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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

Digital Promise

How might districts find edtech to support learning? Fortunately, educators can leverage learnings from some leading-edge K-12 districts who have developed thoughtful processes for making edtech decisions despite limited available evidence. Districts will have access to the nearly $190 billion which the U.S.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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European Edtech Investor Brighteye Ventures Raises $54 Million for Second Fund

Edsurge

A less frothy but steadily growing edtech market is emerging in Europe, where investment check sizes often have fewer zeros. Case in point: Brighteye Ventures, a Paris-based edtech investment firm, has raised $54 million in the first close for its second fund. Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.”

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Varsity Tutors to Go Public at $1.7B Valuation Through SPAC Acquisition

Edsurge

The acquisition is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2021, and Nerdy will be listed on NYSE under the tickers NRDY. TPG, the private equity firm behind the deal, is an investor in other edtech companies through its social-impact arm, The Rise Fund. billion in 2017. These include Adit EdTech Acquisition Corp.

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Adobe Flash 2020 Retirement: The 5 R’s Strategy for Teachers

ViewSonic Education

Fast forward to 2017, Adobe announced its plan to no longer support its most popular success story. On January 1 st , 2021 all applications using Flash will no longer find their programs being maintained. Many teachers are still using EdTech that is generations behind other schools. Adobe Flash software after 2020.

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Edtech Unicorn Outschool Exploded During the Pandemic. What Happens Next?

Edsurge

Guttenplan has been teaching with Outschool since 2017, while working full-time as an education technologist at a private school in New Jersey. We have more revenue booked in 2021 than we did in 2020. It’s Not Going to Last Forever’ That’s what Seth Guttenplan found, anyway. We expect additional growth in 2022.

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Schools Must Invest to Protect IoT Devices

EdTech Magazine

billion of them in use in 2017 — from TVs, cars and coffee makers at home to security cameras, lighting systems and thermostats at businesses and schools. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! billion in IoT security spending by 2021. Gartner predicted that there would be 8.4

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