Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Robotics Engineer. The partnership ties into where the almost five-year-old company sees itself in the future. This is not the first time the two companies have partnered. They initially came together in 2015 when they created coding activities around Mattel’s Hot Wheels and Monster High brands. Pastry Chef.

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Company Robotics Course EdTech 69

Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

Most of the kids at my school won’t be programmers or work for a tech company.” Check out this article New EdTech Resource. Robots are cool. What better way to take coding to the next level than to code a robot to drive or roll or to program a drone to fly? Do you think it’s here to stay? Taking Coding Above and Beyond!

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EdTech Robotics Khan Academy Android 40

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Education technology accelerator programs are often studded with robotic kits or educational games. But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The company is asking for $10 million by October 2018.

Khan Academy 75

Khan Academy Company Adobe Data 75

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

the company offers an app that lets kids access unlimited books, educational videos, quizzes and audiobooks — and it’s free for educators. The startup has raised about $13 million in funding, closing $8 million in Series B in December 2015. and the company reports people read about 12 million books per month right now.

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Classroom Company Robotics Libraries 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

23-26): the companies who supply the tools, and the educators who use them; The Education Show (Jan. One teacher described The Education Show as “a ghost town for companies who can’t afford Bett.” (A companies have always had a strong presence, and this year was no exception with Microsoft and Google having the largest stands.

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Conference Education EdTech Company 72

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children.

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Adaptive Learning Knewton Pearson Company 66

EdTechnocation.com

APRIL 27, 2015

Here's your #EdTechTidBits for the week of April 21, 2015. I found two new apps, a Disney article, a robotics competition to the moon, and a repository of maker projects! Makerbot Printshop for the iPad The Makerbot company, sellers of the Makerbot 3D printers , released a free iPad app called Makerbot Printshop.

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Android Robotics iPad Google 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Tool and School-Starters Forbes again tipped its hat to several tool-makers and edtech innovators. First up are Jacobi Petrucciani (22), Prahasith Veluvolu (21) and Colton Voege (21)—the youngest members of Y Combinator’s 2015 cohort—who together founded the AI grading and feedback platform Mirmir. at Morgan State University.

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Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 113

Tech Helpful

MARCH 7, 2018

According to code.org, " Tennessee had only 625 computer science graduates in 2015; only 18% were female. Edtech companies are on board trying to create stepping stone opportunities for this to happen through such things as drag and drop block coding, and kid friendly robotics like Wonder Workshop's Dash and Dot.

STEM 51

STEM Robotics System Knowledge Base 51

Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

Most of the kids at my school won’t be programmers or work for a tech company.” Check out this article New EdTech Resource. Robots are cool. What better way to take coding to the next level than to code a robot to drive or roll or to program a drone to fly? Do you think it’s here to stay? Taking Coding Above and Beyond!

Robotics 40

Robotics Khan Academy Android Elementary 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The company says it has a working prototype and is in conversations with a Long Island school to pilot the headset. The company’s CEO has said that BrainCo aims to develop a tool that can translate thoughts directly into text, or “brain typing.” In 2015, his Somerville, Mass.-based BrainCo has some big ideas.

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Company Data Training Analysis 164

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? A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). The thread on this tweet has the details. Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 151

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The Billionaire Venture Capitalist will lead a group of promising entrepreneurs live beginning Tuesday, August 11th, 2015 at 10pm|9c on ABC. Tim Draper will lead his students in learning about the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America’n business leaders. Twitter: @malcolmtyson. Sharon Winter.

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Twitter Industry Robotics Video 177

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

5 Lessons Video Games Can Teach EdTech Developers. Sept 2015). Teachers Report Sharp Growth in Game-Based Learning by District Administration (July 2016) – reports that 48% of classroom teachers report using games in classroom instruction in 2015. Bartle’s Taxonomy of Player Types (and Why It Doesn’t Apply to Everything).

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Learning Twitter 120

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. public high schools (42.5

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. public high schools (42.5

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via KPCC : “ Ref Rodriguez has given up the role of president of the Los Angeles Unified School Board – but is not resigning his seat on the board altogether – one week after the announcement he’d face felony charges for alleged campaign finance violations during his 2015 run for office.” support, EFF resigns.”

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Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.”

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. ” (This reminds me of this wretched “ thought experiment ” posted in 2015: “How Soylent and Oculus Could Fix The Prison System.”

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Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. .” Changes too at another textbook company as Doug Levin, the CEO of McGraw Hill Education announced he’s stepping down. Pay attention.).

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. Testing, Testing… From the OECD : “ PISA 2015 Results.”

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Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. The company has raised $57 million total. The company has raised $61 million total. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 I wish more education companies would follow his lead.

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Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Purdue University unveiled another outside-the-box move Thursday, announcing a five-year deal with one of India’s largest technology outsourcing firms, Infosys , under which the university will perform joint research and provide training and classes for the company’s employees.”

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “DeVos Abandons Plan to Allow One Company to Service Federal Student Loans.” Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy looks at the acquisition of EDMC – the parent company of the Art Institutes chain – by The Dream Center Foundation , a network of Christian missionary centers.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. ’” More via The Wall Street Journal. ” Via The Atlantic : “The Art of the Swindle.”

Education 45

Education Sakai Udemy Report 45

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” The Kenyan Ministry of Education says that the Bridge International Academies are not complying with the country’s laws, and the company, which runs chains of schools across the developing world, has not received approval for its curriculum. for-profits? ” Education in the Courts. “What if the US had an OU?”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

“The 2015 PISA Results: What Do They Mean?” million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.”

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Education Report E-rate Company 40