Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Now, with the widespread cancellation of schools and conferences (where investors and entrepreneurs often meet), edtech investors are advising startups to heed Sequoia’s advice. Companies should be thinking about their cash runway, watching their burn and making sure they are comfortable with where they are at right now,” says Carolan.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2023

Mary won ISTE's 2018 “Virtual Pioneer of the Year” and was a New York State Teacher of the Year finalist in 2018 and 2020. In this show, she shares some ideas for streamlining and discusses the future of AI in VR and AR and how she thinks it can help us use these advanced tools even more. So a chat bot type AI tool.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

During TCEA 2020, educators, decision-makers, and stakeholders came together to articulate their visions for the future of education. Related content: Can’t-miss sessions at TCEA 2020. Related content: Can’t-miss sessions at TCEA 2020. Here’s a sampling of some of our favorite products from TCEA 2020.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2020, the National Council for Mental Wellbeing reported that one in six children under the age of 18 experiences a mental health disorder each year. That’s when we discovered the need to develop a new peer-led support tool for students who are experiencing mental health difficulties. A compassionate business: Meet Communal Mind.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Readlee is an amazing literacy tool that enables teachers to go from collecting reading data a couple times a year to getting data each week (or day!) You can provide feedback to your students on any text (print or digital) and they can hear you read as well.This is a perfect tool for summer school, reading tutors and anyone teaching reading.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. And it’s acquired three technology companies since its founding in 1947. Instead of writing small checks for early-stage companies, his team is looking to invest up to $15 million in more established ones raising Series B or subsequent rounds. Now, it is taking the plunge.

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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. The article also explains how to leverage other GSuite tools for remote learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year. Companies like Coursera, which helps universities build and access online courses, have ridden the momentum from new registrations to secure a $130 million investment in July.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

From idea to scale, Catapult helps companies shape, develop and deploy innovative, proven solutions to meet critical educational challenges. When schools shuttered in the spring of 2020, more than 1 billion students worldwide shifted to online instruction in less than one month. It’s been a wild ride.

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The Thinking Stick

JULY 17, 2023

How is Minecraft a powerful tool for building community, fostering inclusion, and engaging learners? Meet this week’s special guest: ?? As a teacher, Mashfiq utilizes classroom gamification tools in order to support all of his students and make science more engaging.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2023

“I appreciate the opportunity to learn about new tools being developed and the chance to give feedback from the field. The ParentSquare Advisory Council was formed and began meeting in summer 2020. Members of the 2023-24 council will meet quarterly online and once a year in person. “We Learn more at [link].

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

She’s attended meetings, gravitated toward Spanish-speaking staff, and relied on translators, including her kids, over the years. Brooks said that since her Aurora school began using the app in 2020, she is much more successful at collecting permission forms, for example. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This tool that White’s university has used since 2018 came from Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup that has just secured a late seed funding round of $3 million. This brings the company’s total funding to date to $4.73 The pair meet through video, phone or in person.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

On December 1 st , 2020, the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) awarded Deledao a national bid in their Security Solutions category. This allows the 29 member states to offer Deledao through a nationally bid contract designed to meet state bid law requirements. About Deledao .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2021

That should come as no surprise, considering a recent CollegeBoard survey calculated that undergrads spent $1,240 on average for books and supplies during the 2020-21 academic year. The best way was to make sure they have the tools and resources they need to succeed at Muskingum, and textbooks are a big part of class delivery.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Member programs in the national Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance reported increased hiring of online teachers since 2020. There’s no shortage of remote-first education companies that attract school-based talent with their social mission and flexible work.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education Experience provides an enhanced learning platform that facilitates engaging instruction in any environment. These

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The surveys were conducted in February 2020, May 2020 and January 2021 to uncover how high school students are thinking about and planning for their future education and careers amidst an ever-changing environment marked by virtual classrooms and economic upheaval. Gen Z teens want government and employers to play a role.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 —For decades, districts, schools, and teachers used different tools to communicate with families, making it confusing and difficult for parents and guardians to keep up. The Santa Barbara-based company now serves almost half of all schools in California and has expanded to 44 states. SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Nick Glass, founder and Head of TeachingBooks, added, “TeachingBooks is designed to be an equity tool. The Common Sense Selection for Learning recognizes best-in-class media resources and tools that facilitate great learning experiences for students and educators. This is a gold seal standard,” said Glass.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Kahoot , an Oslo-based developer of a digital quiz tool popular with teachers, just started making money this year. But a recent investment from one of the biggest names in the entertainment business is valuing the company in the hundreds of millions. TechCrunch reports that the deal gives the company a $376 million valuation.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

According to BOOKR Kids Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dorka Horvath, BOOKR Class underscores the unique effectiveness of ability digital media as ESL learning tools for the classroom. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

Burlington, VT (June 8, 2021) – InSpace , a collaborative video conferencing platform that replicates personal interaction between students and teachers in virtual classrooms, today announcedthat the company has closed on $6 million in two rounds of seed funding. The funding is led by a $2.6 Sometimes it takes a challenge to innovate.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

App Developer is listed as number three on ThinkAdvisor’s list of the best jobs of the future, with a projected growth of 57% through 2020 ( according to the BLS ). App developers can work for software companies, retailers, in healthcare, in the travel industry, for the entertainment industry, or in financial services.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

In contrast, students who reported that they struggled to learn to use new technology had more-negative experiences with online learning—and they were also more likely to consider the use of such tools in class to be invasive. The network is a project of WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University.

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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. To meet the expectation of demands is priority,” Benson says. “I

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

We would like to thank the American Business Awards for honoring Experience Chemistry as an exceptional science learning solution,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. The best way for students to learn is through a fun and interactive environment, which is what [Savvas Learning Company] set out to do.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

Geared towards giving girls in middle and high school access to STEM resources and career exploration tools, this program dives deeply into the topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cyber security. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

For years, the privacy community has been urging educators to be more intentional—and careful—about introducing new tech tools in their classrooms. Called Check the Privacy , the initiative, announced Wednesday, aims to provide a one-stop shop for educators searching for safe, secure tools to use with their students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A Canada-based company the district hired started scouring public posts for threats and “cries for help” last month. Cassie Creswell of the nonprofit Illinois Families for Public Schools says surveying students online could undermine the district’s most important tool for getting information that helps avert violence.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Despite New York City’s 10-year plan to bring “computer science to all” students by 2025, equity remains a big issue, according to a recent report from New York University’s Research Alliance analyzing the program through the 2020-21 school year. Computer science teachers need peer support.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2023

Driven by their vision to create 21st century learning environments that offer opportunities for all students to pursue higher education and develop skills that meet workforce needs while producing informed, conscientious, and productive citizens who give back to their community, GCSS fosters a culture of continuous assessment and improvement.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

“Our new brand and website more strongly reflect our mission to offer non-profits and community-based organizations the easiest, most effective way to meet their fundraising goals,” said Lou Agnese, Chief Executive Officer, RaiseRight. “I

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At a Dolton-Riverdale school board meeting in the spring, district leaders and two technology vendors pitched a $3.3 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.

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