eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

In 2020, one survey found that approximately 5 million public school students were English learners–that’s over 10 percent of students. Where edtech steps in While the student population speaking languages other than English within the U.S. Now, edtech can support bilingual education in a way impossible before.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

billion in 2020. Few investors have watched, and fueled, the growth of the edtech industry as closely and consistently as Reach Capital , one of a handful of venture firms that has focused its investments in education technology startups for the past 10 years. From EdSurge: “ A Record Year Amid a Pandemic: US Edtech Raises $2.2

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

In 2020, Nidhi Hebbar, a former education lead at Apple who later studied racial bias in ed tech at the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, co-founded the Ed Tech Equity Project. Oftentimes tech companies didn’t really seem to understand the experience of Black and Brown students in the classroom,” Hebbar said.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. The EdTech sphere is obviously developing quickly, so some things that seemed impossible only a few years ago have become a standard in the meantime. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. 5 New EdTech tools to watch.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Students who expressed confidence in their ability to learn and adapt to new edtech were more likely to also feel they were learning effectively online, that edtech enhanced their learning, and to want more online learning options. The network is a project of WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. For example, things like “taking students on field trips vs. hosting classroom parties” or “fire drills derailing your lesson vs. a broken air conditioner.” Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. There are so many players out there—and a few emerging winners” in edtech, says Niesner, 40. “We The company is still shy of the $100 million revenue threshold commonly associated with IPO-ready companies. The company has raised $4.4

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Tuesday, August 18, 2020 – Writing The first day will focus on writing.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2020

MORE ON EDTECH: Learn about the tech that can help English language learners graduate. In Killeen, Texas, for example, school district administrators already use the free local cable station Channel 17 to broadcast community news. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. Michael III says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 27, 2020

MORE ON EDTECH: Learn about the tech that can help English language learners graduate. In Killeen, Texas, for example, school district administrators already use the free local cable station Channel 17 to broadcast community news. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. Michael III says.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today? The cost, plus it’s easy manageability and durability, made Chromebooks a main player in the edtech game. 7 YEARS LATER… 1. Indeed, $2.3

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Some companies and services became obsolete without the availability of face-to-face experiences. The company, founded in 2015, had enjoyed steady, if not quite astronomical, growth prior to the pandemic. The company employed 25 people. McNamara’s first attempt at teaching on Outschool, in August 2020, was less than a hit.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 2, 2020

MORE ON EDTECH: Learn about the tech that can help English language learners graduate. In Killeen, Texas, for example, school district administrators already use the free local cable station Channel 17 to broadcast community news. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. Michael III says.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

MORE ON EDTECH: Learn about the tech that can help English language learners graduate. In Killeen, Texas, for example, school district administrators already use the free local cable station Channel 17 to broadcast community news. Finding New Ways to Celebrate Graduation. Michael III says.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Renaissance displayed its literacy solutions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. It’s not hard to find prominent examples: • Google recently announced an expansion of the company’s popular Google Career Certificates portfolio. . •

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Computer science has taken a priority slot for K–12 teachers , as experts forecast a majority of jobs will incorporate some kind of coding skills or computational thinking by as early as 2020. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Find out what professional development your teachers need to run a successful makerspace ! “One

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 13, 2021

With 2020 safely in our rearview mirror, we wanted to take a minute to recap all of the exciting news and events from the final quarter of one of the most memorable years in our lifetimes. More than 30 foundations and companies have provided financial support to bring ST Math to LAUSD students and educators over this partnership's history.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. Between May and June of 2020, our students had collectively read 77,000 minutes on the Amira platform. “Keep going,” Amira says, softly.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. It didn’t have. It couldn’t take video.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. UDL expert, Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., percent to 22.5 percent, just since last year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every time I try to leave it, I end up back in January 2023, it was acquired by a company called Bending Spoons, a very reputable software company out of Europe. They have over 100 mil users on all their apps, so they did just release in January 2020 for a new interface. I've been using it for a long time. They fixed search.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Yet, finding funds for edtech purchases poses a challenge for school districts. Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. A new funding package from the federal government in December 2020 dedicated an additional $54.3

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In fact, more than three in four teachers say that job-related stress has taken its toll on them during the 2020-2021 school year. For example, do this directly by donating supplies, funding a GoFundMe page set by a teacher, or by pitching in their Amazon (or any other company) wish list. Work experience help.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. I'll give you an example. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Rachelle Dene Poth - Bio As Submitted.

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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). For example, at ISTE this past summer, it was clear that the major theme for the vendor floor was Integrations. Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting!

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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). For example, at ISTE this past summer, it was clear that the major theme for the vendor floor was Integrations. Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting! Listenwise.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Even without a pandemic, Instructure faced a transformative 2020. One of the benefits of this change is a focus on long-term planning over displays of quarterly growth to impress shareholders, says Mitch Benson, the company’s chief product officer. So what else is next for the Salt Lake City-based edtech company?

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