Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

SXSW EDU Launch Competition Judge Tony will try his best Judy Judy impersonation, as he joins Bridge Burns (University Innovation Alliance), Vince Chan (Creta Ventures) and Jonathan Rochelle (Google) to dispense advice and feedback for eight companies pitching their wares. Join us for a slice of the action! Tuesday, March 5, 4 p.m.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Recently I tested three of these science kits and in this blog post, I’ll share a review of these kits and how you can save 15% and get free shipping on your future order before October 31, 2019. Additionally, I’ll share information on engaging students in hands-on science learning. All opinions are my own.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Post-pandemic, educators identified several bright spots, including the use of digital platforms to improve student engagement (31 percent in 2023 v. 14 percent in 2019) and increased attention to the social and emotional needs of students (50 percent in 2023 v. 33 percent in 2019).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2021

In parallel, online education went mainstream as educational providers at all levels— including colleges and universities—were forced to experiment with remote learning, long a preferred vehicle for part-time students engaged in lifelong learning. Meanwhile, demand is booming for flexible, digital offerings.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

NEW YORK — AtomicMind , an education technology company that offers families a boutique coaching experience in the increasingly competitive college admissions landscape, today announced the launch of a unique technology platform. between the 2019-2020 and the 2021-2022 admissions cycles, according to a March 2022 Common Application report.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 19, 2023

According to the investment company, Goldman Sachs , Augmented Reality “has the potential to become a standard tool in education and could revolutionize the way in which students are taught, for both the K-12 segment and higher education.” The growing digital technology is emerging as a challenge to keep students engaged.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2024

To help with that decision, schools across the country have paid many millions to private companies that display data on the fate of past students. But two recent studies have found that this information could discourage students who might have a shot at the most elite schools. That is incredibly common.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

2023), TEACHING WRITING IN SMALL GROUPS (March 2021), A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO READING CONFERENCES (2019), and UNDERSTANDING TEXTS AND READERS (2018). They were released in Spring 2019 and are available through Heinemann (Learn more: hein.pub/cc ). Let's take that engagement example. It's not about their level at all, by the way.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The collection of dynamic, on-demand resources supports educators’ efforts to drive deeper student engagement by connecting classroom lessons to the real-world. Career profile videos show students a variety of STEM careers across software engineering, chemistry, and technology support. Discovery, Inc.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The collection of dynamic on-demand resources showcasing careers of Black professionals across an array of STEM industries and supports educators’ efforts to drive deeper student engagement by connecting classroom lessons to the real-world. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Many universities initially seduced by the promise of increased revenue signed deals with Online Program Management companies —but some have since turned away. Not only is this approach pedagogically bankrupt, but it hasn’t worked. In a purely asynchronous format, even that basic goal has not been easily achieved.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

What he found was that the right messages, delivered at the right time, can boost attendance and reduce course failure, as results published in The Journal of Human Resources in 2019 showed. I want to see this built, but I don’t want to run a company,” Bergman tells EdSurge. The company recently raised $3.5

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

There, students are embarking on a quintessential hero’s journey—all about the high seas—that centers an asset-based approach to the teaching of math. In the course of the summer school program, students travel back in time to the 1600’s, where they face down their math fears in an immersive math experience called “Fate and Fortune.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

SYDNEY – Canva , the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the launch of a suite of K-12 education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making it the first company to introduce AI-powered educational tools at scale.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ed tech companies are benefitting from the rise of impact funds. In September 2019, a young Canadian ed tech company called Classcraft announced that it had raised $7.5 Teachers choose which behaviors they want to foster and students rack up points for actions like being kind or handing in their homework on time.).

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Harvard Professor of Economics, David Yang, recently enlightened us about the US ranking of the top companies with the most accurate technology in facial recognition. Out of nearly 50 companies, the top five were Chinese companies. China holds the manufacturing units of many high-worth companies.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

2U said yesterday that it had formed a partnership with shared workspace company, WeWork. Any of the 13,000 students enrolled in the graduate degree programs that 2U hosts will be able to use the WeWork offices for free. This is definitely a win-win,” Paucek says about the partnership between his company, based in Lanham, Md.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Tulsa Public Schools district in Oklahoma deployed a range of tools to support ELL students, including boosting live translation capabilities and using language simplification software to support reading. ELL students engaged with virtual schooling at the same rates as other student groups — or higher.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Remarkably, the Vermont-based company has been a leader in the field of literacy for nearly 100 years. Staying true to the founding mission, the company uses advanced technology and cutting edge tools to build its interactive diagnostic platform for assessing, instructing, and even motivating ELA students. Cue Reading Plus.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The fourth annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 15th, 2019 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at the Marriott Marquis Chicago at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. This event is hosted by ASCD and GlobalEd Events. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

TeamMakers: Positively Impacting the Lives of Children through District-Wide Dreaming, Collaborating, and Change , published by Dave Burgess Publishing was published in 2019. Schools Full of Readers: Tools for Teachers, Coaches and leaders to Support Students , is also from 2019.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2020

Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine ( In Search of Deeper Learning 2019 ). One of the key takeaways from this in-depth research is that deeper learning most often occurs when students “play the whole game at the junior level.” Digital Promise Real World Learning Tools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: The consequence is that many students are posting considerably lower scores than they otherwise would be if they were paying attention and putting in full effort, according to Wise’s calculations. “But giving them ownership of the process is one way of trying to get students engaged.”

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Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Lost income negatively impacts a university’s ability to carry out its mission, but even worse is the tragedy that many of these lost students will never realize their full potential without a complete education. In 2019, on average 26 percent of students postponed or stopped their education according to the NSC Research Center.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

Field trips and guest speakers, therefore, became an important way to provide exposure to tech careers and to show students role models who looked like them. District administrators were able to obtain grants from companies such as Apple and Verizon and leverage their location to build partnerships with Boeing and other firms.

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Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Lost income negatively impacts a university’s ability to carry out its mission, but even worse is the tragedy that many of these lost students will never realize their full potential without a complete education. In 2019, on average 26 percent of students postponed or stopped their education according to the NSC Research Center.

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Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Lost income negatively impacts a university’s ability to carry out its mission, but even worse is the tragedy that many of these lost students will never realize their full potential without a complete education. In 2019, on average 26 percent of students postponed or stopped their education according to the NSC Research Center.

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

The School Librarian of the Year is selected by a panel of qualified judges, including the 2017 honoree Tamiko Brown, and recognizes K–12 library professionals for outstanding achievement and the exemplary use of 21st-century tools and services to engage children and teens toward fostering multiple literacies.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

This was in early 2019. Deepak Cheenath That puts CoCo’s strategies to keep students engaged or motivated to learn at complete odds with what many edtech companies have been trying to do to teach literacy or STEM — mimic online games like Robolox or Minecraft that children spend hours immersed in outside of school.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2019

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:04. Biometric technology is already part of the K–12 ecosystem, where administrators are using iris scans and “facial fingerprints” to grant access to buildings and computer labs, track attendance, manage lunch payments, loan library materials and ensure students get on the right buses. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

But companies looking to differentiate themselves in this increasingly competitive sector have to bring something new to the table. The Boston-based company today announced the close of a $7.5 Our vision is to be the premier digital learning company for working professionals,” said co-founder and CEO, David Shrier.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

showed her students the 2016 documentary Before the Flood , featuring Leonardo diCaprio journeying to five continents and the Arctic to see the effects of climate change. “It is our intention to make our students engaged citizens,” Fisher says. Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit [link].

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The program runs from May 2018-June 2019. This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. has joined the ENA family of companies. The program includes in-classroom professional development sessions. Schools can join until September 2018.

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