eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

A first-of-its kind vehicle will be hitting the streets this autumn in Colorado as an all-new, all-electric, ‘Magic Bus’ Mobile Preschool will serve to put early-childhood education on wheels. The company builds quality motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheel products, boats, and commercial community outreach vehicles.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways. Many employers are wrestling with their own Catch-22.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Put simply, the short-lived recession of 2020 has given way to a massive shortage of workers and skills in 2021–and placed talent strategy and human capital back at the top of corporations’ strategic agendas. And employers are competing to attract and retain employees in what is being called a “ war for talent. ”

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2021

The private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, is working with Apple to outfit about 400 freshmen with an iPad Air, Apple Watch, smart keyboard and assortment of supporting devices as part of the program dubbed Mobile Learning, Mobile Life. It’s a first-of-its-kind partnership between an HBCU and the tech titan.

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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. million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DreamBox Learning’s products complement Discovery Education’s other digital solutions, which include Discovery Education Experience , the company’s award-winning K-12 platform, the Techbook series of digital textbooks, Mystery Science , and more, in supporting student achievement. to accelerate learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 24, 2020

50 Happy Books To Read In 2020: Feel Good Fiction And More. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties – and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all. by TeachThought Staff. Need some positive thinking?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It was going to be a mobile education app, inspired in part by his previous stint at Ernst & Young, where he helped start a mentorship program for high-school students in Austin. He ended up starting with mobile education—almost literally—in the form of a driver’s education app.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2022

But in 2020, the program requested $9 million more to rollout a teacher training campaign. A Major Problem It is notable that even in 2020 the World Bank introduced targeted teacher support only after a key indicator declined. This also cropped up in our interviews with Chinese teachers in early 2020 about the shift to remote learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Now, a pilot partnership among colleges, companies and the American Council on Education aims to help people pursue both paths. The Apprenticeship Pathways project takes apprenticeships—experiences that companies design that pay people wages to learn while they work—and translates them into free college credits.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

For the third time this year, an American education technology company is laying claim to the magical “unicorn” status. To date, company has raised $138 million. Founded in 2012, Duolingo claims more than 300 million users, of whom 30 million are active on a monthly basis, according to the company. billion in 2020 to $10.5

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

Making sure you choose a company that has your best interest in mind is vital. For example, maybe some only connect with laptops while others allow for mobile devices. Mobility is one of the main pros of having a WPD. For companies that are starting up, or those who may need a budget-friendly solution, projectors are great.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced a new five-year $250 million effort to advance economic mobility, educational opportunity, diversity and inclusion, and health and well-being in communities around the world. As a global company, we care deeply about unlocking human potential,” said Brian Humphries, CEO, Cognizant. “We

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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. . At Tampa Prep, students were interested in exploring virtual reality and programming.

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Libraries Learning EdTech Accessibility 411

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Or, more to the point, what’s been the bedrock of education since, say, March 2020? Chasen figures the company will have close to 200 employees by the end of this year. Chasen figures the company will have close to 200 employees by the end of this year. The two companies are independent; Class licenses Zoom technology.) “Our

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

imagiLabs is the all-female founded Stockholm-based startup that aims to bridge the gender divide in coding with its imagiCharm: a device which can be visually customised by coding into an accompanying mobile app. based upon the Python code written by the user into the imagiLabs iOS or Android apps, which connect to the device via Bluetooth.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources. In 2020, an estimated 19.5 The company has changed hands several times.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

She serves as the past president of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and serves on the Leadership team of the Mobile Learning Network. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. We've had her on this show before, and she is awesome.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. IT Director Barrett Puschus immediately called his team to action, waking many of them up, so they could shut down the district’s entire system.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

SplashLearn, the US-headquartered learning company began 2021 on a high note raising $18 million in Series C funding round led by Owl Ventures. In 2020, more than 10 million new users joined the SplashLearn program. Patel Managing Director, Owl Ventures , who would be joining the company’s board along with Abhinav Chaturvedi. “We

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, the Dictionary.com mobile app has garnered more than 100 million downloads, putting word knowledge directly in the hands of learners. Past Words of the Year have represented a range of culturally and socially significant terms, including hallucinate (2023), woman (2022), allyship (2021), and pandemic (2020).

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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. For instance, Osso VR is a virtual reality technology company founded on the principle of training surgeons with real world skills that can be directly applied when in the operating room. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. Robot teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Instead of company founders presenting to crowds at a venue in the San Francisco Bay Area, they provided one-slide presentations, a company description and biographies of employees for a Y Combinator website. Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. Chile has more mobile cellular subscriptions (127 per 100 people) than the U.S.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2022

Knowledge organizations, ranging from libraries and museums to media companies and software makers, have entered the postsecondary marketplace, offering content, instruction and certification. It was mobile, cheap, and played rock ’n’ roll without parental oversight. He had to stand on a hill and point the radio west to hear anything.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

Pause a second and think about companies such as Uber and Airbnb. respectively by 2020. Access to mobile devices that connect learners and educators to the vast resources of the Internet and facilitate communication and collaboration. Where would many of us be without these or similar apps today? Powerful learning devices.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

The new website offers a seamless, more consistent user experience across the platform for shopping all brands, including a mobile wallet for ease of redemption and a dashboard to manage fundraising proceeds.

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Tom Murray

MAY 23, 2018

In places like Albemarle County, Virginia , school leaders have been developing a 4G Network to support their entire community, every day of the year, by 2020. Last year, I wrote the post, “ Can Companies Like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? Partner with Companies Such as Kajeet for Mobile Broadband.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

By the end of the 2020–2021 academic year, most U.S. Companies offering tools like online forms saw a spike in demand, and they are now seeing it rise again as schools organize summer learning programs. The federal government is also paying extra attention to summer programs, earmarking $1.2 billion in its massive relief package.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

EduLab Ventures is a new offshoot from EduLab , which is the parent company of JIEM, a Japan-based research and assessment group. But now, the company feels confident to invest on its own. “We It will also boast a small AI team in its Boston office that will work closely with portfolio companies. billion by 2020.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Think of the giant digital companies formed by founders who met in a dorm (most notably, Facebook and Microsoft). In contrast, Coleman argued that social capital is a powerful force that activates class mobility, with students leaping over the economic divide, some waking up transformed by the American Dream after college.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2023

Wise lived in the third house for five years, until 2020. But then, in October 2020, her plans fell apart. She called every property management company and landlord she could find. The families in her program mobilized too. She had invested a lot of time and money into making it her own. Wise quickly found a house.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2018

That’s how much the Landham, Maryland-based company raised through its latest public offering of common stock this week. He’s referring to the South Africa-based company that works with universities to build short online courses, which 2U purchased for $103 million in May 2017. It posted $92.3 Still, 2U wants more cash.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

He also happens to be the founder and chief executive officer of a successful mobile entertainment business, Street Gamez, that can amp up any party with a 32-foot, $55,000 trailer full of video game consoles for up to 28 players. This story also appeared in Wired. Credit: Octavio Jones for The Hechinger Report. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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