Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2021

When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in Education Today , on August 31, 2021. Pre-pandemic, the rollout of a digital learning program would take months; last year, schools had weeks (if not days) to implement remote learning models to ensure students continued their education despite all social distancing rules.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

By Rick Vanover As digital learning possibilities expand, school districts have become major ransomware targets. Throughout 2021, 162 school districts were the target of a cyber incident, and for the first time ever, ransomware was the most frequently reported attack.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Promethean® , a leading global education technology company, today at TCEA 2021 announced its ClassFlow platform had received iKeepSafe certification renewal. The certifications for FERPA, COPPA, and California (Student Privacy – CSPC) mean that ClassFlow has been assessed by iKeepSafe and meets iKeepSafe’s rigorous standards.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

During the Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings, Dr. Evans, along with a panel of K-12 student voices, discussed findings from this year’s Speak Up Research Project. Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2021

“Student Level Data Engagement Analysis” aggregates device and app usage data to assess student engagement. CatchOn’s Student Level Data Engagement Analysis is based on the actual device and app usage data of 47 school districts from January 2020 through January 2021.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

According to Lightspeed’s Edtech App Report , which examined the use of edtech in more than 100 school districts during the 2021-2022 school year, there is an astounding number of apps in use. It also found that much of learning time is digital, with 56 percent of students actively engaged in digital learning for more than two hours per day.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

billion in 2021. Global edtech funding plummeted 49 percent from 2021 to 2022, falling to $10.6 Today’s investors and buyers demand more information, data, customer discovery and product testing to commit funding. Explore qualitative and quantitative data on your intended audience and their pressing needs.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Phil has led the charge for his district to develop and implement Student Data Privacy systems in the State of Illinois and recently presented at ISTELive22 on these protocols and processes. He has been Round Rock ISD’s director of technology infrastructure since 2021. Round Rock ISD (TX) selected Donnie Bruton, Jr.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Key points: AI will be key for transforming learning and preparing students for the workforce Still, many countries face equity and accessibility challenges See related article: Is generative AI a beacon for more accessible education?

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

billion in 2021, according to Analytic Insight. Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Understanding challenges that may arise in the education sector is key to developing practical solutions to streamline teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

To support both new and existing solutions, while delivering engaging learning experiences, developing forward-thinking data strategies and building new revenue streams, edtechs are using Amazon Web Services, Inc. Data is abundant and the key to today’s edtech solutions Data is critical to unlock the potential of edtech solutions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Museum of Science is the first Roblox Community Fund (RCF) recipient to launch their experience since the fund’s introduction in November of 2021. Please go to mos.org/Roblox to learn more and here to access “Mission: Mars” directly on Roblox.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. Our own venture capital firm, New Markets Venture Partners, rode these tailwinds ourselves, successfully selling four companies in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 at generous valuations. billion in mid-October, 2021, to $62.8 percent since going public in October 2021 at $29/share.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Wright and her team at the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) immediately began work on a strategic approach to narrow the digital learning divide between students living in different parts of the state. Data will be collected through fall 2021 with another data collection planned for spring 2022.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2021

The latest enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows adult undergraduate enrollment in steep decline. For example, community college enrollment declined 11 percent in spring 2021 compared to the year prior. Meanwhile, demand is booming for flexible, digital offerings.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

Institutional leaders and public voters selected from 34 finalists to honor innovative projects that successfully impact and elevate learning experiences. The project mitigated learning loss precipitated by COVID and effectively prepared students for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here are some common cybersecurity threats plaguing educational institutions in 2022: Data Breaches. Educational institutions hold a significant amount of sensitive data regarding students, teachers, staff, and parents. Access to these data without authorization is called a data breach. Backup Your Data.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

BrainPOP Science helps teachers inspire the next generation of scientific thinkers while navigating fundamental shifts in teaching and learning science, technology, and engineering. Data manipulatives empower students to improve data literacy skills by interacting with scientific data used in real-world scenarios. ?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

For instance, Stanford University conducted its first VR course, canned ENGAGE, in 2021. Personalized Learning . Edtech has worked immensely in tailoring personalized learning for each student. A lot of data collection and data analytics work goes into this process, but the learning outcomes till now have been great.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Museum of Science is the first Roblox Community Fund (RCF) recipient to launch their experience since the fund’s introduction in November of 2021.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

For instance, Western Governors University (120,000 students), Southern New Hampshire University (150,000 students), and the University of Phoenix (94,000 students), together accounted for 38 percent of all online-degree enrollment, according to data they provided to me. Overall, “primarily online institutions” in the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. You’ll explore emotional intelligence models and various methods for collecting data, so you’ll be equipped to decide which instruments are right for your school or district to measure SEL growth.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

The data we’ve collected shows that students need real financial education, and they need it now.”. EVERFI collected anonymous survey responses from students who participated in one of three EVERFI financial education courses during the 2020-2021 school year. Currently, more than half of U.S. About the survey.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2023

In summer 2021, while Osgood was still breastfeeding that baby, the time came for an experience she had long looked forward to: traveling to campus to learn in ASU’s laboratories. They’re analyzing the properties of galaxies with data from telescopes. She and her family moved to California. She left the military.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Expansion of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program to include additional student connectivity and teacher professional development for Title I schools. Since 2012, Verizon Innovative Learning has committed a total of $535 million in STEM education efforts in support of digital inclusion. billion in 2019.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

Digital publishers, the corporate sector, and educational institutions are increasingly using digital publishing tools and learning management systems to create digital assets and impart digital learning experiences. The digital learning tool develops a bug or another issue, leading to downtime.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

Batavia, Illinois, June 14, 2021 — Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is enhancing its award-winning Science2Go to further support high school biology, chemistry, environmental science, and physics teaching and learning. More about Science2Go.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

The system, which harnesses AI, recently won first place in the annual XPrize Digital Learning Challenge , which boasts a purse of $1 million split among winners. “In That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who developed a free tool they call the Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator. So AI was definitely a big part of it.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Through their new startup, Engageli , they want to replicate the social feeling of being in a classroom, layered with live data about student engagement, on a browser-based tool that they hope to sell to colleges and universities. The couple is no longer with Coursera, which is now valued at $2.5 That vision has investors feeling stoked.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2022

AR technology has the potential to expand educators’ ability to create immersive, interactive learning experiences that unlock students’ natural curiosity. Discovery Education is also making available several free, pre-built lessons educators can use with the app to familiarize themselves with integrating AR into classroom instruction.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

and internationally) just since January 2021. Acquisitions and partnerships are a cornerstone of Byju’s early learning programs: It bought Palo Alto-based Osmo in 2019, which combines digital learning with manipulatives, an approach the companies call “phygital.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It expects to finish fundraising in spring 2021, and cap the fund off at roughly $88 million. Others are building language-learning apps and toys that teach kids STEM concepts. For its second fund, “the biggest opportunity continues to be new digital learning solutions enabling acquisition of professional skills,” says Wirz. “We

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

Digital publishers, the corporate sector, and educational institutions are increasingly using digital publishing tools and learning management systems to create digital assets and impart digital learning experiences. The digital learning tool develops a bug or another issue, leading to downtime.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 27, 2022

Gamification is a great study tool to personalize learning, making it more immersive and exciting. Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and Big Data are extensively being used to enhance and personalize the learning experience. Digital Publishing , eBook solution / November 23, 2021.

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