Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Colleges and universities with prison education programs are increasingly using technology to deliver instruction to incarcerated individuals, even with strict limitations on internet access in correctional facilities. But the technology is also raising serious questions about quality. Then, in 2016, the U.S. More than 1.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Zywicki has more than a decade of experience leading, scaling, and building education companies. As COO of PresenceLearning, she built a scaled organization that leveraged technology to deliver high-quality online therapy solutions for children with diverse needs. For more information, visit [link].

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. Brady has now overseen 11 cohorts of education technology startups over the past seven years. You won’t find those companies in this batch.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

Some of it has already been invested in startups including Class Technologies, which is building an instructional video platform on Zoom; Guild Education, which works with companies to provide educational opportunities to their employees; and Photomath, an app that shows students how to solve math problems, step by step, just by taking a picture.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Benchmark Education

JANUARY 11, 2016

This week, Benchmark Education Company will be one of hundreds of exhibitors at this year’s Future of Education Technology Conference, or FETC. ’ You can find Benchmark Education Company at booth 844, where we will be demo-ing our latest technology as well as our popular digital platform, Benchmark Universe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Finally, we get the feedback that we need on apps for young children and meet content standards. In 2016 Karen published Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning as a way to help educators see how technology can help students create their own content instead of consuming someone else’s.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As numerous students joined the platform, and thousands of teachers came on board to meet this demand, the costs to facilitate the service were subsequently driven down to the point where 51Talk had an efficient and profitable business model. What were two top motivating factors behind starting the company?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Technology designed for educators is pushed “as if our ones and zeroes are special,” keynote speaker Clay Shirky told top librarians, publishers and administrators at the Ithaka Next Wave 2017 conference, held in New York City on Wednesday. They’re in charge of the technology.” With edtech, specialized isn’t always better.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company?

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Adam Welcome

MARCH 17, 2016

It was time to write this post - because it's 2016. Why do some people feel that technology is a separate part of the day from what's happening in the computer lab? Technology is not a separate subject, it should be woven into the class so curriculum can come alive for kids! Why are parents not demanding this in our schools?

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 28, 2017

In June 2016, it became a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (COE). You may also like the following articles: From Teachers to Students: How Education Technology Is Connecting Us On A Global Scale. How Jack Huang, CEO of 51Talk, Launched the Largest Online English Learning Company in the World.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. As Director at Edufuturists, he is committed to shaping the future of education through technology and innovation. Just how much that technology had progressed. Dan holds an M.A. There was email. A basic browser. But you know what?

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ASIDE

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Source: NYSCATE The theme for the 2016 annual conference of the New York State Association For Computers And Technologies In Education ( NYSCATE ) was "Unleash The Superhero In You." Perhaps the keynote comment by Adam Bellow ( @adambellow ) summed it up best, " Technology does not drive change; it just enables it."

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. The solution is available directly through CatchOn or through ENA.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2019

As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the education technology industry, we see an abundance of press covering venture-backed startups and their funding rounds, acquisitions and other noteworthy milestones. On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Moscow internet services company Yandex participated. The Amersham, England-based company’s name stands for “more efficient learning,” and through a subscription-based mix of physical chemistry lab sets and virtual reality programs, Philippov hopes to make his name come true for students worldwide. TMT Investments led the round.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus. We have no current plans to use facial recognition technology in the future,” Samson said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. The previous year, 2015, set a record for education technology investments with over $3.1

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Few of us can argue that the internet and its connected technology has changed the global educational landscape for the better. Lesson plans can be tailored to meet the learning needs of individual students. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible.

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Then, through her opening speech, she set out to put technology in its place. “I During the conference, hosted by NYU Steinhardt, she used her voice to direct the edtech-friendly audience to where she felt technology could be used strategically in schools. We meet at the corner of Broadway and edtech,” says Harber to the crowd. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In mid-September this year, Yogome , an educational startup founded in Mexico that also operates in San Francisco, held a multi-day bash of team meetings and parties for its all employees in Mexico City. John McIntire, who is chairman of Yogome’s board, is currently acting CEO of the company and overseeing the liquidation of assets.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2021

C upertino, California (June 1, 2021) – The first-ever phygital board game platform using iPads, Tacto is built on innovative touch technology and AI to turn screen time into family time. Tacto Chess: traditional chess figurines meet modern characters in digital gameplay. With offices in the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

When Dana Stephenson began to court Arizona State University two years ago, he was looking for a higher ed client for his education technology startup. ScaleU exists at a time when edtech-focused accelerators, such as StartL, have come and gone as universities continue to launch programs to help fledgling companies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, acquired the Company in 2018 and will remain a major shareholder. The new investment from Blackstone will enable the Company to further accelerate organic growth initiatives and innovation across its product suite.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Since 1966, the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has conducted an annual college freshman survey: For the first time, its 2016 report stated less than half of students think that their mental health is above average compared to their peers. Instead of worrying over alignment and font choice, utilize the skills of experts.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

Pause a second and think about companies such as Uber and Airbnb. The site eMarketer found that 41% of students ages 0-11 and 84% ages 12-17 owned a smartphone in 2016. If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

By: Robyn Shulman, 2016. Fast Forward to 2016. Government can garnish wages and withhold tax refunds to meet student loan debt requirements. *If Many companies now offer tuition assistance to full and part time students. Company Education Programs. Only 28% of student loan borrowers know that the U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2019

Scheduling isn’t for the faint of heart, as anyone who’s tried to find a time and room for a team meeting well knows. That’s a tall order for any organization—and especially for a small company like Coursedog , which claims its scheduling software can help colleges and universities. Coursedog has raised $1.5

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

I have been with the company since November 2016. There are days when I meet new students, and there are days when I teach my regular students, and there is always something new to learn about each student. The beauty of teaching online is meeting new people and learning about their culture. Click to tweet.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

It talks about how merely adding technology to the environment without processes can only lead to incremental improvement, at best. Usually, when business buys technology, the country can actually measure productivity units per person, which has been going up on a pretty regular basis. So, that book has influenced me a lot.

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