Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. 2018’s Top 10 Countdown: Business Edition. Many adults are frantically filling stockings.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Bett Show 2018: Creating a better future by transforming education. The 2018 edition will bring together 850 leading companies, 103 exciting new edtech startups and almost 35,000 attendees — teachers, school leaders, instructional designers, and all in all curious people — from more than 100 countries. What could you win?

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2018

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security. Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:47. School safety has become one of the top national issues in the United States in 2018,” said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks in a press release. eli.zimmerman_9856. SAFR has a rate of 99.8

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Endless Network , a global organization dedicated to promoting equity and accessibility, invests strategically in companies worldwide to address challenges such as limited access to quality education. This article focuses on one of those organizations, Learning Equality. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 21, 2019

Quick Take: Getting an accurate view of where your school is in terms of readiness for EdTech innovation is important. Is your school ready for the EdTech revolution? Edtech promises to bring learning from chalkboards to slick computer screens and more. In the US alone $1.45 How will your school adapt? How ready is your school?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in an edtech company’s board meeting, or what keeps founders up at night, here was your chance to find out. Collectively, these companies have reached over 12 million students and have raised an additional $20 million after AT&T’s initial investment. Don’t try to beat ‘em.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. ETS has dabbled in edtech deals before. And it’s acquired three technology companies since its founding in 1947. For acquisitions, it’s targeting companies making at least $20 million in revenue. Now, it is taking the plunge. and Princeton, N.J., where ETS is based.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2018

TCEA 2018: Educators Meet in Austin to Discuss the Future of the Classroom. Mon, 01/15/2018 - 10:32. 5-9, TCEA 2018 is expected to boast more than 8,000 attendees, 1,000 sessions and 450 exhibitors from a variety of tech companies. EdTech will provide coverage of TCEA from the show floor. meghan.bogardu….

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2017

In addition to updating locations and dates to reflect conferences happening from June 2017 to July 2018, we’ve added in a few new events thanks to helpful feedback from our readers. Red events emphasize the business of edtech more than the pedagogy. Gold events are oriented around a specific product or company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2018

My schedule for the Edtech Event of the Year! ISTE 2018 is here again. This post is full of resources to get the most of your ISTE 2018 experience whether you are there (or not.). This post is full of resources to get the most of your ISTE 2018 experience whether you are there (or not.). ISTE 2018 hashtags.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2020

Listen to Mary Howard Talk about Engaging in EdTech for Distance Learning Subscribe to the Show Get Credit! Mary shares her strategies through her blog, [link] and was featured as a NYSED New York State EdTech Innovator in October, 2018. She was a New York State Teacher of the year finalist for 2018 and 2020.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

And even now, some of the company's other services appear to still be down, according to updates from the company. edtech: Information technology for K-12 public schools in America is a $760 billion sector, affecting over 50 million students. What schools can do, experts say, is to diligently vet the edtech they use.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2020

Mary shares her strategies through her blog, [link] and was featured as an NYSED New York State EdTech Innovator in October 2018. Mary’s accolades include recognition as the 2018 International Society for Technology in Education’s Virtual Pioneer of the Year and a Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated. Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. At the same time, major companies are recognizing the potential of a generation that will be looking for jobs as the market for jobs in these fields changes — and offers new options to workers and employers. .

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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. edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. It was early in offering programs that highlighted edtech,” says Frank Catalano, an independent industry strategist who previously served on SIIA’s education board. “It billion in U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

According to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals, investment in edtech companies reached at least $1.66 By dollars, 2019’s deal value saw a 16 percent increase from the previous year, even with five fewer less deals than 2018’s tally. Venture capitalists invested more money in 2018 and 2000.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Consider Guild Education, an online education company led by Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stitch, which reached the highly coveted unicorn status in November 2019. They became only the fourth education company in recent years to be founded by women and valued at over one billion dollars. Out of 575 unicorns. The capital is out there.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch.

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 17, 2019

The Journal’s 2018 Teaching with Technology Survey reveals that 87% of educators , agree that technology has positively impacted their ability to teach. As education institutions fully embrace integrating technology in their pedagogy, here are 5 EdTech trends educators need to watch this year: Integrated Learning Solutions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

tech firms, including edtech players. China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. billion by 2018. Still, companies looking to do business in China face a “tangle of issues.”. The hurdles? Find the right partners. McKinsey & Co.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Tue, 11/27/2018 - 12:47. New research from Macquarie University’s Department of Educational Studies and education technology company Makers Empire finds 3D printing integration can boost creativity, critical thinking and design skills among primary school students. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2018

ISTE partnering teachers and vendors with EdTech Advisory. Mon, 06/04/2018 - 14:12. However, as companies strive to create the optimal tools for teachers, they continue to overlook a key factor: communication with educators pre-application launch. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

He says his team spent about five years trying, and along the way they helped build some small-scale attempts into learning products, such as a pilot chatbot assistant that was part of a Pearson online psychology courseware system in 2018. We’ll have flying cars before we will have AI tutors. It’s like being a therapist or like being a nurse.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Learning technology company HMH announced it has acquired award-winning software company Writable , building on a longstanding partnership between the organizations that includes the integration of Writable’s research-backed writing assessment and practice solution with HMH’s core ELA offerings for grades 3-12.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 26, 2019

Mary shares her strategies through her blog, [link] and was featured as a NYSED New York State EdTech Innovator in October 2018. Mary’s accolades include recognition as the 2018 International Society for Technology in Education’s Virtual Pioneer of the Year and a Silver Presidential Volunteer Service award.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fri, 09/21/2018 - 16:57. However, in exchange, education technology companies may have access to student information including biometrics, personal identifiable information and students’ geolocation. . Discuss with their local districts about what and how EdTech technologies and programs are used in their schools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure. This means that the companies end up with large amounts of sensitive data.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2019

In China, the edtech industry appears to be immune to the whiplash that has hit venture investing across other sectors. From January through March 2019, 131 China edtech ventures raised more than $1.86 All deals in vocational training amounted to about $593 million, or a third of the financing in the edtech sector during the quarter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 1, 2018

Using Edtech to Enhance Learning. Date: May 1, 2018. Bethany regularly blogs at Teaching with Technology ( [link] ) where she shares resources, ideas, edtech tools, tips, and tricks, as well as reflections from her blended/flipped/gamified high school Social Studies classroom. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here. Blog: [link].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

What began with faculty interest in Stephenson’s Canadian company, Riipen, which connects students with class projects offered by actual businesses, led to conversations with a university accelerator that invests in edtech startups and connects them with faculty to launch pilot programs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? School leader, Jordan Silvestri and Kiddom representative, Melissa Giroux, describe what it takes for an edtech company to deliver the kind of personalized experience to its customers that teachers give to their students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

For the past decade, the most esteemed business plan competition for edtech entrepreneurs has been held by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and sponsored by Milken Family Foundation. Here’s why he believes edtech entrepreneurs will win from taking part in the EBPC competition.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Indian online education startup Byju’s, which already reached the billion-dollar valuation from private investors in 2018, can now claim a new distinction: “decacorn.” 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.

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