Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It’s rare enough for any entrepreneur to lead a company to a $275 million sale—in cash. But that’s how much Dave Dahl sold his family company , Dave’s Killer Bread, for in 2015. Today, it claims to be the largest organic bread company in America. He learned about it when the company reached out to him last November.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Joining them were an additional 6,000 reps from companies big and small. Fractions covers math standards for grades 3-6 and features a storyline and what the company calls “personalized feedback” through an online tutor. The company describes it as a “digital, adaptive personalized learning solution.”

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2018

Thu, 05/24/2018 - 08:31. Acer is once again aggressively targeting the education market with the first two-in-one 15-inch Chromebook, unveiled Wednesday during the company’s Next@Acer keynote event in New York City. Tablet Has a Touch of Google AR. Acer Unveils Ultrafast Convertible Chromebook. jena.passut_7651.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

In 2018, it reached classrooms in 52,000 schools, or nearly half of all public schools in the U.S. The STEM-related projects on DonorsChoose—which made up 13 percent of all requests in 2018, up from 10 percent in 2016—continue to shape and expand what it means to learn computer science, Rosen adds.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

The company, NextStep , has tested its brand of caregiver training delivered by mobile device in Colorado. million on top of its previous seed rounds, bringing the company to a total of about $9 million raised to date. Assuming the company grows as planned, NextStep will next pursue a Series A round, says Hedrick.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

It was bought in 2010 by News Corporation, which invested more than $1 billion into the company and rebranded it as Amplify. The company is no longer as high-profile—or as big—as it once was. What have the past years taught him, and where is the company going? EdSurge: What is Amplify in 2018? So what is Amplify today?

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. It may have captured pole position in the U.S., Outside the U.S.,

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Wed, 09/12/2018 - 12:18. Some companies are already offering clear pathways to help cut down on tracking cookies so schools can feel more confident in maintaining their students’ privacy while still encouraging the use of online resources and devices in classrooms. Mindful Tracking Cookie Policies Improve K—12 Data Security.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. A 2018 survey conducted for Dell Technologies indicates most of these young people use technology as part of their formal education, and they want to work with technology.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. A 2018 survey conducted for Dell Technologies indicates most of these young people use technology as part of their formal education, and they want to work with technology.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Companies such as Dell , Microsoft , Acer and Google offer programs to help students get certified to repair devices or manage collaboration platforms. A 2018 survey conducted for Dell Technologies indicates most of these young people use technology as part of their formal education, and they want to work with technology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

But some companies are jumping the gun. Below are the finest collection of stories you’ll never see on any other day, and which have been brewing in our heads over the course of 2018 in between too many cups of coffee, indecipherable email pitches, 1:1 meetings, product sprints and the occasional but unavoidable sparring on Twitter.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Mon, 04/02/2018 - 10:38. If that works at companies like Google and Apple, the same mindset should be in schools.”. While students can connect some robots to the wireless network, they can also send instructions to their robots by connecting wirelessly on their tablets through Bluetooth, Mecham says. meghan.bogardu…. Engagement.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Last December, following a Disney investment that valued the company at $376 million , the Oslo-based company made clear its intention to build a pipeline for acquisitions. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Tue, 06/19/2018 - 14:03. inch Android tablet affixed to the remote controller. . Product Review: DJI Phantom 4 Pro+ Enables to Unique Film Production for Students. eli.zimmerman_9856. The unit, which weighs about 3.1 pounds, is identical to the Phantom 4 Pro, but adds a 5.5-inch Simple Controls Make Learning to Use a Breeze.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Nearpod customers will continue to receive the support, service, and innovation they have come to expect and love from the company. Nearpod works with any classroom technology, from tablets and smartphones to laptops and Chromebooks. In 2018, Nearpod was named EdTech Digest’s Company of the Year.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

He is currently the chief product officer of Renaissance Learning, which acquired myON in 2018. They were the most powerful companies in education. They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. The largest companies in 2010 were the textbook providers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

The message reads: “TenMarks will no longer be available after the 2018-2019 school year. She emailed the company to learn that it was not. A company spokesperson wrote via email that “after a thorough review of TenMarks, we’ve made the difficult decision to no longer offer this service after June 30, 2019.” education strategy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

He held in his hand a tablet and I watched as it recorded my brainwaves. As I repeated “up, up, up” in my mind, I watched the tablet map my thoughts, converting my brainwaves into an algorithm. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, Olivier Oullier, president of EMOTIV, told me when I asked him about his company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones. And so it's actually funny because I was listening to your podcast back in I guess 2018, 2019, and you were interviewing this woman, Pana Asavavatana , and she was talking about icon literacy. (See So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

A photo from a 2018 report shows a teacher using Lumilo smart glasses, developed at Carnegie Mellon University, in an experiment. He invented a pair of goggles that allowed teachers to see their student data dashboards without a tablet or a computer screen. Related: These glasses give teachers superpowers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Co-founding Deledao in 2018, Ji is no stranger to this segment of the technology market. Deledao is a digital wellness company providing browser-based filtering solutions for home and school. It works on Chromebooks, Windows, Mac OS, mobile devices and tablets. About Deledao .

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Three million frogs are harvested each year for classroom dissections in the United States, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which partnered with the manufacturing company SynDaver to develop the synthetic frog. And, having added a new campus in nearby Plano in 2018, school leaders are searching for the next site.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2018

for startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Summer 2018 Demo Day. Seven of the 134 companies in this batch provide education services—which is a similar percentage from the last cohort. In this latest cohort of edtech companies, only one is aimed at being used in classrooms. Why not more?

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

CSEdWeek and The Hour of Code arrive December 3-9, 2018, and this annual event is bigger than ever. New for 2018! modern browsers, smartphones & tablets. modern browsers, smartphones & tablets. modern browsers, smartphones & tablets. modern browsers and tablets. modern browsers and tablets.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

NYC Media Lab merges engineering and design research happening at the city’s universities with resources and opportunities from the media and technology industry—to produce new prototypes, launch new companies and advocate for the latest thinking. They’re tailored to take place in the trainee’s home precinct.

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The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimates that companies spent an average of $1,273 per year per employee on training. Mercer’s 2018 global talent trends survey found that “most employees want their company to offer more flexible work options.” Games Can Be Played Anywhere. Games Are Perfect for Microlearning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A generation ago, the biggest employers in eastern Kentucky were coal companies, which received significant incentives, including tax breaks, from local and state governments to operate in the region. When the companies left, thousands of people found themselves unemployed, with no other job prospects in the area.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Several have started their own companies. Students enrolled through the Pell Grant use tablets and laptops to receive instruction and complete assignments, though they are never given access to the “open internet,” he says. In December 2018, Peninsula College rolled out laptops to students at the correctional facility. “We

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The digital diffusion of education enabled the development of the collaborative economy, which refers to an economic system in which companies and several independent creators and producers aggregate and create value jointly in freely interconnected networks. “Co-creation, Education Technology / November 13, 2018.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Digital Promise and other nonprofit organizations including EveryoneOn and The Learning Accelerator have been working with companies and schools to ensure these programs and offers are making their way into the hands of teachers, students, and families across the country. For some families, this may be the only reliable home connection.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

is a for-profit company that sells data analysis to public schools. One of its products monitors which websites students visit and which apps they’re clicking on their tablets. A report was released in November 2018. Apps are increasingly common in U.S. BrightBytes Inc. Yes, even kindergarteners are using apps at school.)

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

Chicago IL – July 25, 2018 – CDI Computer Dealers , a leading provider of technology to schools, has earned an award from Microsoft for deploying more than 1 million OS licenses in North America. The company provides student and teacher devices, a wide range of classroom technology and accessories, deployment services and warranty programs.

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The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimated that companies spent an average of $1,273 per employee on training. Mercer’s 2018 global talent trends survey found that “most employees want their company to offer more flexible work options.” Learners Can Play Games Anywhere. You can accomplish both with games.

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The Game Agency

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I deployed the Jump and Match games on behalf of a leading Fortune 100 processor company. This is a great way to make a company wide conference call more engaging. Mercer’s 2018 Global Talent Trends survey found that “most employees want their company to offer more flexible work options.” ” Malissa Shaw.

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