Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow. For more information, check out how to ‘ Equip Your School for the 21st-Century with a Solid Foundation. Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

The key difference in the past few years, however, has been larger funding rounds and valuations across a fewer number of EdTech companies. One factor causing larger deal sizes, but less of them, is that many of the large later-stage deals in the EdTech space would have otherwise likely been IPO candidates in years past.

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Trends EdTech Udemy Company 100

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The axiom “less is more” is confirmed daily in our Information Age. With this in mind, CYPHER LEARNING and Turnitin began collaborating in 2015. This tool available right from their LMS allows educators to put the knowledge to use right away, whether for grading or to inform instruction.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition). Education policymakers might do well to participate in related discussions – and to educate themselves on some of the related larger debates, so that they go into them as well informed as possible." Strong opinions may be weakly held. Like what you’ve read? .

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EdTech Social Media Facebook Google 244

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2016

Here’s his article on how edtech fosters a child’s social-emotional development: As technology has become mainstreamed in modern education, learners are able to enjoy many key advantages. Technology also helps to prepare students for the future and improves the retention rate of information.

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EdTech Digital Citizenship Survey Smartphone 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

Edtech for early learners has come a long way since then, but our just-released compilation of research—what we call a Market Gap Snapshot —makes clear there is still a lot of room to expand and improve edtech solutions to address obstacles facing our youngest students. What's New at NewSchools.

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EdTech Learning Elementary Technology 120

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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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Illuminate Education will stop support for its student information system in two years, before the 2021 school year. In an email sent Tuesday morning, the company notified customers to plan for a replacement for the Illuminate Student Information product, also known as ISI. Illuminate , based in Irvine, Calif.,

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System Skyward Pearson Company 68

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s what researchers at Georgia Tech have been trying , for instance, hoping that their muti-chatbot system can get to the point where any false information is scrubbed from an answer before it is shown to a student. But it’s not yet clear that approach can get to a level of accuracy that educators will accept.

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Knewton Khan Academy Robotics Company 216

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

K-8 Market (2015-16 School Year). The top line finding is eye-opening: The 2015-16 school year will mark the first time that the majority of state mandated summative testing in U.S. Count the 2015-16 school year as the tipping point in the ongoing shift to online and computer-based testing.

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Elementary EdTech Assessment Strategy 247

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2021

It’s a return of the INST ticker symbol for the company, which first went public in 2015 , but then was taken private last March when Instructure was purchased by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for nearly $2 billion. Season of IPOs The IPO is part of a trend of edtech companies going public, though.

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Student Data Privacy EdTech Coursera Company 166

EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! time-bound dayparting information. time-bound dayparting information. As we integrate solutions and centralize management, getting critical information to a large student body in a timely manner will become possible.

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Smartphone Mobility Pearson Twitter 337

techieMusings

JANUARY 3, 2016

Here are a few of my #EdTech tools of 2015: Camtasia – used to screen record & video edit my flipped classroom videos. Zaption – used to add interactive elements + monitoring. Pear Deck – used in class to engage students in a dynamic discussion. Desmos – to graph, create activities, and so much more.

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Camtasia EdTech Flipped Classroom Tools 50

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

(Mostly) back from my August hiatus, I’m pleased to offer up the next edition of A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News. To be clear, I absolutely support the teaching of intellectual property issues to students and educators (including information about open licensing). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 35 Edition). Education policymakers might do well to participate in related discussions – and to educate themselves on some of the related larger debates, so that they go into them as well informed as possible." Strong opinions may be weakly held. Like what you’ve read? .

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EdTech Social Media Facebook Google 150

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2019

Look here for the real-time updates you’ll need to make well-informed IT decisions. If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT Blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2018 , 2017 , 2016 and 2015. Did your account make the list? If so, grab our IT influencer cover image for your Twitter page to share with your followers.

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Social Media Education Twitter Report 412

Doug Levin

JUNE 1, 2015

Consider these key findings: 73% of college and universities collect high school disciplinary information as part of the admissions process. 89% of colleges and universities that collect high school disciplinary information use it to inform their admissions decision making, including to deny admissions.

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Student Data Privacy Data Policies Study 350

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 Company Industry Outcomes 91

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2021

According to Pauline Gibbons (2015), a scaffold is a temporary support a teacher provides to a student that enables the student to perform a task he or she would not be able to perform alone. If you want students to internalize new information, you need to expose them to it several times.

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Strategy EdTech Resources Accessibility 135

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Here’s where we started: Last January, we embarked a project that aimed to look at edtech’s role in the changing picture of K-12 education through three different lenses: through the perspective of investors, entrepreneurs and teachers. We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report.

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EdTech Report Trends Broadband 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 2, 2015

Summer is a great time to check out some new edtech tools and possibilities. Remember I am picking these from thousands and I am trying to find those sites that are up and coming and might just be the next big edtech hit. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. https://newsela.com.

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Android Education STEM LMS 60

TeacherCast

JULY 7, 2015

This year at ISTE 2015, I had the opportunity to gather a panel of some of todays biggest EdTech startups. The question on my mind recently has been “How can an edTech startup properly communicate with teachers when there are hundreds of other edtech startups trying to do the same thing?” For more information.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 125

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 28, 2015

Remember, I am picking these from thousands and I am trying to find those sites that are up and coming and might just be the next big edtech hit. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Part 4: Forty Educational Websites For Your Summer 2015 Toolkit ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ).

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STEM Education Twitter Conference 60

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 16, 2015

Welcome to a post and the summer of 2015… at least in the USA. Remember I am picking these from thousands and I am trying to find those sites that are up and coming and might just be the next big edtech hit. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. It is my way of saying happy summer!

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Khan Academy Blendspace STEM Education 60

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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EdTech eBook Study Data 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

During the 2015-16 school year, I visited schools across the nation to see how technology can transform teaching and learning. what makes the difference between using edtech to supplement the classroom experience and using it to transform learning? Data from the 2015 Teachers Know Best survey , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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EdTech Classroom Digital Divide Data 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Consider this statistic: As many as 8 million students were chronically absent from school during the 2015–2016 school year, up from 7.2 MORE FROM EDTECH : Analytics and data can have a major impact on student outcomes. MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools use immersive technology for assistive learning.

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Technology Data Report EdTech 150

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

PowerSchool is best known for its K-12 student information system, which is the most widely used of its kind among U.S. But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. Naviance and Starfish were brought into the fold via acquisitions in 2007 and 2015, respectively.

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Schoology Company Strategy System 152

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! Content Subtype.

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Microsoft Smartphone Data Outcomes 235

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. Edtech cannot afford to let the specter of cybercrime dampen enthusiasm. Wireless, once a frustration for many teachers, has largely improved. Cybercrime is the next threat.

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EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60