The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2020

Finalist for Book of the Year Award in Education, Foreword Reviews, 2015. His research focuses on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Guskey, T. Get Set, Go! Bloomington, IL: Solution Tree. Guskey, T.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Tailoring to Tykes Outschool CEO Amir Nathoo says that his company planned to serve children from ages 5 to 18 when it launched in 2015, through its online courses covering both academic and niche subjects. Before 2020, Outschool classes taken by children ages 3 to 8 accounted for 20 percent of the company’s overall business.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The company, founded in 2015, had enjoyed steady, if not quite astronomical, growth prior to the pandemic. McNamara’s first attempt at teaching on Outschool, in August 2020, was less than a hit. About 100 teachers make over $200,000, and the “top-performing teachers” earned an average of $232,000 in 2020. Then schools closed.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

economy leading into 2020—equity market milestone after milestone plus a historically low labor pool. According to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals, investment in edtech companies reached at least $1.66 edtech industry in 2019 is largely mirrored across the broader venture capital landscape.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. Nearly every major U.S.

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myViewBoard

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Quick Take: Take a closer look at the Adobe Flash 2020 Retirement: 1. Adobe will retire its crown jewel Adobe Flash in 2020. The once ubiquitous Flash Player found in 98% of all Internet-connected desktops around the world will fade into its golden years at the end of 2020. Adobe Flash software after 2020. This means: .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

He has had the opportunity to share his approach to Computer Science education at ISTE (2015, 2018), FETC (2019, 2020) BIT (2014, 2019), CONNECT (2019, 2020), Schoology NEXT (2018), as well as in interviews with major newspapers (Toronto Star, 2017).

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

tech firms, including edtech players. China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. The hurdles?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 19, 2018

My electrical and computer engineering students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, finally received exposure for their work on the PROGNOSIS project when they placed at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2015 World Finals. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Pull Quote. Tweet Text 3.@Azure

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Then in 2015, the company took a gamble: It raised $12 million for its first round of outside investment. Today the company has nearly 60 full-time staff, almost quadruple the number from early 2015. He expects the dollars from these partnerships to make up 20 to 30 percent of Quizlet’s overall revenues by 2020.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

As of March 29, 2020, school closures due to COVID-19 have impacted at least 124,000 U.S. He prescribes five tips for designing a student-centered, future-focused edtech mindset. The post Tips for Designing a Future-Focused EdTech Mindset appeared first on edWeb. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Learn more at www.net-ref.com.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

Already, one New York-based edtech company has raised $100 million. It launched in 2015 with $100 million , and re-upped in 2017 with a $185 million coffer. Department of Education has been embarking on a listening tour to help educators make sense of edtech research. Expect more dollars to flow. The research arm of the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 19, 2018

My electrical and computer engineering students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, finally received exposure for their work on the PROGNOSIS project when they placed at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2015 World Finals. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Pull Quote. Tweet Text 3.@Azure

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. Now the San Francisco-based edtech investment group is doubling down with two additional funds totalling $585 million. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. In total, U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. Vista acquired PowerSchool for $350 million in 2015, and earlier this month filed confidentially for an IPO that could value the company at over $6 billion. schools and districts. Vista purchased EAB in 2017 for $1.55

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. www.discoveryeducation.com , and?stay Twitter and? LinkedIn.? .

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch. This isn’t CEO Erika Hairston’s first foray into edtech. The co-founders—CEO Kunaal Satija and chief operating officer Hardik Dhamija—are no strangers to edtech. The website will be available until April 15.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014. We see an explosion of startups.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Helsinki, Finland, April 2020 Award-winning, research-based early education concept, HEI Schools , has announced that it has completed a 2 million Euro Series A round of financing. The financing was co-led by Practica Capital and Tesi , Finnish Industry Investment.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. More than 80 percent of the edtech startups created in the past five years will not survive through 2020.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

EdSurge asked those questions in August 2020 in a story about a college-scholarship database created by a beloved librarian named Gail Schlachter. Among the groups that use the data is College Board, which saw 5 million people visit its online scholarship search tools in 2020.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. Here are some of my favorite characters: Marvel- Captain America/Black Bolt DC- Firestorm Indy- Dr. Solar PANELS on Science in Comics + Lexington Comic Con 2015 with Bob Hall and Kody Chamberlain + D.C.’s

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes for kids, started out in 2015 with a focus on serving families that homeschool. In the edtech industry, venture capital flows where business grows, and that’s been the case for the San Francisco-based company. To date, the company has raised $55 million.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

Before joining Forward Edge in 2015, she worked in adult education, supervised students in an alternative school, taught computer science, and was an instructional technology coach at both the building and K-12 district levels. Katie finished her Ed.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2019

As Pearson resumes its education technology investment activity, the publisher is also divesting other edtech assets at the same time. He adds that he’s also raising more funding in a seed round that is expected to close in early 2020. million in two companies: online bootcamp Springboard and Knowledge to Practice, a medical startup.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 5, 2021

The Utah STEM Action Center has released its 2020 annual report , which includes the results of their comprehensive statewide program evaluation. Preparing a statewide analysis requires a commitment to rigor by all parties – the state, the researchers, the edtech program vendors, and the school and district users.

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Securly

MARCH 18, 2016

By January 2015, over 60% of them had already converted according to data from the DfE. These are the schools that have been left clinging to their local authority networks, and less than 15% had converted to academy status by January 2015. This is going to be a major headache for primary school head teachers.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 18, 2020

The Rutherford et al report itself stated that measuring the success of edtech programs by test scores alone is not enough, acknowledging that “researchers must understand the mechanisms through which these programs work.”. Excerpt from Optimizing EdTech for an Expanded Definition of Student Success (2020). . The Findings.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

Our teammate and Events Director, Al Thomas , a former principal himself, ran the Education Leaders Network Playground, which featured 28 sessions for leaders by leaders, and one session in particular stood out when we talked about it… a session called Leading EdTech Initiatives for Social Good by Jennifer Williams , author of Teach Boldly.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

For several years, Storify was one of my favorite free "go to" edtech tools. When one edtech door closes, another one often opens. Keep in mind that collaboration tools are in beta as of February 2020.) Stella, welcome to Edtech Elixirs! Besides Wakelet, what are some other new edtech tools you are currently using?

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

They initially came together in 2015 when they created coding activities around Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Monster High brands. By 2020, it hopes to increase that number to 100 million kids. A spokesperson for Tynker tells EdSurge that Mattel funded Tynker to produce the course, and Mattel created “all Barbie assets.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Kango, founded in 2012 but using its current model since 2015, has tested a new strategy to connect children with drivers who serve as virtual tutors to help with schoolwork. It gives me something to look forward to,” she says. We’re here for anyone who needs any extra caregiving,” McFarland says. is past the outbreak.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2020

Carlson and Brittany Stich started Guild in 2015 to help working adults, particularly those without a high school diploma, gain education through tuition benefits from their employer. In this first half of 2020, Guild added 200 employees, growing into a team of 700. Carlson has raised $228.5 We’ve got a lot of work to do.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Today, the graveyard of K-12 edtech marketplaces is littered with stalled attempts, many from companies that are no longer around. In 2015 eduClipper experimented with creating a marketplace to let teachers to buy and share materials, only to pull the cord shortly afterward. Collecting a lot of resources is easy.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. JULY 19, 2020 · 1:26 AM | EDIT. JUNE 28, 2020 · 7:23 PM | EDIT. JUNE 9, 2020 · 3:18 AM | EDIT. MAY 19, 2020 · 8:08 PM | EDIT. MAY 4, 2020 · 1:16 PM | EDIT. Thanks so much. Michael Gorman (mjgormans@gmail.com).

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Did you know more than 80% of internet and mobile audiences watched more live-videos in 2016 as compared to 2015, and streaming video accounts for more than two-thirds of all internet traffic and is expected to jump to 82% by 2020? So, what’s the future of education?

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