eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Technology in K-12 classrooms can revolutionize education Choosing the right edtech requires a thoughtful and strategic approach Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Technology transforms K-12 education by enhancing engagement, personalizing learning, and fostering collaboration.

Technology 52

Technology Tools Learning EdTech 52

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. One of the top performers?

Microsoft 112

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 11, 2018

Immersive technology with new wearable devices like Microsoft HoloLens and augmented reality can be the solution. With the support of AI providing tangible, customized learning, it makes learning more exciting, fun and practical. It is necessary to adapt to abstract concepts and practicality. ?

Classroom 127

Classroom Adaptive Learning Industry Software 127

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Companies like Microsoft (Minecraft), Epic (Fortnite Creator) and Roblox have set up education divisions with ambitious goals. The novel also examines the issue of equity, exploring who has access to such a powerful learning platform. And many kids are eager to dive in and start creating.

Game-Based Learning 167

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 167

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Throughout the past decade, Knewton ’s adaptive learning technology has been backed by some of the biggest names in the both the publishing and venture capital community. Pearson will no longer use Knewton’s adaptive learning engine for some of its digital offerings. content providers. Not all publishers hopped onboard.

Knewton 81

Knewton Pearson Adaptive Learning Company 81

Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 31, 2023

Digital textbooks, on the other hand, offer many features and tools that can be used to personalize the learning experience for K12 students. Adaptive Learning Digital textbooks can be designed to adapt to a student’s learning style and provide a personalized learning experience that works best for them.

eBook 52

eBook Gamification Learning Analytics Data 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $130 million. DadaABC (English language learning): $100 million. Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3 Age of Learning (educational apps): $181.5 DreamBox Learning (adaptive learning): $175.6 Microsoft bought three companies in 2018.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. HERO K12, BV INVESTMENT PARTNERS AND SCHOOLMINT ( herok12.com

Tools 70

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2017

The region boasts an unusual concentration of highly-valued tech startups—Domo, Qualtrics and Inside Sales are among them—along with big education companies, including Instructure, the developer of the Canvas learning management system. godfather” of OER and Chief Academic Officer of Lumen Learning), trace their roots here.

Coursera 73

Coursera Knewton Udemy EdTech 73

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. A 2017 study found that tutoring is the most effective way to improve learning outcomes among students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Will this replace the need for human tutors?

Education 52

Education Industry Company Exercises 52

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

No surprise, it’s the certificate offered by LinkedIn-owner Microsoft. Microsoft first launched these in 1992 , but let’s all pretend like the learn-to-code alt-certification thing is brand new. Here’s the Top 100 list, for what it’s worth. ” Go, School Sports Team! .”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Teaching Tech-Based Farming: Microsoft Backs Program for Ag Group’s 650,000 Students.” ” Via Edsurge : “Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018.” DreamBox Learning has raised $130 million from The Rise Fund. More via AJC.

Education 43

Education Pearson Company Blackboard 43

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Gotta love a quote like this, from a story in Edsurge profiling McComb, Mississippi ’s Summit Elementary School: “We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws.” ” Oh. ” (Wow.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Microsoft has released an early access version of its Minecraft : Education Edition. ” In other Microsoft/Minecraft news , the company will donate $10,000 to the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics to build a Minecraft Lab at a local school. . Via Edsurge : “Chasing China ’s Edtech Unicorns: A Cautionary Tale.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” But these outlandish claims of a powerful piece of learning software never matched what materialized. Because we have five orders of magnitude more data about you than Google has. Apple sneers about this.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

Kahoot has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Creandum, Northzone, and Microsoft Ventures. Via Edsurge : “How Much Do Educators Care About Edtech Efficacy ? Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Adaptive Learning Products Gain Ground in K–12, Market Survey Finds.” million total.

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million total.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40