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. In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 160

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

From launching new tablets to virtual-reality curriculum , Microsoft has added plenty to its educational offerings through a series of new product updates and acquisitions over the past few years. DataSense traces its origins to Authentica Solutions, an education data management company founded in 2013.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

He held in his hand a tablet and I watched as it recorded my brainwaves. As I repeated “up, up, up” in my mind, I watched the tablet map my thoughts, converting my brainwaves into an algorithm. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, Olivier Oullier, president of EMOTIV, told me when I asked him about his company.

Skyward 132

Skyward Training Tablets Company 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Another review , conducted by respected researchers in math education (but funded by a calculator company), came to a similar conclusion. The debate even provoked a response from the president of Texas Instruments, the dominant graphing calculator company in the U.S. We agree with many of the points in favor of the new apps.

Smartphone 131

Smartphone Secondary Tablets Company 131

Neo LMS

JUNE 22, 2017

Milo comes with a range of pre-programmable curricula, developed by clinical pedagogic experts, that is run via a tablet by the teacher. In 2015, the robot was also used to develop “autobiographical” programs used to train ISS crews.

Robotics 228

Robotics Education Sony Outcomes 228

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

billion in education budget cuts made in 2015. The deal saw the books delivered to over 600,000 government distributed teacher tablets across the country, amounting to over 40 million individual e-textbooks! Similar to challenges faced in Africa with regard to mobile applications, the company also offers SMS-based study tools.

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E-rate Blended Learning Case Study Mobility 150

Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 11, 2015

It can be used by people for personal projects and planning as well as by companies and groups for major projects. Our vision at Samepage is to create an online place where people can easily share ideas, content and context” says Scott Schreiman, chief executive officer of Samepage and Kerio Technologies, the parent company to Samepage. “

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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. Tablet Sales Growing in U.S., Tablet Market, Researcher Says.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 20, 2016

And a social learning network for middle and high school students and a math tutoring company received funds from the investment community. Reach Capital is a $53 million venture fund founded in 2015 that backs ed-tech startups. Million: Tablet-based tutoring company Tabtor Math has raised $3.7 Tabtor Math Raises $3.7

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Tablets Company Android iPad 56

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

New momentum, she adds, is driven largely by the federal Second Chance Pell program that was introduced in 2015 and recently extended through 2020. Several have started their own companies. “We’re in this watershed moment,” says Meagan Wilson, co-author of the report and a senior analyst at Ithaka S+R.

Technology 129

Technology Laptops Education Blackboard 129

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Team put up a fight, but my favorite album of 2015 comes instead from Public Service Broadcasting. I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. I already have a Chromecast installed on my television to stream shows, but I don’t like that it doesn’t work without a phone/tablet/computer.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

Seven of the 134 companies in this batch provide education services—which is a similar percentage from the last cohort. In this latest cohort of edtech companies, only one is aimed at being used in classrooms. The husband-and-wife duo behind the company, Aparna and Deepak Ramanathan, come from different backgrounds. “A

EdTech 79

EdTech Company Software Training 79

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 141

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The total volume of PC sales in that market fell by 12 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, despite solid numbers in the U.S. percent in all of 2015 and only 0.2 market from 6 percent of the total shipments of non-desktop PC devices in 2015 to 18 percent in 2017. million shipments from 5.7

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Microsoft Tablets 40

TeacherCast

JULY 3, 2015

This year at ISTE 2015, I had the pleasure of reuniting with Tim Rigway from Califone. Why is Califone an important company to get to know in your school district? TPT Tablet: [link]. For the last 4 years, Tim has brought some AMAZING products to the TeacherCast theater and this year was certainly no exception. Why Califone?

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Tablets Conference Facebook Company 68

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 22, 2016

Fisher spoke at an event his company hosted at BETT, the world’s largest ed-tech conference, to explain some of the worldwide developments that fuel these changes. Looking Back at 2015. by the third quarter of 2015. by the third quarter of 2015. Interactive flat panel displays are also widely in use.

Trends 40

Trends Company Data Chromebook 40

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

billion drop in worldwide revenue from 2015 to 2021. The report defines self-paced courseware as being accessed on a desktop or laptop and spanning the K-12, higher education, corporate training, and privately marketed software (such as that produced by language-learning company Rosetta Stone) sectors.

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

eSchool News

JULY 12, 2015

During ISTE 2015, HP announced new technology solutions for education that are aimed to enhance student and teacher experiences. The Spectre Pro x360 G1 is targeted to teachers and is an ultra-thin PC with the versatility of multiple modes (notebook, stand, tent, tablet) and features a battery life of up to 12.5

Technology 40

Technology Laptops Chromebook Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface. A boy named Damon taps the picture of the smaller tower on the right side of the tablet screen. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. The left tower fell first.

Tablets 72

Tablets Learning Elementary Software 72

Marketplace K-12

JULY 15, 2016

Preliminary results from Gartner , a Connecticut-based technology research and advisory company, estimated a 1.4 increase over the first quarter of 2015, with shipments thus far this year reaching just over 2 million units. Global Shipments of Tablets See First-Ever Decline, Report Finds. percent increase in U.S. The post U.S.

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Lenovo Chromebook Tablets Company 40

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2015

Company also gives educators first public demos of the touch-enabled MimioProjector 280T. Mimio will also be conducting its first public demonstration of the MimioProjector 280T touch projector at ISTE 2015. MimioProjector 280T.

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Common Core Collaborative Learning Chromebook Tablets 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Wacom is the global leader in the pen display and tablet market for creative users. Sylvia was doing product development for Fortune 500 companies when she came up with the idea for StickTogether. She was attending MakerFaireNY in 2015 and needed to come up with a project. They provide a lot of support and consulting.

Robotics 79

Robotics Education Learning Meeting 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

Young people huddle over tablets, fiber optic cables run along the ceilings and a cybersecurity lab occupies the basement. She chose the high school because she believed it could give her access to the type of company she wants to work for in the future. Gifts to CAST schools since 2015 have totaled $10 million, including a $3.6

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E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2016

BenchPrep, a digital learning platform company, will work with ACT to leverage technology to bring personalized, web- and mobile-based ACT test prep to all ACT test takers. million students in the US high school Class of 2015 took the ACT test—approximately 59 percent of all high school graduates in the United States. More than 1.9

Assessment 40

Assessment Mobility Tablets Industry 40

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Rothfuss said that bill failed because there were concerns about companies needing to request employees’ accounts to avoid corporate espionage and the theft of intellectual property. “But when you grab someone’s tablet and go through (it), it’s like going through the kid’s house.”

Social Media 40

Social Media Tablets Report Facebook 40

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. Morial is one of three schools that received a one-time $300,000 grant from the nonprofit New Schools for New Orleans in March 2015. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets?

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Tagged on: August 19, 2017 Cost Shouldn’t Keep Students From Taking AP Exams | Slate → In 2015 the Texas Legislature appropriated $10 million in its budget to develop educational resources that would be available, free of charge, to the more than 1,000 school districts in the state.

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Another computer company, Lenovo, also had charged the district for Pearson curriculum. The deal with Apple, reached in June 2013, was part of a bold initiative — and an exclusive deal with the company — to use school bonds to pay for industry-leading tablets. ©2015 the Los Angeles Times. School Report.

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Pearson Software Lenovo iPad 40

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Still in “closed beta,” Google Expeditions are being tested in schools that pre-register with the company. based research firm at a presentation hosted by his company in conjunction with BETT. Augmented reality, or AR, is the idea behind the Google Glass headset, which the company suspended production on last year. (As

Education 40

Education Survey Google Company 40

TeacherCast

JULY 16, 2015

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. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies.

Microsoft 68

Microsoft Accessibility Software Training 68

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

students would benefit if the district stayed the course with the company’s product. Unified clearly designated funds for technology, but did not mention tablets. But officials have maintained that tablets are a modern equivalent of the traditional computer lab and therefore a legal and appropriate use of bond funds. .”

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iPad Pearson Tablets Guidelines 40

MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface. A boy named Damon taps the picture of the smaller tower on the right side of the tablet screen. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. The left tower fell first. Jill Barshay).

Tablets 28

Tablets Learning Elementary Software 28

MindShift

JANUARY 21, 2020

A startup company in Albuquerque has made matching tech-savvy young people with seniors its mission. Teeniors coaches them on using smartphones, computers and tablets. Founder Trish Lopez pitched the idea at a startup weekend for women entrepreneurs in 2015 after realizing that her mother needed help.

Smartphone 50

Smartphone Facebook Social Media Study 50

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

The study examined how digital media contributes to learning in the home, looking specifically at children’s engagement with PEG + CAT, a multimedia animated PBS KIDS series produced by The Fred Rogers Company.

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Study Comparison Groups Report 40

MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

Without a need to change classes, some high schoolers spend the bulk of each day in the corner of one room swiping at their tablets, while others have asked teachers if they can take a break from working on their iPads. percent of Wilder middle school/high school students were proficient in 2015-16, compared to about 37 percent statewide.

Personalized Learning 68

Personalized Learning Elementary Learning iPad 68

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

Without a need to change classes, some high schoolers spend the bulk of each day in the corner of one room swiping at their tablets, while others have asked teachers if they can take a break from working on their iPads. percent of Wilder middle school/high school students were proficient in 2015-16, compared to about 37 percent statewide.

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Elementary Personalized Learning iPad Trends 64