Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The firm plans to invest up to $5 million into Series A, Series B and recapitalization rounds for education companies serving pre-kindergarten to professional learners, with a focus on digital learning, learning sciences, analytics and workforce development services. They last did so in 2013.) Source: New Markets Education Partners.

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EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 112

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

More than 600 exhibitors and 34,000 attendees are expected to descend on London this week for the annual Bett show , where some companies come with a barrage of updates befitting one of the biggest education technology trade shows in the world. Managing and grading assignments in Microsoft Teams. Or so it feels.)

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Lenovo Microsoft Company Comparison 124

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Is Amazon a sleeping giant of edtech? It’s almost as if the company doesn’t realize that educators’ memories, just as students’ educational careers, are long. It’s almost as if the company doesn’t realize that educators’ memories, just as students’ educational careers, are long. Or one of its biggest, underreported failures?

Technology 126

Technology Education EdTech eBook 126

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.) Wondering about Apple?

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Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 109

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. It’s also a time when companies of all sizes and ages announce their latest updates and tools. MICROSOFT CLASSROOM IS NO MORE.

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SchoolDude Microsoft Company Learning Analytics 120

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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. Wireless, once a frustration for many teachers, has largely improved. Cybercrime is the next threat.

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EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

WriteLab was founded in 2013 by Matthew Ramirez, then a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley and Donald McQuade, a long-time English professor at the same school. They started the company to solve a challenge that they both knew well: how to provide fast and actionable feedback to writing students.

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Chegg Tools Pearson EdTech 68

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Financial details in transactions between private companies rarely see the public light. In the suit, BrightBytes claimed Hapara broke “no-shop” and confidentiality clauses to solicit a better offer from another company. The suit has been settled, and both companies are now charting independent paths.

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Hapara Company Industry EdTech 70

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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Kaplan Software Company Microsoft 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

On the talent-acquisition side of the equation, demand—especially in the technology field–is so great that firms such as IBM , Google , Microsoft , Hubspot and a host of others are providing their own public-facing education and credentials. But wait, didn’t companies say they see talent as a top priority? The share of U.S.

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Education Company Coursera Policies 112

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

SHOW LINK BIO: Angela Maiers has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years, teaching every level of school from grade school to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world. SHOW LINK BIO: Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, blogger and teacher.

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Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University. He then got his Bachelors in Networking and Telecommunication from DeVry University, and while going to school worked for a company that helpe larger organizations relocate and setup new computer systems.

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry. million more students have access to high-speed internet than did in 2013, for a total of 44.7 This Chrome OS share, of course, has made Microsoft angry.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 152

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. He sits on several non-profit boards, including the Re-Inventing Schools Coalition, and on the International Advisory Council for Microsoft''s Partners in Learning program.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Most of the cable companies are providing free access, but parents might need education about these opportunities. Microsoft Innovative Learning – This website contains some powerful rubrics for assessing the 21st Century skills. Click here to view over 86 winners going back to 2013. EDtech Top 50. RSS – Posts.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

But through an ongoing series of product launches and acquisitions, Microsoft has been making its case to be the dark horse in the race. based company continued its streak of education announcements with the launch of the Surface Go , a version of the hybrid tablet that Microsoft aims to sell to schools.

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Microsoft Tablets Chromebook iPad 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He received, among many global awards, the million-dollar TED Prize in 2013. To date, Stephen’s work has been featured by Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, TNT, Disney, Discovery TV, NPR, Teach Middle East, The Gulf National, and countless others.

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” For-profit higher ed company Education Management Corp says it will close 22 out of 26 of its Brown Mackie College locations.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

The 2013 “Superintendent of the Year” Mark Edwards will join Discovery Education. Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. As Phil Hill notes, Amazon is already a powerful player in the ed-tech market, providing the “ cloud ” platform for many major ed-tech companies.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “Two edtech champions to join White House offices as fellows.” Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.). From the HR Department.

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Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frustrated with the slow resolution of loan forgiveness claims at the Department of Education, two borrowers have filed a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and loan servicing company Navient in federal court.” Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Fired testing company seeks $25.3

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Education OER Pearson Report 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

K98BwFMkIc @ryancraiguv #edtech pic.twitter.com/3mITJHvODv — EdSurge HigherEd (@HigherEdSurge) November 11, 2016. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. ” The company has raised $12.5

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Education Company Data Pearson 40