eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

an innovator in advanced audio conferencing solutions, announces that its Information Security Management System (ISMS) has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification , the world’s best-known standard for information security management. Calgary, Alberta — Nureva Inc.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Edmodo platform was one of my best app when I started teaching in 2013.” Without larger industry commitments to make the deletion of that data upon quitting operations the norm, he says, it comes down to the conscience of the company in question. Its folding led to some eulogizing on social media platforms like Twitter. It's so sad!”

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ExcelinEd

JANUARY 24, 2020

With technology transforming every industry on the planet, computing knowledge has become part of a well-rounded skill set. And each year, Code.org’s Hour of Code campaign inspires millions of students around the world to take the first step toward learning computer science.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

Moe is best known as the co-founder of GSV, a constellation of investment, advisory, banking and educational services that’s backed some of the biggest names in the tech industry, including Facebook. He’s long been bullish about the online education market , having authored the first of many theses about this industry in 1996.

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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. On the cusp of this burgeoning industry is cloud-based gaming, which TechCrunch calls the “new frontier.” K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2021

an adaptive learning platform company with industry-leading expertise in learning science, early learning, and data analytics worldwide. Those include ALEKS Corporation in 2013, the LearnSmart technology in 2014 and Redbird Advanced Learning in 2016. McGraw Hill today announced that it has acquired Kidaptive, Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A 2019 Gallup poll reported that a decreasing proportion of Americans consider a college degree to be very important — from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent in 2019. Periods of profound change like the Industrial Revolution and the present produce experimentation — and spark change. Public attitudes are also changing.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). 2013) investigated the impact of instructional adaptations on student literacy achievement. Innovative teaching, as Zhu et al (2013) confirm, “is a necessity for all teachers in order to meet the educational needs of the new generations.” Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

Declara raised $5 million in seed funding in 2013, quickly followed by a Series A that stretched multiple closings. The majority of these deals were pre-paid, multi-year contracts involving seven and eight figures, according to Gonzalez. Big Capital, Bigger Expectations Those early successes attracted an influx of capital.

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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. Founded in 2013 (and originally named cwist), Workbench has raised $3 million in funding.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

that offers skills training and job networking opportunities in cybersecurity and other in-demand industries. And it partners with external organizations such as LifeSci NYC, a public-private initiative to support the STEM industry in New York, to place students in paid summer or academic-year internships.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

But the two markets are very different, as industry analysts like Michael Feldstein have pointed out. One of those competitors is LTG, which has been rapidly expanding its suite of workforce learning tools since its founding in 2013. Bridge marks its seventh acquisition since LTG raised £81.8 million in a private placement in May 2020.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 7, 2019

Learning Counsel Research has been studying two things: 1) what technology can do and is already doing in many industries as well as state-of-the-art software for learning, and 2) where public education has failed, areas of success in public education and the rising demand for choice. Sources: N. Eickelmann, P.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 7, 2013

Monday, June 24 - EdTechWomen at ISTE 2013 Dinner : For the first time at ISTE, EdTechWomen will be hosting a dinner and community networking event for women and their supporters in education technology. More information is at [link].

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

In a press release announcing SoapBox’s certification, Nidhi Hebbar, co-founder of the EdTech Equity Project said, “This (certification) award not only recognizes SoapBox Labs’ commitment to racial equity but also constitutes a meaningful step forward for the EdTech industry.” For more information, please see www.lwtears.com.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 18, 2021

Wacom (pronounced Wok'um) has been the standard in the pen tablet and pen display industry since 1984. I have had a couple of Wacom pen tablets over the years -- the Wacom Graphire in 2002 (which included a mouse and a pen), which we also used in my school's computer lab, and the Bamboo Capture Pen and Touch tablet which I reviewed in 2013.

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Tablets Education Chromebook Industry 52

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

The company, founded in 2013, claims to have graduated more than 2,500 students from its full- and part-time offerings, which includes a female-only program named after Grace Hopper. The deal also represents yet another consolidation for the coding bootcamp industry. Fullstack doesn’t just run its own programs.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

At the start of this decade, the education industry saw hundreds of flowers bloom. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. Data from investment bank, Berkery Noyes suggest these deals have grown at a steady clip since 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The state’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software grant program , created in 2013, requires ed tech companies to train teachers like Pitts on their products and obligates the businesses to credit the state if the licenses are never used. Experts say it’s a promising model for alleviating some of the problems plaguing ed tech.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Kahoot-2013. Newsela-2013. Even as industry has built fresh tools for students, we too frequently left educators on their own, scrambling to keep up. Google, which officially debuted Classroom in 2014, is arguably as widespread in schools as Google’s usage is in the workplace. Ten K-12 School Technologies Created Since 2010.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2023

Smyers is a member of the EDUCAUSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board and has been named as one of CRN’s “Top 100 Women of the Channel” 2009–2013 and named to its advisory board. Technology is just the positive impact it is bringing to all industries, including and especially education.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

Innovation is necessary to create new industries in the future. New industries, with their jobs, are the basis of our future economic well-being. In order to better ensure economic success for our nation, innovation is needed across various fields and industries. Creativity is an essential component of, and spurs innovation.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. A Closer Look at Four Categories of Digital Literacy for Adult Learners.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2017

“Just as the industrial revolution made it necessary for all children to learn to read, the technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand STEM,” according to the report.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

“We did not make this a requirement, because we thought it would be good to have fresh eyes, someone who has led digital efforts from another industry.” That transition fell largely on outgoing CEO Fallon, who took the helm in January 2013. At times, the transition was turbulent.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

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. An Unforgiving Market Newsela launched in 2013, around the same time as two other literacy tools that garnered headlines: LightSail and Curriculet.

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Broadband Company Industry Instructional Materials 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The study points to estimates from LinkedIn that suggest “between 2010 and 2013, the growth of liberal arts majors entering the technology industry from undergrad outpaced that of computer science and engineering majors by 10 percent.” billion industry around “workforce technology.”

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

Total number of deals, however, fell to just over 5,500 private placements, demonstrating the lowest level of deal activity since 2013. The broader effects of this trend on education remain to be seen, but we can likely expect a smaller sample of innovative products, but perhaps more standardization across the industry vertical.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Or they’ve put in the time and effort to network with people who might become useful connections, usually through in-person informational interviews or attending industry conferences. For example, in 2013, software company HubSpot announced it would give employees who successfully referred new developers and designers a bonus of $30,000.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ). Home-run bets and financial windfalls are rare in the edtech industry. The biggest exit in the edtech industry—Lynda.com’s $1.5 The new money comes at a time when traditional venture capital firms are taking a breather.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It was in with that question in mind, with support from the Escondido community and business leaders, that Del Lago Academy (DLA) opened in 2013 with the purpose of creating a school-to college and career pipeline connecting local students to STEM related careers within our region in southern California. So, how do we do it?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This, understandably, presented a grave concern for business and industry, legislators, educators and ultimately students. According to the Center for American Progress, students paid $1.3

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The 34-year-old felt rewarded in his job as a seventh-grade teacher, but he knew that a job in the tech industry would yield more pay plus more time with his wife and his two kids. The company says it has trained more than 14,000 students since its founding in 2013. Kashif Ross needed a career change.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. She co-founded the institute in 2007 and served as its executive director through 2013. left in 2013 (but retained her board position).

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Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 143

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. Coursera is allowing free access to its fully hosted platform, though its code is not open. Will Colleges Buy It?

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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. K-12 edtech industry. That status comes courtesy of a $100 million investment led by Franklin Templeton and existing investor TCV.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Since 2013, the NEPC has regularly issued reports on the policy, performance and research around virtual schools in the U.S. Each report also offers suggestions for improving the state of the industry. This, he says, could be the result of lobbying by companies that stand to gain from a growing virtual school sector.

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