Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

AltSchool, a developer of personalized learning software that once operated a chain of “microschools,” is getting a major makeover. This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership. In 2017, it started closing schools.

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Software Company Exercises Personalized Learning 115

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. Mastery Design Collaborative (MDC) works with schools and districts that are focused on designing school models that personalize learning. Stay tuned!

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Personalized Learning Learning Education Elements Elementary 60

BYOT Network

JUNE 13, 2016

It is part of a series about the Building Blocks for Personalized Learning. Although it may seem unusual to connect collaboration to the practice of personalized learning, it is important to remember that students don’t learn within a vacuum. This post was written in collaboration with Doug Konopelko.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

The company’s equity framework ensures that a solid structure exists from which to test, address, and mitigate bias in all areas, from data processing and model building to product design and evaluation activities. SoapBox is a privacy-first and equity-by-design company. Learn more at www.SoapBoxLabs.com

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Accessibility Learning EdTech Company 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education has acquired Redbird Advanced Learning , a digital personalized learning company that offers courses in K-12 math, language arts, and writing and virtual professional development programs for educators. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Adaptive Learning Education Learning Company 107

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As children around the world were forced to stay home from school because of the COVID-19 pandemic, early-learning app Lingokids added a million families a month to its user base. The Madrid-based company has announced $10 million in Series B funding from puzzle and game producer, Ravensburger.

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Company Learning Technology Tools 91

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

With extensive experience in finance and operations, Naseath, CPA, CFE and CISA, will further Osmo’s global growth, creating operational excellence across the company and scaling the company’s vision of making a broader impact to education. . To learn more, go to: byjus.com/us. About Osmo from BYJU’S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You are a person who would like learn on a flexible schedule. You have a personal learning plan. Personalized. Not only have I learned a lot, but I’m also a better teacher, my classroom is better, and my students are better for me taking the class. ” Learning Policy Institute : 8. Danielson, C.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2022

Smith previously served as Director of Public Relations and Brand Partnerships for MGA Entertainment, one of the world’s largest privately-owned toy companies, where she created publicity campaigns for top collectible doll and toy brands including the bestselling L.O.L. To learn more, go to: byjus.com/us. and Little Tikes.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

This, he says, could be the result of lobbying by companies that stand to gain from a growing virtual school sector. It could also be because virtual learning programs demand lower operating costs than a traditional school.

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Blended Learning Trends Policies Online Learning 167

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

New schools are being built every few years to keep pace with a surge in families moving to the area due to its proximity to technology and engineering firm Sandia National Laboratories and new business hubs for companies such as Intel and NTX Bio. That mirrors what’s happening in other districts.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 92

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. Supporting student learning, however, necessitates a very different approach.

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Education Udemy EdTech E-rate 60

EdNews Daily

MAY 7, 2019

Approximately 50 percent of teaching jobs will go into prep and analytics to provide totally personalized learning pathways. This lesson administration work with a bit of curation embedded in it is akin to personal shoppers/counselors, but for fine detail adapted to an individual’s learning style. Sources: N.

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Technology Industry Software Personalized Learning 160

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In recent dealmaking news, McGraw-Hill Education acquired Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC, a digital personalized learning company; in addition, educational content company Cengage acquired WebAssign. In the Asian ed-tech market, Chinese startup Zuoyebang raised $60 million in funding.

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Company Game-Based Learning Mobility Secondary 70

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 98

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 30, 2016

Superintendent Mark Edwards talked about the Mooresville Graded School District’s experiences integrating technology into K-12 education during the 2013 Summer Connection in Mooresville, N.C. school district since 2007, will be the senior vice president of digital learning for the Silver Spring, Md. based company.

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Education Company Dropout Policies 75

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

For the large scale systemic work, the company typically takes a cohort of schools through a variety of workshops to support redesign on a larger scale. In 2013 she returned to CA Group full-time and launched its personalized learning practice. The company refers to these large-scale projects as “ecosystem design work.”

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Groups Blended Learning Personalized Learning Company 60

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by 2gnoMe. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Bruce holds an M.B.A

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Professional Learning Data Future Ready Academic Standards 52

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2017

From personalized learning to ethical analytics, what stood out amongst the conversations? LEAVING THE AMAZON: At last year’s SXSWedu, Amazon’s Education team and the company’s General Manager of K-12 Education, Rohit Agarwal, launched the " Inspire " platform, with promises to support the open education resources space.

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Tools Student Data Privacy Data Policies 72

The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I received this question and image from David Voves today regarding a passage from “ The Innovator’s Mindset “: “Reading today and with personalized pd, I always question what I have in orange. Wondering if you could give me insight?” This empowers them to be more creative and innovative.

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Professional Learning Learning Edcamps Google 71

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. In 2013 the Gotham Gazette reported that the iZone had a budget of $47 million.

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iLearn Policies Blended Learning Schoology 64

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. Related: Despite its high-tech profile, Summit charter network makes teachers, not computers, the heart of personalized learning.

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Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Within the educational technology industry, there are companies that don’t always carefully consider how their products might affect different student populations. In fact, studies have shown that student-paced learning tools may sometimes exacerbate achievement gaps.

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Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 80

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. million PreK-12 students.

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Knewton Edmentum Company Professional Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here. Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card.

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Learning Elementary Report Personalized Learning 85

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Because blended learning combines face-to-face instruction with personalized online learning, students have some degree of control over their learning pace and how their content is delivered and consumed. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has a commitment to ensuring success for every student. Tift County Schools , Ga.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The hush was troubling, because students learn a lot from debating ideas, sharing feedback and collectively exploring big questions. In doing so, Desmos joined a handful of other startups using tech to boost student interaction and class discussion, so that in the rush to personalize learning we don’t lose the benefits of learning together.

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Blended Learning Robotics Laptops Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. . This story also appeared in The Nevada Independent.

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 133

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Next Tuesday and Wednesday, October 1st and 2nd, are the kickoff days for the 2013 Connected Educator Month (CEM). The other part of my job is hosting a nightly CEM "cafe" all month so you can personally meet lots of special "connected" guests--stay tuned!). We hope you''ll submit !

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Libraries Education BYOD Flipped Classroom 55

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

Mayfield spent his grad school years studying natural language processing, computational linguistics, and machine learning. He also spent time consulting for high profile companies like CTB McGraw-Hill and College Board, which wanted to learn more about student writing. In 2013, he left the Ph.D.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Thomas Friedman challenges this idea in the article, “How to Get a Job at Google”: … Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google — i.e., the guy in charge of hiring for one of the world’s most successful companies — noted that Google had determined that “G.P.A.’s

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Google Company Course Education 28

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. Some individuals, government agencies, community-based networks, non-commercial organizations, and for-profit companies share these values.

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

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. What positive social change needs to take place to fully realize the goal of a connected and ''flattened'' environment that supports personalized learning? Father Goose).Sea

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Personalize Learning and Save Time. Office Mix for Powerpoint – Office Mix is a plugin that you add to PowerPoint 2013. I’m convinced any teacher can learn to make a quick video in minutes. (PC The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it.

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Blended Learning LMS Haiku Learning Learning 150

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

Jane McGonigal spoke at ISTE in 2013. Ray also serves on the board of eLearn Institute and the board of Learning Bird Inc. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. It’s in Australia. It’s Aborigines.

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Social Media Blended Learning Data Blackboard 242