EdTechTeacher

MARCH 12, 2020

General EdTech: EdTech companies offering FREE support and/or access to schools affected by COVID19 closures. A growing collection of edtech companies that are offering free access or support to schools affected by COVID-19. Remote Learning Resources, Subscriptions, and Platforms Wakelet by Erin Flanagan.

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Microsoft Learning EdTech Chromebook 126

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. While the iPad cost anywhere from $300 – $400, Chromebooks were sold from $199. Indeed, $2.3

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

TeacherCast

JANUARY 17, 2020

This week, I had the opportunity to unite with educators, technology companies, podcasters, and amazing students at the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC). Yes, every iPad and Chromebook needs a nice rugged case. What can I take back to school and share about the future of the educational classroom in 2020?

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Conference Technology Microsoft Education 88

TeacherCast

JANUARY 17, 2020

This week, I had the opportunity to unite with educators, technology companies, podcasters, and amazing students at the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC). Yes, every iPad and Chromebook needs a nice rugged case. What can I take back to school and share about the future of the educational classroom in 2020?

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Conference Technology Microsoft Education 88

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

The company notched its first major K-12 customer in 2009, after Casap helped ink a deal with the state department of education in Oregon to deploy Google Apps for Education to its districts. In April 2020, the company claimed its G Suite for Education products were used by 120 million students and users across the world.

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Google Chromebook Education Company 143

Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 13, 2020

Distance learning is a crazy time for many, but we can celebrate the way various companies are offering very cool and engaging tools, resources, and activities for free. Below are some free resources to inspire students to enhance their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and also for Social and Emotional Learning.

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STEM Resources Learning Software 195

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. So, and all of those can be done on a Chromebook. Vicki Davis (12:29.184) Oh on a Chromebook. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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E-rate Education Meeting Industry 369

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The app was named a winner of the Tech & Learning Best of Show at ISTE 2020 Awards and the platinum winner in the STEM/STEAM App category of THE Journal ’s 2020 New Product Awards. The Tech & Learning Best of Show at ISTE 2020 Awards recognize products that are transforming teaching and learning during the pandemic and beyond.

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Analysis Software STEM Education 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S. have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. Companies like Apple, Microsoft and Google regularly supply schools with discounted technology that districts could not otherwise afford themselves.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 170

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms.

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Trends EdTech Education Company 169

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. BPS distributed 55,000 Chromebooks and 6,000 hot spots to students last year and paid for 2,000 Comcast internet vouchers.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

Kathy Schrock

JULY 6, 2020

IPEVO P2V CAMERA (2009) __ OVERVIEW Fast forward to mid-2020, and IPEVO has just released their 8th gen model, the newly updated IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB document camera. You can find out more details of the IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB and learn about the company's other products on the IPEVO site ! x 18.9” (270 x 480mm) [16:9] 13.5”

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Sony Microsoft Chromebook Laptops 95

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Mike Daugherty, Director of Technology and Information Systems at Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and the 2020 ISTE Technology Coordinator of the Year, has a few ideas about how to address this concern. I did a Google search for Chromebook management programs, and GoGuardian immediately surfaced.

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Student Engagement Chromebook Technology System 152

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In 2020, teachers launched approximately 19.5 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. billion real-time insights into student learning.

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Differentiated Instruction Assessment Industry Smartphone 104

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Available as a 30-day free trial and for a site-license subscription, Vernier Video Analysis enables students to use their Chromebook or another mobile device to insert a video with recorded motion and mark points to track the object in motion. For more information, visit [link].

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Analysis Software Video Technology 59

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With the clock ticking here and across the country, technology companies and other vendors are pushing products and services they claim can help speed up student recovery — and urging districts to invest in them now. Sanders says like other children, her granddaughters struggled to stay engaged during that virtual stretch.

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Elementary Training Laptops Technology 116

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. The company is launching a free Google Workspace Add-on developed to help users easily generate custom files while enhancing organization. Renaissance displayed its literacy solutions.

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EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 136

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Behind the scenes, though, the company undermines attempts to prolong the lifespan of its products.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

At the event, Salesforce volunteers handed out Salesforce goodie bags, mingled with sponsors and raffled off HP Chromebooks to Frick students, who shared their excitement for the donation in song and dance. salesforce raffling off Chromebooks at Frick Impact Academy after announcing $8.5M to Bay Area schools https://t.co/YxJsrldthG

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Chromebook STEM Assistive Technology Company 78

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

More than 35,000 schools have shifted to OverDrive Education for digital books as the company has significantly expanded its catalog to include grade-leveled class sets aligned to teaching units. OverDrive was acquired by funds affiliated with global investment firm KKR in 2020. overdrive.com/schools.

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eBook Libraries Company Chromebook 76

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Behind the scenes, though, the company undermines attempts to prolong the lifespan of its products.

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

They’re abbreviations for major conferences for companies in the education industry. That was early in the days of low-cost cloud computing enabling a multitude of new edtech startups, really fast internet beginning its spread to schools, and Chromebooks starting their climb to ascendance in U.S. K-12 classrooms as a 1:1 mobile device.

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Industry Conference EdTech Company 103

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

has expanded its Emergency Remote Work Kit offerings to include GoToConnect, the company’s cloud phone and Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC) platform, to help K-12 schools make the shift to remote learning. LogMeIn, Inc. And unlike traditional phone systems, no hardware, networking or number porting is required.

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Software Trends Company Android 45

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In fall 2020, 61 percent of children in prekindergarten were classified as academically “at risk” and she has witnessed the impact a lack of readiness for kindergarten and beyond has on students. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc. HCISD teachers quickly saw positive changes in how students were building math skills.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 128

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Still, her second graders would sometimes fall asleep in the middle of the day, tired of staring at the screen or, she guessed, from having stayed up at night playing games or watching videos on their new, school-provided Chromebooks. One chose to work at her family’s bakery. Yet another owns a dance studio.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 74

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. This story also appeared in The Nevada Independent. Schools get creative. Published with permission.

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 132

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 11, 2018

The winning nominator and his or her nominee each win a $20,000 package including one 7000 series SMART Board and SMART Document Camera, 30 Chromebooks, and SMART training and implementation. But I don’t feel we’re really doing enough to draw them in because this is an industry that by the year 2020 that is going to grow to be a $1.5

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STEM Industry Company Video 176

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. The company periodically sends phishing tests to staff; those that get caught clicking on the emails are given remedial lessons.

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Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The percentage of families with children who reported not having enough to eat more than tripled in July 2020 compared with 2019. The percentage of families with children who reported not having enough to eat more than tripled in July 2020 compared with 2019. But she couldn’t get the Chromebooks the school sent home to turn on.

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Report Survey Meeting Chromebook 134

Georgia Test Prep

OCTOBER 16, 2020

A study by edtech company Promethean found that only 5% of teachers feel like they’re receiving full training and support for edtech in their schools. School-issued Chromebooks in Maryland would not load on the first day. Biggest Issues Faced By Parents with Virtual Learning. Parents are unsupported with the tech.

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Learning Chromebook Exercises Study 98

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Mr. Pendergrast was named 2020 Superintendent of the Year for the State of New Jersey by the NJ Association of School Administrators (NJASA). He was adjunct professor in the Teacher Education program at Drew University, where he taught a graduate-level course in Educational Theory and Practice.

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Outcomes Data Analysis Professional Learning 82

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 24, 2017 School district to retain IT department | The Sentinel → Several members of the IT department were present at Thursday’s meeting to urge the board not to outsource IT services to a company that proposed to do so. Tagged on: March 22, 2017 With Hacking in Headlines, K-12 Cybersecurity Ed.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 24, 2017 School district to retain IT department | The Sentinel → Several members of the IT department were present at Thursday’s meeting to urge the board not to outsource IT services to a company that proposed to do so. Tagged on: March 22, 2017 With Hacking in Headlines, K-12 Cybersecurity Ed.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 75

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by the year 2020, there will be one million more computer science jobs than graduates prepared for these jobs. Chromebooks, laptops, desktops. Keep in mind–most of these curriculums are tied in with the tools of the companies that created them!). modern browsers and tablets.

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Khan Academy Tablets Smartphone Android 77

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Outcomes 136