Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

In 2019, the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed 28,000 points , the S&P 500 Index topped 3,000 points and the Nasdaq broke 9,000 in what some have termed one of the longest bull markets in history. education technology sector in 2019. billion across 105 deals in 2019, a five-year high in value.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

As we look ahead to the future in edtech, we see an industry marked by significant change and stubborn challenges. While it’s always risky to make predictions, I believe there were several strong trends from 2018 that suggest the shape of things to come in 2019.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework. Fri, 04/05/2019 - 09:50. This has led to more inequity in the district because some schools have struggled to have a rigorous curriculum for all students,” Clark said, speaking at the Consortium for School Networking’s 2019 annual conference.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

TCEA 2019: How One K–12 Principal Put Google Classroom to Work. Tue, 02/05/2019 - 09:45. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued TCEA 2019 coverage! MORE FROM EDTECH: Google classroom updates K–12 teachers should know. Chrome Extension Supports G Suite Training for K–12 Educators.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners. In the past decade, organizations have turned to online learning to create informed trainings and reach more people. Trainings can last 30, 60 or 90 minutes—they can be focused on stand-alone topics or part of a months-long series.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

After the pandemic, the edtech market exploded with new products and services, and investment flowed freely. Educators struggled to meet students' needs without proper technology tools, training and infrastructure, and edtech innovators capitalized, introducing much-needed solutions. billion in 2021.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. A small but mighty movement was building – and it needed time to grow.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

A version of this post was originally published on April 4th, 2019 on Education Technology. Even though many schools are already embracing the benefits that edtech provides, many others still aren’t taking advantage of these opportunities. Edtech needs to be cost-effective and help reduce overall costs to schools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. It’s a tough time to build or invest in an edtech company. Students across the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2019

FETC 2019: K–12 Schools Need Evolved Security Protocols to Thwart Next-Gen Hackers. Mon, 01/28/2019 - 16:07. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued FETC 2019 coverage. eli.zimmerman_9856. 28 session at the Future of Education Technology Conference. Spear phishing has become increasingly complex.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

billion, 2019 offers some edtech investors hope that their bets could pay off. Fuller, who has covered the edtech industry for over a decade, recently shared her take on current trends on edtech mergers and acquisitions. So by the time 2019 rolled around, it was like all the big deals had been done. Absolutely.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Fri, 11/22/2019 - 12:10. Three other barriers — scaling and sustaining innovation; instituting ongoing professional technology training; and digital equity — are related to these top hurdles. MORE FROM EDTECH: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. MORE FROM EDTECH : How Educational AI is Making the Grade.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2019

FETC 2019: 10 Steps to Develop a Successful K–12 Bus Wi-Fi Program. Wed, 01/30/2019 - 12:56. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued FETC 2019 coverage. eli.zimmerman_9856. How to Bring Connected Buses to Your School.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Soon, schools would be inundated with sales pitches from edtech companies, and it didn’t take long before they started pushing back against those that seemed predatory. For the edtech industry, the pandemic poses a paradox. Yet this reality seems not to have dampened investor enthusiasm for private edtech companies.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 12/06/2019 - 10:25. MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. Schools, he noted, should take some responsibility to train students on how they can help keep their data safe from cybercriminals. shailaja.neela…. Be Cautious on Social Media.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2019

Mon, 05/06/2019 - 09:49. Schoology recently released a report on the 2018-2019 state of digital learning in K–12 schools. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how schools should define and act on digital learning. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how schools can get started with blended learning. eli.zimmerman_9856. 1 priority. .

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. And that has private investors piqued. In the U.S.,

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But unlike our other blogs, we’re about to discuss education in the mainstream institutional domain, but in the coaching/training industry. The coaching and training industry in India is a booming sector and it has seen unprecedented growth in the past decade. So what is the future of the coaching and training industry in India?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

ETS has dabbled in edtech deals before. Workforce training, in particular, has piqued Taylor-Smith’s interest. Still, ETS Strategic Capital is casting a wide net across the K-12, higher-ed and workforce training sectors. Earlier this month, Owl Ventures announced it had raised $585 million for two new edtech investment funds.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Thu, 10/24/2019 - 10:55. It includes training teachers on best practices for incorporating technology into instruction and offering students a consistent digital learning experience. . Three district leaders recently spoke with EdTech: Focus on K–12 about their strategies and lessons learned on how best to tackle digital equity. .

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

Fri, 05/17/2019 - 10:40. EdTech sat down with Tarah Luster, director of Project B3, to learn more about the organization’s unique approach to getting students invested in digital literacy campaigns. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how digital citizenship programs prepare students for a tech–enabled world. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2021

First, a recap: In 2019, AltSchool, a San Francisco-based startup that simultaneously developed a network of “microschools” in tandem with educational software, sold the schools to Higher Ground Education , an operator of Montessori schools, services and learning centers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2020

Employers and workers may see training while on the job as a sacrifice of the day’s to-do list and short-term productivity. And asking workers to partake in training during their time away from work can lead to burnout and lower morale. At many companies, education often falls between the cracks in work-life balance.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch. m—since February 2019. A sizable chunk of its business—which generated more than $65 million in revenue, per its 2018 tax filing—comes from in-person summer training institutes, attended by upwards of 40,000 educators each year. Those businesses came to a screeching halt in March.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2018

5G Source: nycmedialab / YouTube In the fall of 2018, NYC Media Lab launched the Verizon 5G EdTech Challenge in partnership with the Verizon Foundation and Verizon 5G Labs. The 10 Challenge winners will be announced in early 2019, with each team to receive a $100,000 grant from Verizon to work on 5G and EdTech solutions next year.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Edtech has always been a fascinating field of study. However, the arrival and rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in late 2019 and early 2020 quickly shoved educational technology into the spotlight. Like any quality tool, finding the greatest use of the plethora of edtech available simply requires learning how to use it correctly.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:44. Many will also have new laptops or tablets through one-to-one computing programs , upgraded classroom technology for blended learning , and teachers trained to more effectively use technology to personalize instruction. Gamifying Teacher Training on Blended Learning. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Fri, 09/13/2019 - 12:12. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how digital literacy programs prepare students for a tech-enabled future. One such tool, Relay by Lightspeed Systems, helped Galway Central School District in New York stay alert to unsafe internet browsing on students’ Chromebooks, Nate Millerwurst, a network analyst, told EdTech.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 11, 2021

Billion in 2020 on all things EdTech, including hardware, major software systems, digital curriculum resources and networks, a healthy increase of $7.5 Billion over 2019. By Charles Sosnik The U.S. K-12 sector spent $35.8 schools in under three months. Many schools and districts in […].

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Most middle and high school teachers are not trained in the teaching of foundational reading skills (e.g., What makes the protocol easy-to-implement is that teachers can use it with text from any subject matter and do not need any training in reading pedagogy. phonemic awareness, phonics) to address this problem.”

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Billion in 2020 on all things EdTech, including hardware, major software systems, digital curriculum resources and networks, a healthy increase of $7.5 Billion over 2019. By LeiLani Cauthen The U.S. K-12 sector spent $35.8 schools in under three months. Many schools and districts in […].

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

From cutting-edge computing and cloud services to data-driven instruction and adaptive learning, K-12 edtech solutions are abundant. The district’s IT staff gathered a team of teachers, administrators and support staff to find out which edtech selections enhanced teachers’ and students’ daily activities and how.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2019

From K-12 classrooms to professional sales training, many entrepreneurs would say that learning is better together, with peers and instructors. That also applies to “bootcamp” models of online learning, which made up half of the six edtech graduates. Here’s a glance at the newest players in the edtech industry.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Mon, 11/25/2019 - 12:51. MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. Without planning, strategy, educator training and support , among other things, the marriage of education and technology won’t work. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No.

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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. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how PlayVS Vice President Laz Alberto expects esports to enter the K–12 space. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

Congratulations for making it through the first quarter of 2019! A stealth San Francisco-based edtech startup offered a glimpse of a “revolutionary” new product. We’re not the only ones getting in on the fun. Chegg’s chalked up an excuse-generator to help you weasel out of doing homework, taking tests—just about anything. SNEAK PEEK!

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2019

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 13:12. MORE FROM EDTECH: 3 cybersecurity threats K–12 schools should watch out for in 2019. School leaders must ensure that cybersecurity remains a key part of technology onboarding and training for all students and staff. K–12 Schools Overlook a Few Common Cyberthreats. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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