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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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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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8 Cool Tools You May Have Missed at ISTE 2017

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It's not easy to stand out among the the giants of edtech like Google, Apple, or Microsoft. Silas uses gamification, avatar creation, and (soon) VR to help kids record videos of their own situations and get teachers involved in feedback. Ziro : There's Sphero and Ozobot , and a host of other robotics tools out there.

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Three Career Paths for Educational Innovators—How to Get There and Where the Jobs Are

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STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. In 2017, I began a position at UNC Chapel Hill directing the new M.A. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. Create 3D printables - sell on Shapeways.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Dynamic Learning v. Static Learning (DO THIS, NOT THAT)

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Static Learning (DO THIS, NOT THAT) #SUL #edtech #edchat Click To Tweet. SUL #edtech #edchat Click To Tweet. The VIP trainer course opens twice yearly (May and December) and will re-open for enrollment on November 10, 2017 , and close on November 27, 2017. © Shake Up Learning 2017. The post Dynamic Learning v.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform.

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Highlights From a Year of Tracking Future Trends in Education

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If we look back on 2017 in educational technology, some of the biggest surprises were political and cultural. In 2017 the Trump administration did not embrace free tuition, to put it mildly, but localities did in various forms, from New York state to Providence, Rhode Island. Has gaming worn out its welcome in schools and colleges?

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