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Online YC Demo Day Includes A Byju’s Rival, Quiz Bowl App, Parenting Advice Platform

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COVID-19 led to a more demure, online-only version of startup accelerator Y Combinator’s demo day event this week for its winter cohort. Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch. The website will be available until April 15.

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Vernier Software & Technology Offers Free Remote Learning Resources for STEM

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Vernier Video Analysis™: An extended free trial of this physics app is available through the end of June 2020. With the app, students can use their mobile devices to insert their own videos with recorded motion, mark points to track the object in motion, and set the scale of the video.

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4 Biggest Challenges in Adopting Digital Learning at Schools

Kitaboo on EdTech

Interested in learning how KITABOO is enabling Institutions globally with their mobile content and eBook strategies? Request a demo here. DISCOVER HOW AN INTERACTIVE EBOOK PUBLISHING & DELIVERY PLATFORM CAN HELP YOU Kitaboo is a cloud-based content platform to create-publish & distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks.

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Digital Magazines 101: Types & Content Creation Secrets

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While they are easy to create, PDFs are not optimized for all viewing devices, such as mobile phones or tablets, where you have to zoom in and out for text clarity. However, similar to PDFs, flipbook magazines also have certain drawbacks, with one being the absence of optimization for mobile reading.

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Free Remote Learning Resources for STEM Teachers and Students

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Vernier Video Analysis : An extended free trial of this physics app is available through the end of June 2020. With the app, students can use their mobile devices to insert their own videos with recorded motion, mark points to track the object in motion, and set the scale of the video.

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Alexa Goes to ISTE: Edtech Companies—and Teachers—Debut New Skills for Learning

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Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices.

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Is Augmented Reality Technology The Future of Education ?

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The number of AR and VR users is expected to cross the 1 Billion mark by 2020. DISCOVER HOW AN INTERACTIVE EBOOK PUBLISHING & DELIVERY PLATFORM CAN HELP YOU Kitaboo is a cloud-based content platform to create-publish & distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. billion mark as of 2017.