Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” This is a bonanza for the tech industry and other vendors. Indeed, $2.3 Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Reach Capital Edtech Outlook 2017 from Jennifer Carolan. Education technology spans a broad category of classroom tools, spanning corporate learning, language learning, digital learning content and more. For those that track this industry closely, the highlighted trends will not come as a surprise. Source: Reach Capital 4.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 27, 2022

Though an estimated one-third of US workers across industries and occupations would benefit from developing digital skills—particularly among workers of color —fewer than 10 percent of people who need digital skills training and support are able to access education services due to longstanding systemic inequities.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2017

These shows happen across the year and across the world, gathering teachers and techies alike around tools and tips that support teaching and learning. The calendar below lists the locations and dates for most of the major K-12 conferences from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. How to stay posted on the latest edtech events.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

These include big-name sponsors, competitive pro leagues, college competitions and, in 2017, more global viewers than the 2016 NFL regular season. This includes creating tools like text groups, email lists, and social media sites. Published May 12, 2017. These skills honed in game play readies students for life.”. at: [link].

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Of course, she advocated for its use as a support tool rather than a substitute for genuine effort. The panelists provided personal insights into their experiences with AI tools, demonstrating their practical benefits. The panelists recognized that there is a reluctance among some educators to integrate AI tools into their teaching.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. Here’s the 2017 countdown, from #10 to #1. But students are now pushing back on these generational generalizations—especially the assumption that they’re all “digital natives” who can wield any tech tool with ease.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Advances in technology are disrupting almost every industry, and in almost every country. Take a moment to consider the digital disruption that has already occurred in the following industries (Goodwin, 2015). Retrieved from [link] McKinsey & Company (2017). .…and now Sears. Empower student agency. Goodwin, T.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

Fuller, who has covered the edtech industry for over a decade, recently shared her take on current trends on edtech mergers and acquisitions. There was a ton of activity in the K-12 space in 2017 and 2018, and a lot of stuff that got done then. What follows is a transcript of the conversation, lightly edited for clarity.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Some of the best things about an ed-tech conference are the sessions, where attendees learn about new tools and resources, trends, and teaching strategies. We’ve put together a list of apps, tools and resources from those sessions. Did you have a favorite session or tool that isn’t listed here?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. districts, and plans to use that anonymized, historical data to “build the foundation of our matching tools.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I learned the correct ways to use these tools and how to distinguish which tool to use based on the educational goal I’m trying to achieve,” said Tina Rhoades, Middle School Teacher, Somers Lakeside School District 29, Somers, MT. “I MindSpark nurtures meaningful relationships with more than 1K industry and community partners.

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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. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2020

“Middle skills” jobs are estimated to comprise 53 percent of the economy , and the ones that have been hard to fill involve the use of digital tools like Jira, Google Analytics, or Power BI. Burning Glass estimates that there were over 9 million roles posted in 2017 that fit this category, and the number continues to grow.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

The cognitive graph [that the company built] is a powerful tool to understanding human behavior,” he says. Complicating matters was that Ramona Pierson, its iconic co-founder and CEO, fell ill with a medical complication that forced her to leave Declara in 2017. But for what? She later took up a post at Amazon.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

How do we take smart tools and use them to attack that dataset?” Her school spent a few months on a STEM mystery novel project that involved multimedia tools along with books to prompt deep conversations about artificial intelligence, engineering design and ethics. He wasn’t the only keynote speaker urging schools to take AI seriously.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

Geared towards giving girls in middle and high school access to STEM resources and career exploration tools, this program dives deeply into the topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cyber security. The Women’s History Month theme for 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”In Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While interactive 3D was once solely the domain of video games, today the same tool that’s used to make “Fortnite” is used to create immersive experiences that can train surgeons , plan urban infrastructure , sell unbuilt real estate and even configure luxury cars.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazon will be sunsetting TenMarks and its online instructional tools, which were once at the forefront of the company’s K-12 digital education strategy. In 2013, TenMarks was acquired by Amazon in a deal that was greeted by the edtech industry as a sign that major technology giants were serious about expanding into education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment. Computer Fundamentals: Students learn to harness technology as a tool to create, problem-solve and collaborate with others.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Nearpod offers some of its content and tools for free and sells licenses to individual teachers, schools and districts. Its largest institutional shareholders are Insight Partners, which led its $21-million Series B round in 2017, followed by Reach Capital. The company is also currently turning a profit, according to Carrera.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The investment strategy does have specific parameters—the most important of which is that prospective funding recipients should be able to show how their tools and services align with Salesforce’s existing product offerings. In September, Owl Ventures launched two funds, totaling $585 million , just for the education industry.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Most mapping tools feature a way to import data, with plenty of examples, search functions, and instructions to help users. We’ve spent hours creating a comprehensive list of the best mapping software products, comparing the best online mapping tools and printable maps for classroom mapping purposes.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Kelly provides students with access to a variety of tools and multiple forms of technology so that they have the opportunity to develop diverse skill sets. She facilitates a dedicated classroom makerspace where students, grades K-6, visit once a week to enhance their learning with STEAM-themed projects and challenges. Join the Community.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

Recent forecasts point to a growing industry. From 2005 to 2017, the number of licensed small home-based child care programs dipped by almost half, according to data from the U.S. Melot, who started using Brightwheel in 2017, says she now pays about $5,000 in total software licenses per year. In 2019, total U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

ASU+GSV Summit , now in its eighth year, has assembled yet another potent cocktail of education industry stakeholders from different walks of life. edtech industry. Bankers, lawyers, researchers and policymakers. Administrators, entrepreneurs and the Golden State Warriors.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. billion have revenue by the end of 2017, and projects that number to increase to $14 billion by 2022.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

billion in revenues in 2017, ETS claims to be the largest assessment provider in the world, involved in delivering more than 50 million tests across over 180 countries every year. It bought Edusoft, an English language-learning tool, in 2011 and purchased assessment provider Questar for $127.5 million in 2017. million in 2017.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 8, 2019

In that industrial-age model, teachers tell students what to memorize while students practice memorizing and retrieving that knowledge for formative and summative assessments. 40 (Hattie, in Magana, 2017). Look for the part two of the series, The Translational Impact of Digital Tools in the Classroom, coming soon.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

Andrew’s School as the Associate Director of Advancement and the Meyer Foundation as a Program Officer, Nakamoto joined Discovery Education in 2017. Following stints at St. At Discovery Education, Nakamoto has elevated the role of multi-sector partnership development to specifically focus on the K-12 landscape. award-winning ?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2017

I understand what a powerful tool it is. But it is also fraught with risk, and the tech industry has not done enough to mitigate the risks. While many entrepreneurs are investing in software to capture this burgeoning industry, there is still no solid evidence that students learn more or better when taught by a computer.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2023

Situated in the diverse school district of Yonkers, the third largest city in New York state, the magnet school has implemented strategic measures to enable and empower its students through various tools and programs. Her commitment to student success is truly inspiring.” said Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The company offers a mix of career advice and matchmaking tools that connect students with alumni and employers in their local communities and abroad. The platform can also function as a sort of customer relationship management tool to help university officials manage donor communications and relationships. The Washington, D.C.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Also note, and ironically so, that due to the extended nature of this episode and that we have four speakers, the AI tools I use to write the transcript had a bit of a meltdown, and I've had to apply a significant amount of human intelligence to the transcript which delayed this episode to Thursday. million downloads across the globe.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Purchasing KidSense made sense because most commercial speech recognition tools are built based on data from adults speaking, she adds. An Irish company, SoapBox Labs, has taken a similar approach to create early-childhood literacy tools. Another AI-powered speech education tool, Amira, raised $5 million in September.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

GLASS BLOWERS AND BLACKSMITHS from Oakland-based industrial arts school the Crucible were welding, hammering and firing away outside the expo hall. We teach people how to use these tools so they can go off and do their own projects,” said Nate Chandler, who teaches electrical engineering at the Crucible.

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