Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). ” During a keynote address at the meeting, Dr. Freeman A. It’s about success.”

Accessibility 120

Accessibility E-rate Dropout Meeting 120

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. The company is still shy of the $100 million revenue threshold commonly associated with IPO-ready companies. The company reached 25 million users by 2012 and 55 million users three years later. We are one of them.” or London exchange.

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Company EdTech Learning Exercises 87

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016. The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.)

Microsoft 112

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level. NTID is one of RIT’s nine schools.

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Microsoft Accessibility E-rate Company 109

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl – Bio as Submitted Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl is an expert advisor for the WE organization’s WE Schools program, which is accessed by over 18,000 schools across North America – with a special emphasis on social and emotional learning and mental wellbeing. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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Handbook Company Facebook Conference 320

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 18, 2015

30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. From Apple to J.Crew, these companies offer exclusive discounts on just about everything a teacher could possibly need for the new semester! 30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. It will be May 3, 2016! . by RetailMeNot. New York Times.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

I wanted to ensure greater inclusion,” Churches said — which, in her case, meant expanding access to internships, particularly for students from historically underrepresented groups. But traditional internships are not universally accessible. “At Online internships can be more accessible than in-person programs.

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Survey Company Industry Accessibility 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

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Social Media Accessibility CMS Facebook 112

eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2023

“I am honored to be afforded the opportunity to lead this amazing organization and will continue prioritizing the mission while living our values and strategically growing the company,” Baumgartner said. He has been integral to the growth of successful education companies, such as Learnosity, Questar Assessment and ConnectEDU.

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Industry Education Company Policies 105

EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

It also is important to have clear designations and parameters governing what devices may be used , what data may be collected and shared, who can access the data and how they access it. Who has access to the data, and should those with access actually have it? Make Sure Faculty and Staff Know the Laws.

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Data EdTech Strategy Assessment 386

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Among the companies affected is Amplify , a New York City-based education technology company. The attack compromised personal information for anyone employed by Amplify during 2016, but not customers, including schools and students, the company reports. Edtech companies are not the only ones impacted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

You’ll get access to activities, strategies, and tools to improve the four domains of wellness. Furthermore, he was the parody writer and voice of Burleson ISD's school year launch videos from 2016 to 2019. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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How To Course eBook Twitter 306

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

For decades, companies have offered more or less the same deal to Americans in search of office jobs: You pay for your own higher education and skills training, and then we’ll consider employing you. More companies are assuming the costs and risks of preparing people for entry-level technology roles by offering apprenticeships.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 25, 2019

Monica is the author of Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom (Corwin Press, 2016) and #FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scannable Formative Assessment with Technology (Corwin Press, 2017). Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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EdTech Company Course Conference 234

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.

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MOOC Coursera Trends Survey 203

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology. Possibly that situation will change permanently in 2016. Ubiquitous Computers on The Horizon.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other college student expense—including tuition and fees (63 percent) or on-campus housing (51 percent)—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The company is also banking on authors and adopters to check for quality themselves.

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 67

Adam Welcome

MARCH 17, 2016

It was time to write this post - because it's 2016. This is the world that we live in - even John Deere the equipment company is hiring a Mobile Application Developer. How else are we supposed to prepare our kids for these careers if we aren't giving them the access and exposure to technology in their education - at school!

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Mobility Social Media Chromebook Microsoft 40

GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. In 2016, I believe we will see more learners creating, making, programming, coding, producing, innovating, inventing, designing, problem solving and publishing. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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Technology Trends Gamification Education 75

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018) – The National FFA Organization, Tractor Supply Company, and Discovery Education – the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms – are teaming up to host a new virtual field trip entitled Beyond the Sale: Careers That Deliver at 1:00 p.m.

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Company STEM Accessibility Industry 42

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Companies are so quick to get a product out to meet what’s current in education that they fail to develop the quality and depth they need. Four product companies supported our iterative learning by participating in user testing: Lexia , ReadWorks , Speak Agent , and Zyrobotics. District Leader. Research-Based Edtech Products.

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EdTech Industry Analysis Company 203

EdNews Daily

MARCH 7, 2017

.” If interested in teaching online 51Talk is a great company to work for! In June 2016, it became a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (COE). 51Talk’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and to enable students to talk to the world. Here is the link: [link].

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Company Examples Groups Accessibility 263

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 2, 2023

Blatantly, demonstrably untrue: the GPT3 dataset is a little over 600GB, primarily Wikipedia, Books corpuses, WebText and 2016-2019 CommonCrawl. People are even suing companies over companies over their uses of copyrighted work as training data. The Macbook Air I am typing this on has more free disk space than that.

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Learning Training Study Instructional Materials 119

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

eSchool News, in partnership with Xirrus , provider of next generation, cloud-enabled Wi-Fi networks, invites K-12 schools and districts nationwide to participate in the first ever Innovate to Educate Awards program, kicking off June 27 at the ISTE 2016 conference at Xirrus Booth No.

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Education Secondary Conference Facebook 58

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

Students with access to college counselors and test tutors (read: wealthier students) know this, and many are still using ACT and SAT exams to stand out. Students with access to test tutors are aware that the eye of the admissions needle has narrowed, and they are being coached to use their test scores to thread it.

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Guidelines Report Accessibility System 91

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

He co-founded eSped, a K-12 software suite to help districts serve special-needs students, which sold to Frontline Education in 2016, and has operated Blindfold Games since 2013 to offer accessible games to adults with visual impairments. The company says they have been downloaded over 500,000 times by 25,000 users.

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Tablets Assistive Technology Company Software 159

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 28, 2017

In June 2016, it became a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (COE). 51Talk’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and to enable students to talk to the world. How Jack Huang, CEO of 51Talk, Launched the Largest Online English Learning Company in the World.

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Company Outcomes Meeting Accessibility 187

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Since 2016, these companies have raised more than $1.2 So in 2014, Cutler started GradeSlam in an effort to give every student in a school or district access to online tutoring support. The company claims it currently reaches more than 160,000 students. The company previously raised $1.6

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

Since January 2016, there have been 355 cybersecurity-related incidents against K–12 schools , including ransomware attacks, according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. . To help districts, some companies offer Disaster Recovery as a Service as part of their platforms. by Karen Scarfone.

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Data Microsoft Analysis System 173

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The challenge, as highlighted by Fruth, is how much data should be accessible to the stakeholders.

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Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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EdTech Khan Academy Chegg Coursera 191

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We A sample project in Codecademy.

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Chegg Company EdTech Education 160

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

In 2016, for example, just 3.6 Since 2016, they said, government spending on early childhood programs has increased 17 percent and private capital has risen 12 percent. Learn Capital has a portfolio of 100 companies, about 10 of which are in early childhood, Sharpley said. There’s been a massive campaign.

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Company Trends Mobility EdTech 135

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

That’s the premise behind why investors are betting on companies like Career Karma , which helps people find reskilling opportunities in technology fields. The company, founded in 2018, saw early growth linking job seekers with the myriad coding bootcamps and tech-education opportunities that have emerged in recent years.

Laptops 113

Laptops Training Digital Divide Company 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2019

The score gap between those who make less than $80,000 and those who make more than that amount has increased from 2012 to 2016, according to a 2016 ACT report. At least one testing company is trying (sort of) to eliminate the barrier of income. SAT scores from 2016 have been converted to the 2018 scale.

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Outcomes Company Report Data 107

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

Recognizing that public education can be an important site of social and political change, ISTE 2016 presenters and attendees spent much of the week discussing how to use technology to help students that are often underserved by traditional methods of instruction catch up with their peers. Keeping it simple.

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EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 52