The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

eLearn.fyi is a database of more than 300 online resources, from a civics curriculum created by a former Supreme Court justice to engineering lessons for building a robotic arm. Our governments need to be working in partnership with tech companies to put the Netflix of online learning into action,” she added. “I

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Shipeng Li, corporate vice president of iFLYTEK, talked about how the Chinese company is working to increase teachers’ efficiency by individualizing homework assignments. It enables children to use artificial intelligence to train and build robots. Druga talked about how kids first assumed the robots were super brainy.

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Robotics Education Microsoft Company 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Their visions represent a journey into cybersecurity and space travel, racism and robots. All four students say they think humanoid robots are “creepy.”) Noelani Velasco Polley, 10, imagines that robots will take over a lot of jobs and hopes to pick one in science or engineering that will be robot-proof and earn plenty of money.

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Robotics Elementary Report Groups 135

techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

Birdbrain technologies is a robotics company that has two main products: the Hummingbird Robotics Kit and the Finch robot. Finch is a simple bird-like robot that's whole purpose is to bridge that coding gap, and where it works wonders is its device flexibility. Put in an application now!

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. So do most ed-tech companies. Click here to share it.

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Robotics Education Competency Based Learning Program Evaluation 120

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This idea that “the child will be the customer” is, of course, also a nod to “personalized learning” as well, as is the invocation of a “Montessori-inspired” model. Last year, VCs poured millions into similar sorts of companies, including Tinkergarten, Sawyer, and Kinedu.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 137

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that access to computers and other digital devices had no impact on students' proficiency in reading, math, and science. But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. has joined the ENA family of companies. CLASSCRAFT ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND QUESTS MARKETPLACE FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING ( www.classcraft.com/?utm_source=techlearning.com&utm_medium=referral

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

With that, I think it's worth taking a look at where each of the three big companies stands in regards to Ed. The collaborative nature of tools and the access to the Drive App Store gives Chromebooks a level of collaborative creation that is good enough for most. As an instructional device and set of tools, they also get the job done.

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Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. “ Does tech designed to personalize learning actually benefit students?

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The hush was troubling, because students learn a lot from debating ideas, sharing feedback and collectively exploring big questions. In doing so, Desmos joined a handful of other startups using tech to boost student interaction and class discussion, so that in the rush to personalize learning we don’t lose the benefits of learning together.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

They not only look at how the product would fit with their learning standards and curriculum, but the product must also work within their LMS. At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. She thinks the industry is lagging behind. and Mark C.

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EdTech LMS Robotics Training 40

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

“People don’t recognize the business model.but it’s really about making sure people have access,” Rochelle continued, noting that many of their tools are free and the hardware is relatively affordable. For us, it’s really about enabling learning.”

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EdTech Microsoft Conference Outcomes 95

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 127

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

To borrow from “ Norman’s Law of eLearning Tool Convergence ,” no matter the stories we tell about innovation, no matter the predictions we make about disruption, in time everything in ed-tech becomes indistinguishable from the learning management system. But that’s not new.

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Robotics Company Technology System 67

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He has successfully built the architecture for a connected campus that enhances the campus experience, drives operational efficiency, and provides education in a manner that all can access. When the pandemic started, Upchurch knew this would permanently change how students learn. And for Seage, the best has yet to come.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Worries have included the effects of screen time on young minds, along with questions about whether robots will replace teachers. Many educators also say that providing this type of personalized support to tens of millions of students will be nearly impossible without dramatically improving the way we select and use ed tech.

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Technology Education Survey EdTech 128

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 49

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

STEAM-based learning emphasizes both hands-on and digital experiences with engineering, art, game design, prototyping in makerspaces, authoring, robotics, and much more. Students and teachers are learning to innovate hand-in-hand. Where there is innovation, entrepreneurship often follows. Website • Twitter • Free art lessons.

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Gamification How To Education Game-Based Learning 114

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HERO K12, BV INVESTMENT PARTNERS AND SCHOOLMINT ( herok12.com

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 68

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By harnessing the power of AI in education technology, learners can access a broader understanding of a topic, mitigating the structural bias of the institution and curriculum. An AI tech company can help by giving teachers the power of AI to scan text and turn it into well-designed slides. That’s over ten hours a week.

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Education Industry Company Exercises 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2017

According to Philanthropy magazine in spring 2013, DeVos serves as chairman of the Windquest Group—a privately held, multi-company operating group that invests in technology, manufacturing, and clean energy—which she founded with her husband in 1989. Here’s What We Know. She invests in technology. Her charter school uses edtech.

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EdTech Robotics Policies Trends 64

Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Google is working with a number of partners, including WNET, PBS, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the American Museum of Natural History, the Planetary Society, David Attenborough with production company Alchemy VR and many of the Google Cultural Institute museum partners to create custom educational content that spans the universe.”.

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eBook Robotics Google Facebook 77

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The idea for the company came out of Steven’s own sense of frustration and boredom in science classes. Realism , Steven’s company, offers labs in physics, chemistry and biology, including one that puts students into the shoes of a NASA engineer and asks them to use their chemistry knowledge to input fuel values and launch a rocket into space.

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Robotics Chromebook Education Company 103

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) ” From Fast Company : “Amazon’s HQ2 could eliminate 1,500 affordable housing units in NYC.”

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education.” ” São Paulo has approved a bill that would allow companies to manufacture school uniforms and sell branding and sponsorship opportunities on the clothing. ” Or something. .”

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Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

APRIL 21, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A group of scholars object to a decision by the University of California, Berkeley , to remove many video and audio lectures from public view as a result of a Justice Department accessibility order.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Language Learning Apps Haven’t Helped Struggling ELL Students.”

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Education MOOC Facebook Report 45

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2.

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information.

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning?

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Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” ” The company: the Student Loan Assistance Center.

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