Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Yet for Jamie Martin, the most daunting challenges also present the greatest opportunities. In return, Injini takes up to 15 percent of equity in each company. “We Yo Books , a company from South Sudan, aims to deliver and distribute books on low-cost devices across remote regions. Yet the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

She pioneered the use of adaptive learning in college teaching, starting the Online Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University more than 15 years ago, and she sees how powerful it can be in a classroom. But she has real ambivalence about how adaptive learning is moving from the laboratory to the classroom.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Perhaps it is because of the myth of the entrepreneur that resounds throughout popular culture: examples like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, who both dropped out of college, and in doing so, seemingly spurned education in order to build major tech companies—and yet now each have education initiatives of their own. Blackboard Inc.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Michelson Runway , a San Francisco-based accelerator, announced the handful of companies that will be in its inaugural cohort. Around 200 companies applied for the five spots in the 2016 cohort. Michelson Runway has invested a total of $225,000 in the companies, with each receiving a minimum of $25,000 and some getting more.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 21, 2022

However, it can also present a challenge for teachers as they try to understand where students are at with their language comprehension and equip them with the right tools to stay on track. Lexia® Learning, a Cambium® company, is one of the most impactful and highly respected reading-technology companies in the world.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Sept 4, 2018 - MobyMax , the most widely adopted differentiated learning solution in the U.S., We are thrilled that MobyMax was recognized not only as the Best Global EdTech company, but also the Best Assessment Tool or App. The 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards are presented to the year’s top edtech companies, products, people, and more.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

But optimizing a flawed model of education is not in the best interests of our students, and from a learning outcomes perspective may make things worse than they already are. In the case of adaptive learning, education commentator Audrey Watters gave examples of how things can go badly wrong on her blog. Tune too easy?

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. To take us back to our present ChatGPT dilemma for student writing, I offer three possibilities for teachers.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Edtech allows learners to learn and teachers to teach despite language barriers, inability to gather physically in one place, network and bandwidth problems, etc. Edtech features like online learning, digital modules, instructional videos & presentations, and much more allow learners to access learning material anytime and anywhere. .

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

acquired the San Francisco-based startup that helps K-12 educators “use data to analyze the past, understand the present, and anticipate the future,” according to the company’s Twitter page. Utilizing New York-based Knewton’s adaptive learning platform, Pearson says it will update its digital curriculum, enVisionMATH2.0.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The students who actually did Spieler’s homework experienced another trendy teaching approach: adaptive learning software. Acrobatiq , a company that spun out of Carnegie Mellon University’s much-watched Open Learning Initiative. “I’m looking for different ways of making them engage with things in class.”. ‘At

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. When a child failed to learn a concept, the software would lead the child to a different place where the concept was presented in a way most suited to that child.

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Brainscape

AUGUST 21, 2018

After long development, we’ve recently released a new product called Knowledge Rehab : a set of more than 2,000 adaptive-learning flashcards to quiz you and help you develop your knowledge on a huge range of subjects. What happened in the past shapes the present — and can help you look smart in all kinds of different scenarios!

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. million PreK-12 students. NuuEd Receives $3 Million from Swiss Firm: Oakland, Calif.-based

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IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Learning analytics is about action. No action = failure.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. Most ideas are not new.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. Lesson learned #1: Eyeballs are not a business model. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. Most ideas are not new.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

Moran said she is most proud of the work Albemarle has done “to create seven pathways to learning that open doors of opportunity for every child.” With that said, I am most proud of our students who consistently demonstrate that they can rise to any challenge that we present when it is coupled with high levels of support.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. For instance, traditionally static presentations can be infused with dynamic generative AI elements, fostering a more efficient and engaging experience.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Best Math Game For Virtual Learning: Prodigy: Kids Math Game. Prodigy is free to use math apps for students age 6 to 14 years and schools that utilize an adaptive learning platform. The Prodigy Math Game World offers quests and in-game rewards to motive kids to learn math.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The call for presentations has been extended until October 31, and the event is highly inclusive so that we have real global participation. Last year we had presentations from 62 countries. Valve , the company behind the video game hit Portal, is working on an educational game.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

was awarded the 2018 Tech Edvocate Award for Best Global EdTech Company. was awarded the 2018 Tech Edvocate Award for Best Global EdTech Company. It’s no secret that digital solutions are growing and that print companies are struggling. MobyMax, the most widely adopted edtech platform in the U.S., million students and 1.5

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The call for presentations has been extended until October 31 , so get your proposals in! of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? The presentation software SlideRocket announced SlideRocket EDU this week, making its tools available to students and teachers via the Google Apps Marketplace.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. For instance, traditionally static presentations can be infused with dynamic generative AI elements, fostering a more efficient and engaging experience.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

As an increasing number of companies offer “free trials” of their products to educators during COVID-19 closures, educators must understand that these “free” versions can come at a cost to students’ privacy and safety. While there are many additional features to explore for accessibility (e.g.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2019

You drop these into a learning pathway, and you resequence them the way you want to,” he says. It then presents you with a unique web address you can share with students. Lue will present the project next week at the OpenEdX conference in San Diego. And the platform lets you add your own videos or texts as well.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

Adaptive learning companies haven’t shied away from the analogy either, as descriptions of themselves as “ a sort of Netflix for learning ” are not unusual. Similarly, Amazon recommends products for you based on what you search for and buy and based on others who have shown similar preferences.

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Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2017

You’ve sat here through a couple of days’ worth of presentations on ed-tech, and perhaps you’re a little tired of it too. (Or No doubt, today’s technology companies view students and schools as a largely untapped market. I want to talk about the history of the future of technologies of the home.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2016

Collaboration aims to create a more open, collaborative digital learning environment for K-12 students and educators.

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Brainscape

MAY 5, 2022

Essentially, if you want to study in a Chinese university or work in a Chinese company, this is the test used to measure your language proficiency! Just choose the sound you want to hear (which is written in pinyin), and you’ll be presented with information and images for all the different tones for that sound.

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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. Star 360 helps educators quickly and accurately determine students’ mastery in reading and math.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The combined companies now extend from enrollment to graduation in districts that include traditional public, charter, and independent schools across the country. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Five people presented. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Young: Thank you.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If we go back to the War of 1812 lecture example, we can see the value of adaptive learning if we instead embrace these tech advancements. 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. Will this replace the need for human tutors?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. –David Cisneros, National Director for Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates.

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