Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

Did you miss our top S’Cool Tools of 2016 ? As we start 2017, here’s what a couple of educators across the interwebs are stoked about. If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Check it out—then check back here. DoodleMaths Freemium! Plotly Freemium!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Digital Promise

AUGUST 21, 2018

Ottenbreit-Leftwich in their 2013 study of authentic technology-enabled learning, highlights the main challenge coaches face when trying to support teachers using technology. When we first began coaching, we would get really excited about sharing cutting-edge technology tools. It’s easy to let technology take center stage.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Learning Meeting 233

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

I have certainly expressed my passion for game-based learning several times in prior Edtech Elixirs entries. I wrote about those possibilities in a guest blog entry for Classcraft back in 2017. But I also have a fondness for good ol' fashioned table-top role playing games (TTRPGs) and how they can have a place inside a school.

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Game-Based Learning Social Media Facebook Adaptive Learning 81

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year. Source: Levered.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 117

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year. Source: Levered.

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Common Core Adaptive Learning Elementary Blended Learning 116

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. Delivering these models to a differentiated population of educators and learners requires an adaptive approach.

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Trends Digital Learning Learning Secondary 194

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Cengage is now betting its digital business on an annual subscription that gives students unlimited access to all of its digital textbook materials, along with online homework tools and study guides. Earlier this February, it claimed to have sold 1 million such subscriptions since the program was launched in August 2018. billion in 2013.

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Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report 167

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

MobyMax, the most widely adopted differentiated learning solution in the U.S., has been awarded the 2018 Tech Edvocate Award for Best Assessment Tool or App. Sept 4, 2018 - MobyMax , the most widely adopted differentiated learning solution in the U.S., million students and 1.5 million teachers registered.

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Assessment Tools EdTech Company 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well. Rounding out the podium for top dollars raised in 2019 with $90 million is Examity , a Boston-based provider of exam proctoring tools used by colleges and universities, assessment groups, professional certification boards and employers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

The heads of the two companies knew each other, and last year MyBuddy started to build its own language-learning curriculum to add to its offerings. Edwin developed sophisticated adaptive learning technology for English as a foreign language,” says Crewkow.

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Robotics Company Exercises Data 119

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Winners will be notified in early September and announced at OLC Accelerate 2017 , which takes place in Orlando, November 15–17.) Peak Mathematics uses Pearson’s MyMathTest, an online homework tool that has adaptive technology that personalizes the content and pacing for each student. The deadline for. The result?

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 85

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The merger marks yet another change for Carnegie Learning, which traces its roots to Carnegie Mellon University. In the 1980s, researchers developed an adaptive-tutoring math system used in high schools and colleges, and the tool was spun out as an independent company in 1998.

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EdTech Learning Adaptive Learning Company 62

techlearning

JUNE 28, 2018

What’s New: New Tools for Schools ] Close reading, the practice of analyzing a text to determine what it says and how it says it, is a skill prioritized by recent middle school ELA standards, which have placed renewed emphasis on text-dependent analysis of literary and informational texts. The full versions are now available.

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Adaptive Learning Analysis Training Tools 40

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

During recent interviews with education technology decision-makers at institutions of higher education, I was struck by the sometimes extreme views formed about vendors during the process of procuring tools to support teaching and learning. in May 2017. Proliferation of edtech tools and services.

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Technology EdTech Education Company 124

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

Increasingly, Asian companies are also investing abroad to find fresh ideas and tools to bring to their local markets. million (Seed) 2017 EduLab Brightwheel $10 million (A) 2017 GGV Capital ClassWallet $1.5 It also surpasses the $1 billion that U.S. edtech startups raised last year. Funding Deals for U.S. Based Company.

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EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 94

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Its latest act: making a strategic investment in Open Assessment Technologies (OAT), a San Francisco-based startup that offers open-source tools for building and delivering digital tests. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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Assessment Elsevier Knewton Company 63

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

A bundle that includes access to its other online tools, including MyLab and Mastering, costs about $79. The goal, she says, is to “make our tools more versatile in terms of how we help students learn.” Revel, another line of digital courseware, will soon be released on the Global Learning Platform.

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Pearson OER Company Knewton 163

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

This year’s first-half funding total marks a lull from the same period in 2017, which totaled $887 million spread across 58 deals. The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2 Rounding out the list are a mix of K-12 and higher-ed tools, along with consumer-facing and employment-oriented services. By contrast, just one U.S.

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EdTech Report Company Industry 66

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, AI literacy for teachers should never be just about using AI tools but also about understanding the implications of AI in education, including ethical considerations, data privacy, and the impact on student learning and engagement. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. Reeves, P.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

In demonstration of this theory, one study found that students who receive adaptive testing paired with individualized instruction show significantly better performance than their peers who receive more generalized instruction (Huey-Min, 2017). #3: 3: Student Engagement Increases Motivation. & Martinez, 1992). Luyten, H., &

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

The theme was personalized learning and heading into the conference I anticipated gaining a broader view of technology products promising to provide adaptive learning experiences for all students. The EdSurge Fusion conference back in October surfaced some unexpected “aha” moments for me.

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Conference Personalized Learning Professional Learning Technology 109

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

New and traditional publishers are trying to offer alternatives such as open educational resources (OER), or freely downloadable and adaptable learning materials. In 2017, Top Hat nabbed $7.5 But some providers of OER still ask for fees in return, and that has advocates concerned.

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OER Company Adaptive Learning Resources 65

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Using a completely adaptive learning engine and technology-enhanced assessments, UpSmart provides the right level of instruction and practice on each topic for each student. The webcast will take place on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 6:00 p.m.

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Maker Movement Libraries Trends Robotics 40

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 9, 2017

Personalized Learning and the Tech to Make It Happen SXSWedu 2017 Panel One of the most promising ideas in education right now is personalized learning—providing instruction that is meaningful and contextualized for every student. You can add too many tools to the menu. We over-invest in the tool and the technology.

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Personalized Learning Learning EdTech Data 45

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It reduced its developmental course offerings to only one required reading course that is paired with the college-level course, and two self-paced math pathways that use adaptive-learning technology along with guided instruction from a faculty member in the classroom. There were physical changes, too.

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Course Data System Adaptive Learning 75

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Excelligence Learning Acquires Really Good Stuff: Brentwood Associates -backed Excelligence Learning Corp. Really Good Stuff is a multi-channel marketer of classroom products and teaching tools used primarily in grades K-8. has purchased Really Good Stuff. Headquartered in Monroe, Conn., The Knewton-powered enVisionMATH2.0

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Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

One new category of tool schools are experimenting with is. adaptive technology. These digital tools help students master course learning goals by using data generated from students’ interactions with the adaptive software to predict what students should view or do next online. Tell me how the tool works.

Learning 60

Learning OER Software Course 60

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Registration for the course began November 1, 2017. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. In fact, there are so many digital tools, apps, and online learning resources being shared, some educators are feeling overwhelmed.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 211

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

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Blended Learning Adaptive Learning Industry Learning 52

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom. TOOLS THEY USE COXSACKIE-ATHENS ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 55

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

About MobyMax MobyMax helps struggling learners quickly catch up to grade level and closes learning gaps for all students. MobyMax won 10 education awards in 2017, including the prestigious CODiE award for best education cloud-based solution. MobyMax is used in more than 82% of all K-8 schools in the United States, with over 28.7

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Company EdTech Assessment Adaptive Learning 41

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Here are my five resolutions for the 2016 - 2017 school year: 1. The instructional technology space is a fabulous way to find and interact with personal learning communities and leverage other experts in your field. Sure, each tool and toy looked cool at the time. Interested in leadership roles?

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Adaptive Learning Digital Citizenship Personalized Learning Classroom 60

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

I delivered this talk today at the NMC Summer 2017 conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. With the App’s “Do this When” tool, you can create customized actions that respond automatically to your baby. Thank you very much for inviting me to your conference. Or perhaps I’m projecting.) Enhance, not replace.

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Robotics Company Technology System 67

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

In contrast, 21st-century learning is characterized by: Personalized and Adaptive Learning: Tailoring education to individual student needs, abilities, and interests. Project-Based and Experiential Learning: Engaging students in real-world projects and hands-on experiences that make learning relevant and exciting.

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