The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Using Edtech to Enhance Learning. They’re completing formative assessments. Bethany: Wow, EdPuzzle is just fabulous because you know you can embed that formative assessment right there in the video. In the classroom the formative assessment is extremely important, and those tools just make it fun. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

This money will support edtech deals at the seed, Series A and later fundraising stages. Despite having invested in dozens of edtech startups over the past decade, Quazzo says there are no shortage of intractable problems remaining in education. billion in 2017. Several past GSV investments have turned into a big payday.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

2017 is shaping up to be a big year of what-if’s. While device penetration is increasing and edtech products are proliferating, adequate infrastructure in schools lags behind. While device penetration is increasing and edtech products are proliferating, adequate infrastructure in schools lags behind. education technology agenda.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Dartmouth College) I took inspiration from Dr. Seuss, and immense liberty in adapting "Oh, The Places You’ll Go" into ‘Oh, The Places Edtech Will Go’ with dedication and thanks to two special six- and ten-year-old girls for their contributions to the rhymes. Edtech will be global.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

In 2017, 53 percent of the students in the K-12 public education system in the United States were Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indigenous or multiracial. Education funders must invest in gap-closing edtech solutions. Another way to analyze whether a solution is gap-closing is to assess who pays for it.

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System EdTech Digital Divide Education 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The two companies were also among the 10 companies that raised the most funding in 2017 as well. The high tally for venture funding this year is not unique to the edtech industry. edtech companies, but their counterparts overseas have also attracted plenty of venture capital.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

According to a 2018 research report , AI-based technologies are primed to grow within the edtech market by just under 47%. The program is able to assess not only wrong and right answers, but steps taken and hints used and then map that over previous tasks and assessments completed.

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Classroom Software Assessment EdTech 255

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. But there’s still a ways to go to hit the FCC’s “longer-term” target of 1 Mbps, which was to kick in by now, for taking advantage of bandwidth-hungry edtech apps. “Early childhood” videos on YouTube nearly all have advertising. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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Broadband Report Video EdTech 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Edtech gatherings that attract more than 1,000 attendees, such as LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference last week in Boston, are usually echo chambers of hubbub and hoopla about technology’s potential to transform education. Adam Peloquin, a high school science teacher, had to completely transform the way his students were assessed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

There is an increased movement towards personalizing the educational experience, practiced with student agency and choice on assessments. 4 Action Steps to Prepare New Teachers to Use Edtech. He can be found on Twitter @T4edtech and on his YouTube Channel Transformative Edtech. T4Edtech #edtech.

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Technology Digital Citizenship EdTech Study 301

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Research continues to provide further evidence that the conventional wisdom about learning styles should be rejected by educators and students alike (Kirschner, 2017; Husmann & O'Loughlin, 2018; Riener & Willingham, 2010). There is little scientific support for this fashionable idea—and stronger evidence for other learning strategies.

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Learning Strategy Outcomes Study 389

Shake Up Learning

MAY 25, 2021

The post 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment – SULS0111 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Jen shares ideas that will help teachers go BEYOND traditional assessments like reports, essays, presentations, and cookie-cutter assignments. 4 Projects that Go Beyond Traditional Assessment with @virtualgiff.

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Assessment Blended Learning Google EdTech 90

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 25, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Monica Burns @ classtechtips talks about the hottest edtech topics right now (and those that aren’t so hot) in this candid and wide-ranging conversation. She also provides support to organizations using technology to reach children and families in need.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2017

Join education thought leader Alan November in Boston July 26-28 for his 2017 Building Learning Communities edtech conference , where hundreds of K-12 and higher-education leaders from around the globe will gather to discuss the world’s most successful innovations in education. The Big Mistake with Traditional Assessments.

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Assessment Conference EdTech Data 97

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. edtech investor, including. Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. million (Seed) 2017 EduLab Brightwheel $10 million (A) 2017 GGV Capital ClassWallet $1.5

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EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 94

EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are building their esports programs. As recently as 2017, educational technology experts expressed frustration at the lack of options to market and distribute educational offerings. . A majority of educators agree that video games can help K–12 learning. The same goes for Chromebooks.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Here are three different areas of connectivity K–12 IT teams may want to consider when deciding how to configure their schools’ networks: MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are preparing their infrastructures for IoT integration! It depends on your learning goals, according to EducationSuperHighway. Everyday 1:1 Technology Use.

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Broadband Survey Mobility EdTech 319

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2017

If you’d like to get your students to create their own video walkthroughs or tutorials then check out my book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions. Edpuzzle and PlayPosit are two of the most popular educational tools for creating video quizzes and assessments.

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Video Tools Assessment Digital Learning 378

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Last summer, when I was working for ThinkCERCA, which helps students develop critical thinking skills through reading and writing, the edtech startup was facing a big decision: should it try and break into the lucrative Chinese market? Here’s a handy guide for anyone in edtech looking to cross the Pacific.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

That was early in the days of low-cost cloud computing enabling a multitude of new edtech startups, really fast internet beginning its spread to schools, and Chromebooks starting their climb to ascendance in U.S. Attendance numbers more in the hundreds than the thousands, owing to SIIA’s tight focus on edtech industry companies.

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Industry Conference EdTech Company 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. Microcredentials, and controversial moves and pivots by edtech companies hoping to disrupt the higher education landscape. Here’s the 2017 countdown, from #10 to #1. So what were some of the most popular themes?

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Coursera MOOC Company Course 90

techieMusings

JUNE 8, 2017

This final cornerstone assessment engages students in an extended study analyzing how megacities are transforming the world. Finally, we chose to display model websites on a Google map — Megacity Project Showcase 2017. It’s hard to believe that this is our fourth year assigning this project!

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Assessment EdTech Guidelines Course 77

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Goodbye ABCs: How One State Is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments What happens when you take away grades and grade levels?

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Khan Academy EdTech LMS Trends 76

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

ETS is best known for offering assessments like the GRE and TOEFL exams. And ETS contracts with OECD, which creates the global education assessment benchmark test known as PISA. Knack and NurseDash aren’t the first edtech deals for ETS, however. million in 2017. million in 2017. With more than $1.3

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Technology EdTech Education Assessment 106

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! According to a CDW survey from 2017 , 83 percent of responding school districts agree their IoT investment will increase in the coming years. Like any other technology introduced on campus, IoT will need a robust infrastructure to back it.

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Future Ready Data Survey Industry 334

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. 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 But for the U.S.

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EdTech Report Company Industry 66

EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

I think 2017 is going to be an exciting year, there’s going to be a lot more cloud based technology than there was before and when classes and content are delivered in the cloud and via browsers, it means kids can access the same experience and content at home as they can in the classroom.

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Trends Technology Learning Analytics Robotics 100

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Personalized Learning Tools Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction 329

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! third-grade teacher Amy Rosenstein initially used Skype to connect their classrooms with those in other countries, EdTech reports. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. StudentSafety #edtech. Pull Quote. Performance marketing flag.

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Digital Citizenship EdTech Elementary Smartphone 286

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! third-grade teacher Amy Rosenstein initially used Skype to connect their classrooms with those in other countries, EdTech reports. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. StudentSafety #edtech. Pull Quote. Performance marketing flag.

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Digital Citizenship EdTech Elementary Smartphone 286

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Flocks of educators and entrepreneurs have made their way down to San Antonio this week for the mecca of edtech conferences, hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education—better known as ISTE. Kids can do homework through the app and use it any place, on the go,” Harrell explains.

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SchoolDude Microsoft Company Learning Analytics 121

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

21 September 2017. “While those sound like common-sense steps for folks who are deploying 1-to-1 programs in schools, the history of ed tech is littered with examples of those common sense steps not being taken,” said Doug Levin, the founder and CEO of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm, in an interview. Education Week.

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Laptops EdTech Assessment Strategy 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

21 September 2017. “While those sound like common-sense steps for folks who are deploying 1-to-1 programs in schools, the history of ed tech is littered with examples of those common sense steps not being taken,” said Doug Levin, the founder and CEO of EdTech Strategies, a consulting firm, in an interview. Education Week.

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Laptops EdTech Assessment Strategy 150

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. According to The Baltimore Sun , the company claimed users in roughly 10,000 schools as of October 2017. This marks just the second “edtech” acquisition by Google in its history.

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Google Technology Education EdTech 149

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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Doug Levin

DECEMBER 5, 2017

5 December 2017. Doug Levin, president of EdTech Strategies, suggested that the two agencies review their rules from the perspective of school student data security.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2019

Already, one New York-based edtech company has raised $100 million. It launched in 2015 with $100 million , and re-upped in 2017 with a $185 million coffer. Department of Education has been embarking on a listening tour to help educators make sense of edtech research. Expect more dollars to flow. The research arm of the U.S.

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