Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We believe technology can play an important role in adult education and family literacy by providing, at a minimum, anytime, anywhere access. In our work over the last two years, we’ve been heartened by the efforts we see around technology and adult education. More programs looking to adopt technology. Momentum is building!

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Neo LMS

JUNE 24, 2021

We have pushed ourselves to embrace new methods and technologies, and we have all grown personally and professionally as we worked through this experience together. Then, find a room to join in whenever it meets your schedule and make new connections and take away new ideas. Read more: How to overcome digital fatigue as a teacher.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:25. As noted by MIT Technology Review , the rapid development and uptake of AI solutions has created an environment where companies may “obfuscate and oversell” AI abilities even as organizations race to implement new solutions and keep up with the competition. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2019

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 10:57. The kids will say, ‘ We need to communicate better, let’s meet to talk about our strategy ,’” Tiffany Bui, faculty adviser for the Mission Viejo esports team, told EdTech. Esports Technology K–12 Schools Will Need. How K–12 Schools Can Start an Esports Program. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Joe McAllister.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

Congratulations for making it through the first quarter of 2019! BACK TO THE FUTURE: Weary of unwanted scrutiny, companies that once described themselves as the “Facebook of education” are now scrambling to disassociate themselves from the beleaguered social network. One company is responding with a new approach. Why stop there?

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2019

Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:51. Sphero , one of the leading companies in K–12 classroom robotics, announced its acquisition of littleBits , inventor of the electronic building blocks for science, technology, engineering, art and math learning, on Friday, Aug. Sphero Announces Acquisition of LittleBits to Expand K–12 Robotics Tools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Targeted to both administrators, instructional coaches, and technology coaches – Sherry has five practical ideas to get us started. Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) August 6, 2019 Sherry St. Coaching schools to best meet the needs of all students is Sherry’s passion. was released in June of 2019.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

According to Common Sense, between 2015 and 2019, screen use among teenagers (ages 13 to 18) increased by 11 percent. Enter the pandemic, which led to canceled club meetings and sporting events, online learning and restricted socialization. TikTok wasn’t as big a platform in 2019, and it wasn’t even a thing in 2015.”

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edWeb.net

JULY 29, 2022

Learning and Employment Records (LERs) is an emerging technology that is redefining how job seekers search for the right fit and how employers find people with the right skillsets to meet their needs. Designing to Meet the Need. Communication: Sharing the principles publicly and highlighting, via video, learner perspectives.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

Some of it has already been invested in startups including Class Technologies, which is building an instructional video platform on Zoom; Guild Education, which works with companies to provide educational opportunities to their employees; and Photomath, an app that shows students how to solve math problems, step by step, just by taking a picture.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. We asked Scott McLeod, associate professor of education leadership at the University of Colorado in Denver and the author of “Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning,” to share his thoughts. Here's the count-down of the most-listened-to episodes of the year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past decade, the world’s largest educational assessment nonprofit has been testing the waters of education technology investments. It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. And it’s acquired three technology companies since its founding in 1947. Across the globe, edtech companies have already raised $4.8

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

The mother I met on a May evening in 2019 at the Pittsburgh Youth Filmmakers premiere had never heard of the local student film program before that night. Remake Learning Days Across America events are categorized by six learning themes: arts, maker, outdoor learning, science, technology, and youth voice.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. Still, completion rates among people who have paid for a Coursera course hover around 50 percent, according to figures shared by the company. It’s a dance that Sourabh Bajaj is familiar with.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 20, 2019

The International Society for Technology using Educators conference this year will be in Philadelphia and I am excited to be able to participate this year both as a podcaster and as a presenter. This workshop is designed for anyone who is an Instructional Technology Specialist or looking to become one this year. Monday, June 24.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2023

In the winter of 2019, a group of college faculty members, education consultants and government employees from the Department of Education and the National Security Agency were discussing how to address a talent gap in cybersecurity — there were more 300,000 job openings in the growing sector and no one qualified to fill them.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

Seven years ago, Google’s artificial intelligence technology was barely able to identify cat videos with passable precision. Those are among the social issues addressed by 20 non-profit and educational institutions that are getting grants from the Google AI Impact Challenge , announced today at the company’s annual I/O developer conference.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

This year, I had the opportunity to work with so many great educational technology companies on the podcast and I'm excited to have the opportunity to walk the vendor floor and meet everyone to say THANK YOU for being a part of the TeacherCast podcasting family. I would love to meet you! Soundtrap – Booth 2153.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

The NEO team will be heading to London next week to attend The BETT Show 2019 , between January 23-26. Does the conference meet your school’s ed tech goals? The same principle applies to the exhibition area, where thousands of companies, NGOs and other institutions will be competing for your attention.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. From idea to scale, Catapult helps companies shape, develop and deploy innovative, proven solutions to meet critical educational challenges. If you build it, will it work? And how will you measure it?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In many places, meeting the needs of these families during the pandemic has only been possible through aggressive—and temporary—federal financial support. According to findings from the Food Research and Action Center, from 2019 to 2020 about 3 million more people in the U.S. And it makes a difference to their families as well.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In an effort to help educators, parents and other education technology consumers make better choices about the products they use, Digital Promise spent the last year developing a “research-based design” product certification. Last fall, Digital Promise invited about 100 companies to participate in beta testing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2019, total U.S. Aside from a handful of large operators like Bright Horizons, a publicly traded company, most programs are small businesses and home-based operations. In exchange, these companies take a cut of providers’ proceeds. Recent forecasts point to a growing industry.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The online course won’t include any heavy technical lessons, and is specifically targeting learners without experience with AI who want to better understand the technology or ways it could impact their business. Lessons will include how to select AI projects, as well as how to work with and manage AI teams within companies.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Like last year , we’ve also added a selection of editor’s picks—our favorite stories, op-eds and investigations from the past year spotlighting how the education system is meeting a diverse array of challenges. What should the companies do? Happy New Year! Everyone Has Invisible Bias. This Lesson Shows Students How to Recognize It.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Several times a week, Ericka Santiago-Diaz can be found driving around her low-income, underserved school community in New Jersey’s Asbury Park with bags of school supplies, replacement technology, food and donated clothing in the back seat to deliver to students. Related: The ‘invisible’ front line workers of education.

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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. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the education technology industry, we see an abundance of press covering venture-backed startups and their funding rounds, acquisitions and other noteworthy milestones. On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

“Content Bundles is the very feature we have been looking to implement in our Sora shared collection,” said Ken Zimmerman, Supervisor of Educational Technology at Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 in Pennsylvania. This provides us with so many options to filter content to meet specific district, classroom and learning needs.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. They have to force the students to stay in it to comply with agreements. In my mind it makes the opt-out option illusory.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

billion in 2019 and will more than double to $79.2 All this means it’s more important than ever that today’s youth — and the newly-emerging workforce — are adequately equipped to work with these evolving technologies. We’ll likely see some jobs disappear altogether, while others will evolve and adapt to meet the new climate.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

In July 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SXSW EDU issued a challenge to the edtech world: Design an Alexa skill to transform education. We’ve been amazed by the creativity and impact of the ideas that education technology companies submitted for this challenge! Audrey Bierly, AWS Developers across the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2019

Thu, 01/31/2019 - 09:42. K–12 schools need powerful data centers now more than ever as their infrastructures feel the increasing weight of new technology integrations, data analytics initiatives and the rising number of personalized devices. Large technology companies are beginning to see the benefits as well.

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