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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

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Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. Here is the full report.) Not surprisingly, those who rely on cell phones to do so report having the hardest time. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.)

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5 EdTech Trends Educators Need To Watch In 2019

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Tech Training and Employment. Fortune reports that the US government has been funding efforts to solve this phenomenon and train educators. Companies like Florida Power & Light and Pratt & Whitney partner with schools to train STEM instructors to teach them programming while working a paid internship.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

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Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 3)

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According to the National Center on Education Statistics , the number of adults with children under the age of 18 reporting that “computers were always or usually available for education purposes” has risen to 94 percent. Over the past few decades, there have been great strides in this area. coding) and soft skills (e.g.

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2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

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edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions. But for the U.S.

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Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

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In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Empowering Teachers as Learning Engineers (Without Adding More Work)

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When we reflect on how the pandemic disrupted education, we’ll think about the resiliency of our teachers, who were challenged like never before to connect with students in new ways to keep learning going in the face of nationwide school closures. We must ensure teachers have relevant training. But it hasn’t come without a cost.

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