Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch. Parents, concerned about the risks of sending kids back to school but also seeking child care, are banding together to set up private, small-group classes. Each pod is capped at eight students, who gather with their teacher at one of the family’s homes for about 25 hours each week.

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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. But, Vance says, “it’s all about the humans.”. You can pass all the laws you want, but this is all about how you implement laws.” . Marquita Brown is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on K-12.

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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. Every state has laws about data retention. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Your users.

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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. She referenced about 1 billion gamers worldwide. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are building their esports programs. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

That’s especially true in education technology, where last year EdSurge revealed that Asia-based financiers are increasingly investing in U.S. edtech venture firms as limited partners. based education technology venture funds: LearnLaunch, Fresco Capital and GSV Acceleration. edtech startups in 2017. based fund.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). What do I mean? Strong opinions may be weakly held. face up to. |

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 27, 2018

With connected technology now being used in the majority of U.S. Department of Education, gave district technology leaders and educators frank advice on how to protect students’ personally identifiable information and stay compliant with those laws Tuesday at ISTE’s 2018 Conference & Expo in Chicago. . Wed, 06/27/2018 - 13:44.

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

As technology is quickly evolving, educators and administrators alike are trying to keep up with the new products and trends in blended learning. Named one of the top 16 “Forward Thinking EdTech Leaders in the Country” and one of the “Top 100 Influential Voices in Education.” What’s on the rise in edtech right now? Monica Burns.

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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. Every state has laws about data retention. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. Your users.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. In 2013, I had the opportunity to discuss the future of education with Eric Schmidt, who was then the executive chairman of Google.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a teacher committed to improving teaching and improving our professional development, I'm thrilled to share this conversation about how professional development can and is improving. They can show you have to use technology to unlock deeper student relationships with your students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

What was thought to be known about psychology—based on published results and research—is being called into question by new findings and the efforts of individual groups like the Reproducibility Project. Can edtech improve the quality and usefulness of educational research? Our own company has been on this road since 2013.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Money has flowed into the edtech sector over the last twelve months. Bumper funding rounds and freshly minted unicorns are grabbing headlines, but there are questions about how long current investment appetite will last. We’ve been very careful about choosing partners and also when to raise capital.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Just when many school districts were starting to feel good about their wireless coverage and internet bandwidth, they face yet another question about technology infrastructure: how good are their defenses against hacking, or what’s more formally known as “cybercrime”? Doesn’t everyone have this concern about driverless cars?).

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Securly

APRIL 26, 2016

Technology is so heavily integrated into the development of today’s youth that scientists find it necessary to examine its impact on child behavior. Now, with increasing accessibility to handheld portable devices (in a recent American Academy of Pediatrics study , 96.6% By age 4 , many children already own their own mobile device.

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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. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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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.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 20, 2019

” I was thinking recently about technology in our modern day and how there is this notion that our students are so much better with technology in this generation than in generations past. Technology is easier for this generation of students than it was for us. That is where I am struggling.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 26, 2022

It was a homecoming of sorts this summer at the 2022 ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) Conference and Expo! 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.

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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. But even before, school technology infrastructure had steadily improved over the past decade, aiding the adoption of digital technologies like Newsela, says CEO Matthew Gross.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s an unusual buyer for an education technology startup. According to Nelson Gonzalez, Declara’s co-founder, the buyer was drawn primarily to Declara’s machine learning technologies, which it hopes to roll into its blockchain software. She started and sold one edtech company, SynpaticMash. But Declara is not going away.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

What should educators and administrators know about adaptive learning? About 85 percent of K-8 educators and administrators thought of personalization when they heard the phrase “adaptive learning.”. About the Presenters. Value is Abundant. This figure jumped to 95 percent among district personnel.

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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 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice."

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

CodeCombat launched a prototype of its first game on Reddit in 2013, attracting eyeballs from internet denizens as well as the founders of Y Combinator, who invited them to participate in the technology startup accelerator. The prologue chapter for Ozaria, offering about two hours of content, is available for free today.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

And now, it’s attracted TCV to an education technology company. TCV is no stranger to the education technology industry, having chipped in on two $50 million-plus investment deals for Varsity Tutors, an online tutoring startup. Its other edtech investments include Capella Education and Watermark.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Since 2013, close to a third of the US school districts have charged into “one-to-one” digital instruction, putting a computer in the hands of every student—and the number is growing. But too many have also had a chilling moment when they realized their bandwidth infrastructure couldn’t begin to deliver on their technology goals.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Well I missed out on writing a review for 2013 so I thought I’d get in reasonably early and write some predictions for what might happen in 2014. Many of these are merely extensions of what we’ve seen in 2013 but there are some new things that we’ll see. The MOOC backlash started in earnest in 2013. Introduction.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Instead, many teams have adopted a teacher-centric approach to designing initiatives, such as those that are technology-related, and we have started assessing the ROI of these initiatives based on educator and student feedback. We’re doing well strong in terms of technology access at schools and home and around foundational skills.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2019

But headlines about cyberbullying and school shootings have communities understandably on edge. One in 3 parents surveyed in a 2018 PDK Poll say they feared for their students’ safety—nearly three times the percentage in 2013. And a few have started adding facial recognition technology to security cameras.

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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

APRIL 10, 2019

Today, the publisher announced the launch of Pearson Ventures, a $50 million fund earmarked for education technology startups raising Series A and B rounds. Through making “small bets,” he adds, Pearson can keep its ears to the ground about new market opportunities. Pearson probably still won’t buy your startup.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

They had launched an iOS app this past September, and an Android app after that, to help teachers be able to use their tool while moving around the room, and even access it when not in the classroom. Today’s news reflects the company’s continued learnings about the ed-tech market. of its Popular iOS and Android Apps ClassDojo 2.0

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The magazine’s “30 Under 30” list, which highlights young leaders in fields such as technology, music and healthcare, added education to the list in 2013 and since then has grown from nearly 90 nominations in 2014 to more than 450 last year. (Shots at getting into Stanford and Harvard are both higher.) at Morgan State University.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

“The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative … productive … learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” Selfie was the word of the year for 2013 (Brumfield, 2013).

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