Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

Both K-12 and higher-ed institutions have begun to use WriteLab’s tools, including the likes of Stanford University, UC Riverside and the charter network, Carpe Diem. The company has also begun partnering with other companies such as Pearson and Microsoft. Writing tools are particularly interesting to the company.

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Chegg Tools Pearson EdTech 71

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

The company offers a three-tier partnership program that offers partnering companies different marketing and sales perks based on how tightly their tools are integrated with the Microsoft products such as Azure (its cloud computing platform), School Data Sync (its rostering system) and Edge (its successor to the Internet Explorer web browser).

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2019

The study from Glimpse K12 tracked 200,000 curriculum software licenses purchased by 275 schools during the 2017-2018 school year. To hone in on the root cause of unused and wasted resources, school districts need to ask two important foundational questions,” says Adam Pearson, Glimpse K12’s co-founder. K-12 schools.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

The most recent data NACS has on the latter behavior is from the fall of 2017, when 4 percent of respondents reported obtaining materials through illegal downloads. For example, in mid-July, publishing giant Pearson announced it will adopt a “digital first” strategy for updating college course materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today’s sponsor: Metaverse is a free simple augmented reality tool. Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017. We work with robotics, because robotics are tools that allow them to learn coding and to learn abstract logic and thinking while not sitting in front of a computer screen. Students can program. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). It has even tried partnering with publishers like Pearson to digitize their print materials, according to Silagadze. in 1962.

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Knewton Company OER Pearson 138

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

They were looking to license their tools, or acquire them, or simply see what new ideas startups were coming up with,” says Karen Billings, who ran SIIA’s education technology division from 2002 to 2016. There were no vendor halls where salespeople demoed their tools. All the big companies wanted to find out who the new ones were.

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Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 165

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. In 2017, the company launched a marketplace for e-textbooks, working with authors and offering openly licensed content from the likes of OpenStax as well. Though the company has seen some growth overseas, in the U.K.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

What’s Next for Pearson? The digital era has rocked the once-steady foundation for education kingmakers like Pearson. But after cutting assets ranging from the company’s stake in The Economist to PowerSchool, a student information system, Pearson finally reported a profit again in 2017. Without a University Involved.).

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MOOC Chegg Coursera Pearson 123

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Founded in 1997, Powerschool was first bought by Apple in 2001, and then by Pearson in 2006. The two companies previously partnered in 2017 on product integrations that allowed users to more easily access and share information across both systems. The pending deal would combine two established companies with large customer bases.

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Schoology LMS Moodle Haiku Learning 96

EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

These 10 companies are hiring teachers over the summer 2017: Back to Basics Learning Dynamics is hiring experienced, accomplished tutors, teachers, translators, interpreters, and education specialists in Delaware. They are backed by the impressive and effective tools and resources that have helped over 21,000 students fulfill their goals.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2017

We’ll also be giving away of their book Blended Vocabulary for K12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital tools and Direct Instruction and you can enter by clicking here and following the instructions. Some apps and tools for teaching vocabulary. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here. Dr. Kimberly Tyson.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Pearson CEO John Fallon today announced plans to retire in 2020 after a successor has been appointed. Fallon succeeded Marjorie Scardino, who led Pearson during the previous 16 years. He joined Pearson in 1997, first as director of communication and later overseeing its international business operations. billion market value.

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Pearson Company Report Strategy 150

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Don’t expect coding and AI tools to be in vogue for long—at least in education. Today, from Brady’s perspective, “the space for teacher productivity tools is pretty crowded,” he shares. These were the kinds of tools that used to make up a sizable portion of Imagine K12 cohorts. You won’t find those companies in this batch.

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Technology Education Company Pearson 125

EdTech4Beginners

MAY 29, 2017

This argument makes sense due to the fact that kids will have an easier time catching up on with the lessons using tools that they already use for their day-to-day conversations. a survey from Pearson Foundation suggested that 6 out 10 college and high school students agree that the use of tablets helped them study efficiently.

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iPad Pearson Study Tablets 154

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

According to Futuresource Consulting, a market research firm, in the third quarter of 2017, Google’s Chromebooks captured 59.8 Everything that you want to do on a Chromebook can be done in Windows,” Salcito said, adding that it comes with Windows-specific tools such as such as Paint 3D and Minecraft: Education Edition. percent share.

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Microsoft Chromebook Pearson Comparison 76

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. Pearson, P. New York: Continuum. Teachers College Press. Griffo, V. & Raphael, T.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Pearson has been cutting things and retrenching a bit. Then as you point out, Pearson exited the K-12 courseware industry. In 2017, we put together a new strategy and a new team, and this is the first set of products that have come off the new assembly line. The following is an excerpt of our interview, edited for clarity.

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Pearson Industry Assessment Company 72

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

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called 2017: RIP OER? , And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. I pondered whether this year would be the end of OER. They don’t.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? The best way to ‘prepare’ for future technological changes is to go with an LMS that plays well with external tools.". On the EdSurge Product Index alone, 56 products self-identify and fall into the LMS category.

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System LMS Schoology Social Media 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

There was a ton of activity in the K-12 space in 2017 and 2018, and a lot of stuff that got done then. You have Weld North being bought by Silver Lake in 2018 (and now actively pursuing digital curriculum tools ) and Cambium being bought by Veritas Capital. Many of these deals happened at very attractive EBITDA multiples.

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Industry EdTech Trends Knewton 112

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative. Department of Education’s 2017 National Education Technology Plan. (A Enrollments in these schools have been growing about 6 percent per year. A 2020 update is in the works; the government is soliciting public comments.) Archambault agrees.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. The overall state funding for public two- and four-year colleges in the 2017 school year was nearly $9 billion below its 2008 level, after adjusting for inflation.

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Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In South Carolina, for example, there were simply not enough qualified teachers to fill positions during the 2017–2018 school year: 6,700 South Carolina teachers left their positions after the 2016–2017 school year, with 4,900 leaving teaching altogether. & Pearson, R. has decried teacher shortages. Striking women.

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Social Media Survey Policies Examples 79

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

Five years ago, in an essay called “ 2017: RIP OER? ” And if 2017 is the end of the road for our vision of the transformative power of OER, it will be our own fault.) We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).if

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. ” (For what it’s worth, Kleiner Perkins made just one major investment in education in 2017, participating in Coursera’s $64 million round this summer. Venture Capital in 2017. Is this really a trend?

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

TD-OTR refers to strategies that allow teachers to gauge student participation and understanding continually (Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). This not only keeps students actively engaged but also provides immediate feedback to the teacher on student understanding (Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). 2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017).

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Classroom Secondary Strategy Examples 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

edtech startups in 2017. Source: EdSurge Higher Education & Post-Secondary Post-secondary tools altogether saw a notable bump in funding. But questions remain whether these digital tools are being used. And if tools aren’t being used, what’s the point of purchasing them? Last year, U.S. billion raised by U.S.

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EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 155

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

Jennifer Pearson checked back in after her bonus episode. Kasey’s PowerSheets from 2017-2020. I’m sharing my favorite remote work tips, tools, and practices to help you navigate the #remotelearning world. Truth be told, most of these productivity hacks are tips I would recommend whether you are working from home or school.

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How To Google Exercises Pearson 101

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Last year Bob Reiser invited me to contribute a chapter to the fourth edition of Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology , to be published by Pearson. Pearson agreed. New York, NY: Pearson Education. If you’re interested, the full citation is: Wiley, D. Reiser & J. Summary of Key Principles.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In the digital age, this also means being proficient in using online tools for collaboration, such as cloud-based document sharing, video conferencing , and collaborative project management software. 2017; Zelezny & Schulz, 2000) highlight how environmental awareness influences learners attitudes and behaviors.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 27, 2020

In a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by Beable, educators and entrepreneurs—committed to developing students’ academic and lifelong skills—shared strategies and tools designed to propel student engagement, strengthen academic proficiency, and build young people’s capacity for gainful employment and financial well-being.

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Learning Blended Learning Company Pearson 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

They invoke Dewey and Freire and Montessori as guiding lights and take pains to emphasize, in almost liturgical unison, that personalized learning is not about tech — and that “tech is just a tool.” You have that concern: What are you trading for the free use of this tool?” (A There are no exceptions to this.”

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Elementary 98

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

According to Pearson Education, 84% teachers , administrators and students think that shifting to digital can solve the challenges of education. Adjusted Learning Experiences – The courseware includes regular and immediate feedback loop for students, often in combination with assessment and assignment tools.

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eBook Gamification Education Pearson 98

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

.” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. The History of Pearson.

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