eSchool News

MAY 5, 2020

The collaboration comes as a result of both companies’ goal to give teachers, students and makers everywhere the ability to make a positive impact on their communities by 3D printing respirators for those in need. Schools around the world use pi-top to teach core STEAM skills in coding, robotics and AI. .” About pi-top.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Rolling cabinets stocked with dozens of the laptops sit in classrooms where teachers assign them to students for everything from researching hereditary DNA to writing essays. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

My interest in this technology stems from the promise both companies make: This is the tablet that will replace your laptop. In my eyes, both Microsoft and Apple are not only looking to replace the laptop, but to actually merge it with a tablet to create something that is the best of both worlds. So did either succeed?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In its 48-year history, Curriculum Associates has acquired only one company. His company’s flagship digital product, i-Ready , is a K-8 math and literacy tool used by nearly 15 percent of K-8 students across the country. “I The two companies have had on-and-off conversations about partnership opportunities since 2012.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

The company was founded in 1998 by UC Berkeley doctoral students who were concerned about cheating in the science classes they taught. Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work? The company works both ends of the plagiarism market.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long. But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

In 2014, she became a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science and was recently recognized as a National PAEMST Finalist for Science. Deb transformed her classroom into a blended learning environment using her class website as a launchpad, as well as laptops and iPads with her students daily.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. Trish Torizzo, chief information officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Investments in ed tech companies reached historic levels rising to $2 billion in 2014. Featured on eSchool News IT Newsletter School Administration Top News chromebooks devices ed-tech ipads K-12 laptops procurement purchasing Technology' Next page: How to involve students and develop trust.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

The “Netflix for education” analogy has become somewhat of a cliché for edtech companies using student data to recommend anything from courses to textbooks. Overall student graduation rates rose from 31 percent in 2010 to 36 percent in 2014, for example. Private companies also took notice. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — percent to 33.8

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Technology companies offer their products as the solution, and technology advocates promote the narrative of techno-solutionism. If schools are struggling right now, education technology companies — and technology companies in general — are not. Tech companies are dominating the stock market. Let me fix that sentence.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

After taking steps to update and increase funding for the E-rate program in 2014, this year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began allowing applicants to apply for discounts for dark fiber and self-provisioned fiber. Dark fiber is helping some districts scale broadband for tomorrow, not today. Is it the future of networking?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

If teachers want kids to use online resources in class, they must take home a classroom set of laptops and download the information to each computer in preparation for the school day. Imagine how many customers a company could get running 10 miles of fiber somewhere else. They can’t access online encyclopedias.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. As video technology continues to improve and virtual learning environments begin to rival in-person options, a growing number of companies will provide new pathways for learners to acquire a variety of skills, from machine learning and management to piano and parenting.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long. But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Kathy Schrock

MARCH 30, 2016

It was called "The Lapdog", and it held my laptop, computer cables, chargers, and PalmPilot. They were one of the first companies that understood how important it was to offer cases that would protect student laptops as one-to-one programs were rolled out in schools. The re was all kind of trading going on!

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Tagged on: August 17, 2017 Do Laptops Help Learning? Tagged on: August 13, 2017 GitHub: Open Education State Policy Tracking | SPARC and Foresight Law + Policy → Since 2014, SPARC and Foresight Law + Policy have worked to track U.S. Couldn't an immutable database with access privileges do the trick?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. DeVonté Trask, 11. Aaaaaaaa ,” the kids chanted.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

While the rate of growth is lower than in 2014 and 2015—when the market was fueled by a national trend away from paper and pencil and toward online assessments —lower average selling prices and a replacement market for outdated devices continue to drive volume, according to a release issued by the consulting firm. percent in 2014.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

But many of them are opening up 3D maps and taking virtual tours on their phones and laptops, thanks to location-based and virtual reality software. Since 2014, Green has worked with CampusBird , an interactive map and virtual tour platform, to build 3D maps and virtual tours of Texas A&M.

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 2, 2016

Google Cardboard is the 20% project of Google Engineers David Coz and Damien Henry first announce at Google I/O in 2014. There are thousands of companies offering cardboard viewers. NDePRJ Plastic VR Viewers - Several companies have started to make more durable plastic viewers. You can even make your own! Select 360° video.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. After the three schools consolidated during the 2014-15 school year, the newly formed Holmes County Central High School was able to offer five classes, including AP calculus, English language and English literature. million online courses in 2014-15.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning. The first one was created at the Los Robles Dual Immersion Academy in 2014. “Every kid deserves to find what drives them,” Pronovost said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The Story Not long after Carmen Farina was appointed as school chancellor in 2014, she noticed that while schools were equipped with technology few teachers were using it to transform teaching and learning. When companies and school systems partner to develop educator expertise, everybody wins.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. Starting in 2016, Lynn supplied an iPad Pro to each undergraduate, seeing the new devices as replacements for laptops. But today the device’s presence in classrooms is spotty.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

So, this fall, the company added three new features, dubbed the “Classroom Conversation Toolset,” to let teachers pause the app classroom-wide, snap every computer to a particular screen, and cloak student identity to anonymously share answers with the entire class. Now, I just click pause,” she said. “A

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Unlike many districts where a lack of devices and spotty Wi-Fi made adapting to online learning difficult, almost all Lindsay students already had access to their own tablets or laptops — which are age-appropriate and replaced every three years — and community Wi-Fi. Getting there wasn’t easy.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Gearing up for their district’s password-reset day in October, teachers and school administrators in Raytown, Missouri, watched a spoof video “gym” tour by their tech-support staff, who offered tips for stronger passwords amidst “laptop lunges” and “cross-tech” training.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. After the three schools consolidated during the 2014-15 school year, the newly formed Holmes County Central High School was able to offer five classes, including AP calculus, English language and English literature. million online courses in 2014-15.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Schlachter transformed her research into a company, which became a life, which became a legacy. But in 1985, she turned her full attention to running her company. Schlachter’s publishing company flourished. He carries his 10-year-old laptop wherever he goes. Then one for people of color. Her books earned awards.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 18, 2023

When content is stored on one’s laptop, smartphone, or local device, it becomes impossible for other team members to access it. Consumers of digital content use several devices, from smartphones to laptops or tablets to access their content. Digital Publishing / March 27, 2014. Many Platforms, One eBook! The Takeaway.

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

There are a very small number if schools that really try to redesign the school around games-based learning,” said Justin Leites, vice-president of Amplify Learning, a company that makes digital education games. Etai peered at the screen of a silver MacBook laptop, his notebook open on the desk next to him. Doing the math quickly.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. In math class, students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, work on laptops but also solve word problems in groups using a white board. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

. — On most afternoons, Jeremiah Smith, founder of an afterschool and summer program called the Rosedale Freedom Project, can be found sitting side-by-side with his students as they peer at laptops, trying to get through their assignments. The upside of using a company like Edgenuity is that it takes teachers time to build those resources.

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