techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

Chicago IL – July 25, 2018 – CDI Computer Dealers , a leading provider of technology to schools, has earned an award from Microsoft for deploying more than 1 million OS licenses in North America. CDI’s President, Erez Pikar, accepted the award during the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Summit in Toronto. assets annually.

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techlearning

AUGUST 15, 2018

5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Not only have the companies on the 2018 Inc. If your company is on the Inc.

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Company Industry Instructional Materials Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools. After Microsoft acquired Minecraft for $2.5

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Microsoft Company Common Core Learning Analytics 98

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. It may have captured pole position in the U.S., Outside the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

The company says it’s making these available to any “teaching-focused institution that grants degrees or certificates,” including non-traditional bootcamp-style coding programs. million companies across the world, GitHub is considered the standard when it comes to software development platforms.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2018

Ray Allen, a retired basketball player in his 40s who last played for the Miami Heat in 2014, was visiting the school on behalf of his Ray of Hope Foundation , not to scout the next great ball player, but to bring a gift: a classroom computer lab outfitted with modern technology. seemed different.

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Digital Divide Social Media Laptops Microsoft 234

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Beginning in 2014, the state sought to improve CTE instruction, better align course offerings with the job market and increase funding. Officials can’t study the long-term outcomes because in 2014 Louisiana lawmakers passed one of the nation’s strictest student-data privacy laws , which blocked state agencies from sharing student data.

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Outcomes Data Education Report 120

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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Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 78

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

Gaillard, his teachers and their peers around the world are among 50 million monthly active users that the company claims it now enjoys, citing internal data from Google Analytics. That the Norwegian company has taken the globe by storm comes as no surprise to Gaillard. says Eric Harrell, CEO of the company. More than 1.1

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Company Microsoft Data Twitter 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Microsoft employees in Redmond, Washington. With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. Photo: Stuart Isett for The Washington Post via Getty Images. CompTIA projects that 1.8

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Sony Microsoft Industry Company 91

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 15, 2016

The three major operating systems—Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Mac OS and iOS, and Microsoft’s Windows—are battling for dominance in sales, says Futuresource Consulting , the London-based research company that completed the study released earlier this month. In the U.S., according to Futuresource. percent increase.

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Microsoft Chromebook iPad Tablets 40

TeacherCast

JULY 16, 2015

Thought the last 6 months, I have had the privilege of working closely with Microsoft Education to create some pretty awesome podcasts and promotional videos. One of my favorite moments at ISTE 2015 came while interviewing the OneNote team and I had the opportunity to meet the guys who actually CREATE Microsoft OneNote. About OneNote.

Microsoft 68

Microsoft Accessibility Software Training 68

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company. Heck, you should see what surprises my inbox holds some days: (I did not take the company up on its offer.).

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

First stops: The Microsoft and Apple stores. My interest in this technology stems from the promise both companies make: This is the tablet that will replace your laptop. Both the iPad and Surface are lighter than my 2014 MacBook Air, but not by much. But the tablet-as-a-laptop argument gives the advantage to Microsoft.

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Tablets Laptops Microsoft iPad 28

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S. As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

TeacherCast

JULY 15, 2015

This year, Michael Soskil, a Microsoft Innovative Educator shared with me some of the great new features of Skype and demonstrated how he is using video conferencing in his classroom. I have been a big fan of Skype for several years and if you are a podcasters, it is a GREAT platform to use when bringing your guests on to your show.

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Classroom Microsoft Learning STEM 68

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.) “Our The value proposition that Knewton and its competitors have offered to these companies is that by collecting user data, the system can infer what a student knows—or doesn’t.

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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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EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 159

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 17, 2016

Microsoft is particularly popular with educators, who say it builds problem-solving and critical thinking skills. In 2014, Microsoft purchased Minecraft from Mojang, the Stockholm, Sweden-based company that developed the game for a reported $2.5 So far, students have produced more than 1.5

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Software Microsoft Company STEM 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

His biggest fame and fortune came from his fourteen years at Microsoft, where he worked on every big project, including starting the Internet Explorer team in 1994. But by 1999 Slivka became convinced that Microsoft had been taken over by “politicians” determined to ride out the Microsoft gravy train, choosing Windows over the web.

Software 69

Software Microsoft Education Blended Learning 69

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 15, 2016

In 2015, spending on hardware for educational purposes amounted to $15 billion, an increase of 7 percent from 2014, according to Futuresource Consulting, a U.K.-based It now accounts for 67 percent of total spending in this category, a 4 percent increase over 2014. K-12, But Is Microsoft Poised for Global Growth.

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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

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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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company. Heck, you should see what surprises my inbox holds some days: (I did not take the company up on its offer.).

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EdTech Social Media Facebook Google 150

The Electric Educator

DECEMBER 2, 2015

These companies have our information, and have the potential to misuse that information. I believe that individuals must carefully consider their own tolerance and concerns related to personal information that is collected by technology companies. This is what I expect from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Google Facebook Data Microsoft 40

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Microsoft, for example, offers Office 365 Education to students for free until they graduate, giving them a taste of the software for a number of years. Facebook started working together to rebuild Summit’s learning plan tool for use in the 2014 school year. ©2015 the San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.).

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Facebook Tools Education Software 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Very quickly we were getting amazing outcomes for our students—almost 100 percent placement with companies, great salaries and the most compelling new path into the modern technology workforce. Even though bootcamps train students on the types of interviews that top companies perform, it’s still helpful to hear it directly from the company.

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Kaplan Industry Outcomes Company 60

MindShift

AUGUST 8, 2017

Children here can see San Francisco from their city and hear all about nearby Silicon Valley and its bevy of industry-disrupting companies, “but they don’t imagine they can be a part of that industry,” says Jennifer Lyle, the executive director of Building Blocks for Kids Collaborative. from developers Mojang in 2014.

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Microsoft Industry Accessibility Study 53

Hack Education

JULY 7, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “SEC settles fraud charges against defunct for-profit college company ITT.” “ Unique International College used a misleading and unlawful scheme to target vulnerable communities in 2014 and 2015, pushing individuals to enrol in courses in management, salon management and marketing.”

MOOC 57

MOOC Education Robotics Company 57

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2017

Hi Guido & Esteban, My edtech company has started achieving rapid user adoption and we believe we have a compelling story to start fundraising. As we get all of our ducks in a row to start approaching VCs, I’m wondering, is there a specific time where VCs are more actively looking for companies to invest in? Time Sensitive.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2015

I wrote this post in 2014 but didn’t publish it. You see, although I did keynote a technology conference in Wyoming, I could have been at SXSW or heading to Barcelona now for a big Microsoft event. I was voted “most likely to become president of the company.” Perhaps I felt it was too much about me.

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Conference Company Microsoft iPad 150

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. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. DeVonté Trask, 11. Lexia costs around $5,000 per year. (The

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

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. Places like Google, Microsoft, PBS, SMART, Promethean, BrainPop, and Common Sense Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2015

Then, I copy and paste the quotes from the books and paste them onto my index cards in Microsoft Word. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it. Because my students use black and blue pens, I like purple, green, or aqua or something different. It is just more me.

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System Tablets Twitter Trends 150

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. The cost of iPads, considerably more than Microsoft Windows devices and Google Chromebooks, is a likely deterrent to many institutions interested in launching a large initiative.

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iPad Tablets Mobility Software 60

EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

In 2013-2014, the real beginning of the digital transformation, schools mostly stumbled about as they either considered or implemented a widespread acquisition of computing devices. Administrators will know they are coming through the sustainability arguments when they have reoriented themselves to think as a software company would think.

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Industry Software Data Strategy 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Greg Lucas California State Librarian Greg Lucas was appointed California’s 25th State Librarian by Governor Jerry Brown on March 25, 2014. From 1976 to 1980, he worked in the research department, creating science curricula for Sesame Street and testing segments for The Electric Company, the reading series.

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