Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

NYC Media Lab merges engineering and design research happening at the city’s universities with resources and opportunities from the media and technology industry—to produce new prototypes, launch new companies and advocate for the latest thinking. They’re tailored to take place in the trainee’s home precinct.

Education 138

Education Mobility Training Industry 138

The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimates that companies spent an average of $1,273 per year per employee on training. Mercer’s 2018 global talent trends survey found that “most employees want their company to offer more flexible work options.” With the increase in flexible work, employees also need more flexible learning.

Training 61

Training Tablets Comparison Trends 61

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

I was curious to learn what scientists who are involved in studying and developing AI in education thought of McKinsey’s analysis and heard a range of praise, skepticism and outright criticism. Related: Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools.

Software 145

Software Differentiated Instruction Report Study 145

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

With this award, Bowman plans to utilize probeware that interfaces directly with students’ iPad ® tablets in new and innovative ways, both in and out of the traditional lab setting. Vernier creates easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and graphing/analysis software. Joe Muise, St. Thomas More Collegiate, Burnaby, BC.

STEM 59

STEM Technology Software Data 59

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Coupled with a focus on real-time data collection and analysis to inform both back office and classroom decisionmaking, the reliance on edtech in schools has led to increasingly severe data breaches, expensive and embarrassing disruptions to school operations, and the loss of millions of taxpayer dollars. Remember LAUSD’s failed effort ?)

EdTech 172

EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 172

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

YouTube is freely available, and the YouTube app comes pre-installed on Android smartphones and tablets with Google’s app bundle; if not, the app is easily installed. You can upload videos directly from your smartphone or tablet to YouTube without needing a computer. Access Google Drive from a computer, smartphone, or tablet.

Flipped Classroom 97

Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

The Game Agency

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In 2016, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) estimated that companies spent an average of $1,273 per employee on training. Mercer’s 2018 global talent trends survey found that “most employees want their company to offer more flexible work options.” You can accomplish both with games.

Training 40

Training Tablets Learning Comparison 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The program announced that last year, participants like tutoring app company GotIt! raised more than $9 million in a recent Series A round , and handheld wireless sensor company PocketLab is now teaming up with Google to bring the pocket-sized lab equipment to the Google Science Journal. Based in London, SAM’s 28-person team raised $4.5

EdTech 60

EdTech Meeting Education Company 60

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 15, 2016

Growth in the personal computer market for K-12 schools has fallen off in the United States and is declining in much of the world, a new analysis finds. There were signs of iPad’s market share slipping two years ago, but only three years ago it was king of the tablet hill, with 94 percent of the education tablet market share in the U.S.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft Chromebook iPad Tablets 40

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

The new analysis, titled “Teachers and Technology Use in the Classroom: Exclusive Survey Results,” represents an in-depth follow up to the Education Week Tech Confidence Index , released earlier this month as part of Education Week’s 2016 Technology Counts report. Read more about the Education Week Tech Confidence Index.

Survey 66

Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 66

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

UPDATE AS OF 1/15/14: The company Gobstopper has changed its name to Curriculet, but this update hasn''t changed how I use Curriculet with my students. The stories and information in the below post still hold true despite the change in company name. edmodocon On @Gobstopper students can read on a tablet, smartphone or laptop.

Common Core 162

Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis Assessment 162

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

is a for-profit company that sells data analysis to public schools. One of its products monitors which websites students visit and which apps they’re clicking on their tablets. Apps are increasingly common in U.S. BrightBytes Inc. Yes, even kindergarteners are using apps at school.)

Software 92

Software Data Education Company 92

Brainscape

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The makings of great salespeople Companies hire salespeople because they’re go-getters, charismatic, can talk the talk, and bring the deals across the finish line. Salespeople waltz into their positions without the right product knowledge training, and the company’s sales funnel suffers. The result?

Training 52

Training Study Company E-rate 52

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 30, 2022

One way to address this is to partner with digital publishing companies or third-party service providers who can help in the digital content transformation. These digital versions can then be accessed on all types of reading devices including tablets and smartphones. . There is therefore a need to do a cost analysis.

eBook 52

eBook How To Smartphone Industry 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And so I started thinking about it and fleshing out this idea, and it ended up being just the central point around which a lot of my analysis ended up hanging. I think at one point Nicholas Negroponte literally said drop tablets from helicopters, and the kids will teach themselves to read with them. Quite a few big companies.

Laptops 113

Laptops Chromebook Company Technology 113

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. The company and its foundation also say they will raise money through special events, and donation of devices, and other activities. District Extends Wi-Fi to Students in Public Housing.

Broadband 40

Broadband Smartphone Digital Divide Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. I was inspired, I think, to select that topic because talk of “platforms” was incredibly popular in Silicon Valley – it had been for a while – as companies strove to become “the next Facebook.”

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

In the absence of the weekly news round-ups, I took the time away to do some further writing and analysis: Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches , which details the ham-handed way in which the Texas Association of School Boards has communicated about their breach of personal information about Texas educators.

EdTech 150

EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2016

Levy, who is now executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, said ed-tech companies have to be more transparent in their pricing and in the services they offer to schools. Yes, we live in a system of capitalism, and companies have a right to make a profit—but this is taxpayer money we’re talking about.”. This is just wrong.

iPad 40

iPad System Software Company 40

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2017

His technologies have led to the creation of three technology companies that create products for people with disabilities. Our mission is to help others successfully implement research-based applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques. We want every child with autism to receive effective instruction!

Android 42

Android Laptops Tablets Training 42

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

So Apple may wind up owning teen allegiance to wearable digital accessories, even as it loses hands-on loyalty in traditional laptops and tablets. Kids trying VR at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Photo Credit: Frank Catalano 2. Still, the reality is extending reality costs.

Analysis 160

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 160

Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Within educational technology, tech companies can acquire data via multiple routes. These applications can support both storage of and analysis on data collected in a variety of applications. The most direct way is via a direct signup: a teacher creates an account to use a service, and the teacher is the only person using the service.

Data 40

Data Edmodo Policies Knewton 40

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Built-in analysis tools are ready to add to your project. Analysis – some typical methods of analysis are included and ready to add for students to analyze pieces of a project. Project Pals is perfect for any student capable of using an electronic tablet, Chromebook, or device to create and share. See video below.).

Software 295

Software Wiki Common Core Digital Citizenship 295

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. laptops and tablets, as is true in Maine ) according to a recent analysis from the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S.

Technology 176

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 176

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

.” For me, still framing my work that way – “top trends” – is a purposeful rhetorical move to shed light, to subvert, to offer a sly commentary of sorts on the shallowness of what passes as journalism, criticism, analysis. The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE 3D ( www.carolina.com/help/pressreleases/2018/building-blocks-of-science-3d ) Carolina Biological Supply Company launched the new Building Blocks of Science 3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5. Spectrum Industries Inc.

Tools 58

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

techlearning

MARCH 29, 2018

The software’s sophisticated data analysis functions help students develop skilled scientific responses by enabling users to perform derivative and regression functions as well as view comprehensive statistics. It also includes improved support for JavaScript and QML. In addition, GlobiLab 3.0

Software 40

Software STEM Data Tablets 40

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The staff now uses the interactive display to create and present lesson plans and share content with students utilizing their own tablets. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc. Teachers have also expressed positive feedback using the technology, underscoring how it led to more collaborative learning experiences for students.

Education 128

Education Learning EdTech Data 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. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

Epson 52

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 52

techieMusings

AUGUST 16, 2018

After all, isn’t that the way we think about success in our schools and companies? We want to graduate at the top of our class, get the job at the best company, and be chosen to work on the most coveted project. A Rider needs to be jarred out of analysis at some point and given a script that explains how to act.

Company 50

Company Exercises Strategy Meeting 50

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Proponents say it’s a problem-solving approach that works in any field, noting that computer modeling, big data and simulations are used in everything from textual analysis to medical research and environmental protection. You have to keep trying until you get the result that you want.”.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” The grant is just one of a slew of recent investments by the Omidyar Network in companies and organizations that work in and around education technology, including Khan Academy, Hypothes.is, and Edsurge. LearnZillion (instructional content and professional development company in the US) – investment amount unknown.

Khan Academy 69

Khan Academy Education Company Data 69

MindShift

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Lofton even keeps one email from his English professor, Neal Phillips, saved on his tablet. Fast analysis of disparate data streams, including your daily Web surfing, helps corporate America market its goods, chart growth and follow you across the Internet with annoying ads. “I screen-shot it and I saved it,” Lofton says.

Data 28

Data Course Company Software 28

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

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. Blackboard’s Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Mayr, is also leaving the company.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

E-Literate claimed this week that “ Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share” – with some additional analysis about “What’s Important about the Blackboard Market Share News.” “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150