This strategy has been proven safe and effective for students and staff.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The goal is to boost performance in densely populated areas, but that only works when both clients and access points play by Wi-Fi 6 rules. . Wi-Fi 5, the IEEE 802.11ac standard approved in 2013, is now widely deployed and should coexist well with Wi-Fi 6 as it debuts. . Compatible Products Are Appearing in the Market.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2018

It is no coincidence, however, that students with access to strong library programs demonstrate stronger literacy proficiency. We vacillate between edtech, charter schools, voucher programs, and whatever the idea of the day may be, while fully ignoring the fundamentals. This is especially the case with striving readers.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

With so much edtech focused on STEM and STEAM subjects, we’re excited to bring these engaging, contemporary, resources to humanities and history education,” added Mayer. For more information, or to access the WWI Teaching Resources, please visit Doughboy.org.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Access to the identities of staff and students is one of the main attractions for hackers. Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. Edtech cannot afford to let the specter of cybercrime dampen enthusiasm.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

edtech venture firms as limited partners. In the coming months, EduLab Ventures, a group with roots in Japan, will wrap up the fundraising process for a new edtech fund that could bring up to $40 million to invest in early-stage deals. edtech startups in 2017. edtech startups in 2017. based fund. billion by 2020.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Check out the new Common Sense K­12 Edtech Privacy Evaluation Platform. Bill Fitzgerald, Director of Privacy Review Program, Common Sense When schools and districts choose edtech software, the process of evaluating products for their privacy policies and practices can be time-consuming or downright confusing.

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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 deal with Owl Ventures, one of the largest edtech-focused venture funds , appears to tick all of these boxes.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This trade model was a precursor to today’s globalization of trade and is not to be confused with the online black market entity titled Silk Road, which was shut down by the FBI in 2013. Poptential is available via a digital platform that allows students to access lessons even in poor bandwidth environments.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

She started and sold one edtech company, SynpaticMash. Declara had two core components: a “ cognitive graph ” that could analyze behaviors and patterns in how users on its platform accessed and shared content, and interacted with one another. Declara was the second. This data is then used to create learner profiles for each user.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 26, 2022

If you've been reading our blog for a while, you might remember my first trip to ISTE back in 2019 when I took in the edtech landscape between viewing the Liberty Bell and chowing down on cheesesteaks. What better city to reunite with edtech friends—new and old — than New Orleans, Louisiana? Take a look at just some of the fun we had!

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Furthermore, in May 2013, they obtained a certification in Gamification through Coursera Course Certificates.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Newsela , founded in 2013, is best known for its leveled reading tool that lets students read content licensed from publishing partners at different Lexile levels. The crisis also revealed that access to devices and the internet remained uneven in many places. K-12 edtech industry. That traction is paying off.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A 2013 finalist recently held a 3M summer internship in the Corporate Materials Lab division, a testament to the ongoing learning opportunities for students who participate. About Discovery Education Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

But there’s a method to the all new devices, features and curriculum updates, say company officials: to reinforce Microsoft’s position in the education market with tools that make learning more affordable and accessible. It’s no coincidence that these Teams updates come after Microsoft acquired several edtech startups last year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

We’re doing well strong in terms of technology access at schools and home and around foundational skills. They include: Access is just the first piece of the puzzle. Concurrently, the Tech Team also worked with a contractor to install new wireless – that is 3,333 wireless access points in every classroom and instructional space.

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