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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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch. But it has helped the Pittsburgh-based company promote a second service it has quietly offered since 2016: the Duolingo English Test. And instead of a one-and-done experience that centered on the training sessions, AVID wanted to stay in touch with teachers after the event is over.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Schools are always looking for ways to find funding for projects, especially for technology. THE Journal K-12 Grant Opportunities and Ed Tech Event Listings https://thejournal.com/articles/list/listings.aspx 7. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Good luck and happy hunting. -.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Top ten films of 2016. Every week, our INSTRUCT newsletter contains a section called “ S’Cool Tools ,” where we list either popular or up-and-coming edtech tools. And throughout the 2016 year alone, we’ve showcased over 300 edtech tools in our S’Cool Tools section. Top ten books on the New York Times bestseller list.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. 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. And then, there’s Amazon.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Quite often districts find themselves buying incredible amounts of educational technology, deploying these tools throughout their district, and essentially are left asking, “ Now what? Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

However, BMO Capital Markets’ 17th Annual Back to School Conference is the kind of event your boss’s boss attends. We have placed so much focus on putting the technology in front of the student and not enough focus on making the teachers feel empowered. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in 2017.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Eva Moskowitz, the founder of New York City’s Success Academy, set the tone for this year’s NY Edtech conference by telling the crowd of 1,400 techies, entrepreneurs, researchers and educators that she may have some “unpopular perspectives” on edtech. Then, through her opening speech, she set out to put technology in its place. “I

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2016

At EdSurge, we scour the internet for tools to help teachers find the best edtech products out there. Every week, our educator-specific INSTRUCT newsletter contains a section called “ S’Cool Tools ,” where we provide a small sampling of popular or up-and-coming edtech tools. And the most popular S’Cool Tool so far in 2016 is… 1.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As we close the books on 2016, we can’t help but look forward to the New Year. Just in time for you to plan your 2017 professional travels, we’ve updated our picks of notable edtech & innovation conferences for higher-ed educators, administrators and companies. Red events emphasize the business of edtech more than pedagogy.

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Gaggle Speaks

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The most popular Gaggle Speaks blog posts this past year featured a wide range of edtech topics, including Pokémon Go, G Suite for Education, social media tips for administrators and educators and, of course, student online safety. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check out the top Gaggle Speaks posts from 2016.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s a transformation that’s been largely driven by the unprecedented pace of technological advancement. Technological Integration The 21st-century classroom is unimaginable without the integration of technology, and soon AI (artificial intelligence). The concept of a 21st-century classroom has evolved significantly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2016

What does it all mean for the edtech business? At ISTE 2016, Lord Knight gave more opinions on the Brexit. The effect on the edtech market in UK will be a function of how bigger events play out.” The upside to British edtech will be exports—British edtech products will be cheaper.” It’s a complete disaster.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

In the daily edtech trenches, the forest is easily lost for the trees. Technological minutiae in the classroom carry such immense consequences that it can be hard to think beyond tomorrow’s software update, nevermind next year’s LMS rollout. And oh, what a forest it might be. Remember, robots are [just] adding machines.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Investor pitch events are a dime a dozen, but no one does it with the flair and furor of Y Combinator. Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

But Y Combinator’s event this week also came with heavy machinery and special snacks. Eight education startups are among them, and all but one are focused on helping learners develop chops in programming and artificial intelligence technology. Brady has now overseen 11 cohorts of education technology startups over the past seven years.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Levin, who is president of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm, maintains a database of publicly disclosed K-12 cybersecurity incidents dating back to 2016. I’m seeing what I would characterize as pretty significant events that are actually happening in schools today.”

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Jamie and seven of her colleagues began organizing the Global Maker Day in 2016. This is also why classrooms do not need any fancy technology or materials to complete challenges. . With today’s technology, there are a gazillion different ways for students to share their creations. Click To Tweet. How to Share? .

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 8, 2016

December 8, 2016 For the folks in higher education looking for some notable Edtech conferences, Edsurge has this wonderful graphic featuring some of the key Edtech related events that will take.read more.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The post Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit 2016 (FREE PD) appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit 2016. edtech #edchat Click To Tweet. The Ditch That Textbook Digital Summit is a nine-day, FREE virtual event. Like any conference, this digital event has a beginning and an end.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 21, 2015

The TechEducator Podcast is a weekly round table discussion about current topics in educational technology. ASCD Emerging Leader, works in Singapore in an international, 2016 chair of ISTE, board of ISTE// [link]. ISTE Website Edtech hub. For more information, please visit www.techeducatorpodcast.com. TechEducatorPodcast.com.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

On June 26–29, thousands of techy educators will convene in the mile-high city to share, connect, discuss, and learn about all topics related to technology in education. The Common Sense Education team will be among them, presenting several sessions and participating in a range of events throughout the week. –12:15 p.m. |

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

One of his latest investments is his first foray in education technology, PenPal Schools. The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized guidelines in May 2016. Today, Aspera has invested in two dozen startups, making him a prolific investor of sorts, contributing about $10,000 in total. More Equitable?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

1, 2016, former UClass CEO Zak Ringelstein filed a lawsuit against Renaissance Learning, claiming that Renaissance had removed his management responsibilities, left him with essentially no role and is now denying him the stocks and severance payments he was promised. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Sean Duffy gets emails from educators asking him for advice on how they can leave their teaching careers for an edtech job on a weekly basis. At a recent panel at SXSW EDU, he explained why “tech-enabled” teachers in particular have a trend of leaving the classroom and entering careers in tech—especially education technology.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

On June 26–29, thousands of techy educators will convene in the mile-high city to share, connect, discuss, and learn about all topics related to technology in education. The Common Sense Education team will be among them, presenting several sessions and participating in a range of events throughout the week. –12:15 p.m. |

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But too many have also had a chilling moment when they realized their bandwidth infrastructure couldn’t begin to deliver on their technology goals. Want to learn more about Seattle’s burgeoning edtech scene? The event is free for all educators—sign up here! asks Ellen Dorr, Renton’s Director of Instructional Technology. “We

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

The site eMarketer found that 41% of students ages 0-11 and 84% ages 12-17 owned a smartphone in 2016. The USDOE’s Office of Educational Technology places emphasis on students and educators having access to a robust and comprehensive infrastructure when and where they need it for learning. respectively by 2020.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

I recently availed myself of the chance to join and learn from many of the leading innovators and thinkers in the emerging blockchain industry at the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s DC Blockchain Summit 2016 , which billed itself (accurately, I think) as “a dialogue at the intersection of industry, regulation, and innovation.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend, and all events take place online in webinar format. Help us spread the word about this unique and free professional development event, and we will list your organization’s information on our web site. Principal, St.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 29, 2016

This year, our library is fortunate to have a robotics loan from Birdbrain Technologies. — edcamp Global (@edcampGlobal) January 23, 2016. — Tim Needles (@timneedles) January 28, 2016. — Donna Macdonald (@dsmacdonald) January 28, 2016. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 28, 2016.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

Our teammate and Events Director, Al Thomas , a former principal himself, ran the Education Leaders Network Playground, which featured 28 sessions for leaders by leaders, and one session in particular stood out when we talked about it… a session called Leading EdTech Initiatives for Social Good by Jennifer Williams , author of Teach Boldly.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. If you are giving a school a technology that they cannot use—or it is not really going to make a difference in reading scores or school performance—then it is not the right input, not the right system.

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