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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

With more than 4 billion users now connected to the internet, 50% of the global population (Forbes, December 2018), it is not surprising that the education sector has embraced devices and software to interact, engage, and enhance the learning environment for students. In 2018, total venture capital funding notched a new record at $99.5B

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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Kristy Custer is one of the pioneers of the video gaming movement in schools. The Kansas Health Foundation named her a Civic Health Hero, and the Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals named her the 2018 Principal of the Year. Dr. Custer is a leader in character education and civic advocacy.

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Created Entirely By Students

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

That’s the opening to ‘Be Free – iHub Open 2018’ Except, I’m not sure you understand what that truly means. Have a look at the video now. Be Free – iHub Open 2018. Not including stock videos they’d taken previously, a dozen students were part of the creation of this video.

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How to Help Your Students Learn Healthy Communication Skills

Waterford

Classroom activities like reflective writing in journals is a great way to teach communication skills to PreK, elementary, or secondary students. On this site, teachers can post questions as videos, and students can respond in video form.[8]. April, 2018. August, 2018. Sources: 1. Hanifran, Olivia. “5 Mentimeter.

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The Virtual High School Announces 2018 College Scholarship Winners

techlearning

Graduating senior Corey Campbell, from Wiscasset High School in Wiscasset, Maine, won the $1000 first place award from the VHS 2018 scholarship program with her original song submission. Our 2018 winners really showed their creative talents in their submissions,” said Carol Ribeiro, President & CEO of VHS.

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Lexia PowerUp Literacy Wins Tech & Learning“Best of Show”Award at ISTE 2018

techlearning

– Lexia Learning today announced that its online literacy program Lexia PowerUp Literacy (PowerUp) received Tech & Learning’s 2018 ISTE Best of Show award. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning’sISTE 2018 Best of Show awards highlighted outstanding products exhibited at ISTE.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

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 A lot of what I see is for secondary school. I incorporate things like video inside of it because I want them to have that agency.

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