The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2020

I love it because videos and the editing projects move seamlessly between all of my student’s devices. She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18. Sponsor: Adobe I use Adobe Premiere Rush to teach digital filmmaking in my classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

That’s the industry lingo for companies valued at $10 billion or more. It’s an ultra-exclusive club of two dozen companies across the world, according to CB Insights. Byju’s is the newest member—thanks to an investment from technology investment firm Bond, which values the company at $10.5

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Joanna and Matt Pace write videos on a popular YouTube channel, Hopscotch. Today they talk about what makes a great learning video and how to select good videos on YouTube for K-6 students. K-6 Educational Music Videos: Selecting the Right Videos for Learning. Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Using Edtech to Enhance Learning. So in my American Government class, I run an in-class clip so we are constantly — my students are engaging in instructional videos. Bethany: Wow, EdPuzzle is just fabulous because you know you can embed that formative assessment right there in the video. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

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. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. March 2017 Still no loan approval.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. The company will not take more than $30,000 over the two years.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Edtech and Social Emotional Learning. Transcript: Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Even if you don’t have multiple ages on campus, this can be accomplished through Skype or other video conferencing tools. Have you seen some other edtech tools besides Minecraft that can have this kind of social emotional impact?

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: Find out what professional development your teachers need to run a successful makerspace ! MORE FROM EDTECH: Read how educators are incorporating computer science into their curriculum ! What Are the Benefits of Makerspaces in Schools? Makerspaces have revolutionized what school libraries can do.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

I love it because videos and the editing projects move seamlessly between all of my student’s devices. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Sponsor: Adobe I use Adobe Premiere Rush to teach digital filmmaking in my classroom.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Instead of company founders presenting to crowds at a venue in the San Francisco Bay Area, they provided one-slide presentations, a company description and biographies of employees for a Y Combinator website. Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 14, 2019

Once used by almost every major tech company to create computer content Flash is being replaced by more modern and open platforms. At one time, Flash was THE pioneer and go-to program to create multimedia content, rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video. Get your free download today.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

It’s no small feat making Forbes “30 Under 30” roundup, which in 2017 boasts an acceptance rate of less than 4 percent. And although no current classroom teachers are included this year, 2017 brought with it another batch of former Teach for America (TFA) educators. Shots at getting into Stanford and Harvard are both higher.)

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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. It’s also a time when companies of all sizes and ages announce their latest updates and tools. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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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. Tired Edtech Trends That Teachers Wish Would Retire: From the Floor of ISTE 2017 “I feel like everyone talks about blended learning, and no one really knows what it means.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

over low salaries, one edtech startup, VIPKID, is trying to get teachers to supplement their income by virtually tutoring students in China. The Beijing-based company may soon receive a funding boost to further those efforts and grow its tutoring platform. The raise would value the company at more than $3 billion.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson. He said that he didn’t like being taught by a computer and sitting in front of a computer watching videos and taking notes all day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Rachelle Dene Poth - Bio As Submitted. We've had her on this show before, and she is awesome.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

Alan Aspera first learned he could go online to buy equity in private companies through, of all things, a book he read about a year ago. In February, the company hosted a crowdinvesting campaign on Republic, one of the more popular platforms to attract individuals like Aspera—unaccredited investors who chip in small amounts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of apps and online edtech tools for that! To help you get a little bit more innovative in the coming academic year, here is a list of proven-effective edtech tools that may be highly useful in the classroom. This edtech tool is another way to get information to prepare teaching materials.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015. Already boasting 4,000 tutors covering 1,000 subjects, the company is on the hunt for more teachers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is a perfect idea for special ed teachers and parents who want to use today’s show and make books Book Creator will let you record audio and video AND share the link with parents. Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Enhanced Transcript.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Now, Learning Equality offers a new platform in store to help achieve that: Kolibri , an open-source application that makes videos, textbooks and lessons available to learners around the world available offline. Rather than waiting for the internet to come to learners around the world, the education nonprofit based out of La Jolla, Calif.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

CHARLOTTE, NC —Texas’ Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) today announced it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education , which has supported student learning across the school system since 2017. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Big consumer brands like fast food chains and tech companies pour tons of money into understanding the behaviors of Gen Z and using modern-day marketing techniques to reach them. There’s no question that Gen Z is a financial powerhouse, or that educators and companies in the edtech space need to tap into technology to reach them.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In its latest earnings update, the company confirmed that it is indeed moving ahead with such plans. In Pearson’s 2017 full-year results report , the publisher stated that “we have concluded the strategic review of our US K12 courseware business and have classified the business as held for sale.” billion) in 2017. “It

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It was an edtech entrepreneur’s dream on Wednesday at Intel’s Education Accelerator Demo Day. The program announced that last year, participants like tutoring app company GotIt! It’s the eighth startup project for CEO Cy Megnin, who’s raised $500,000 for the company so far. Based in London, SAM’s 28-person team raised $4.5

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

based company has acquired the KidSense artificial intelligence engine developed by Kadho. This Roybi promo video shows how kids interact with the robot. An Irish company, SoapBox Labs, has taken a similar approach to create early-childhood literacy tools. Founded in 2017, Roybi has raised $4.2 The Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The company’s latest deal involves something a little bit more invisible and behind the scenes, but what it calls “one of the most powerful tools we have in modern education.” That tool is data, and it marks the focus of Microsoft’s first edtech acquisition of 2019: DataSense , a data management platform developed by Brightbytes.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Another bootcamp has been gobbled up by an education technology company looking to break into the corporate learning and career readiness market. A K12 video on its Destinations Career Academies. 31, according to company earnings also released Monday. This K12 video explains how its online education programs work.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

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. Since then the company has swapped hands between other private-equity firms and private investors. He declined to share whether the company is turning a profit.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

— Flipgrid (@flipgrid) February 24, 2017. Each year, Flipgrid enhances their product and it makes our Barrow Peace Prize videos even more powerful. — Charlie Miller, PhD (@design2research) February 24, 2017. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) February 24, 2017. — Flipgrid (@flipgrid) February 24, 2017.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

A handful of other universities (and even preschools ) now accept Bitcoin for tuition, but that’s hardly the extent of how blockchains and tokens are weaving their way into education: Educators and edtech entrepreneurs are now testing out everything from issuing degrees on blockchains to paying people in cryptocurrency for their teaching.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Jennifer Sparrow was nominated to share her thoughts by futurist Bryan Alexander, who wrote for the project in 2017. But what really makes social media a tricky resource for students and educators alike is that most companies don’t view themselves as content publishers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. How the Company Aims to Catch Tutoring Requests That Go Too Far. Here’s a look at how the education company is responding. 2018’s Top 10 Countdown: HigherEd Edition 10.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The four-month program is capped with a pitch night in front of edtech investors. The company is asking for $10 million by October 2018.

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