Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. Dozens of companies raised venture funding at equal or lesser values —“down rounds”— compared to rounds raised during the pandemic-induced edtech boom of 2020 and 2021.

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EdTech Company Edmodo Industry 140

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

After a summer of market research and competitor analysis, the company eventually signed off on a collaboration with a Chinese partner, TAL Education. company that has eyed Asia as the next big market. But their story is not a blueprint that will make sense for every company. ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S.

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Company EdTech Tablets Edmodo 112

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

As a small company it’s hard to be heard over the noise (and the smell of popcorn). The center of the exhibit hall has the most valuable real estate and the biggest companies and displays. Our goal isn’t to be competing at the level of Edmodo,” said Kim. Edmodo had a dancing logo (see photo).

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Edmodo Pearson Company Conference 150

The Innovative Educator

JUNE 29, 2014

Do you excel at using Edmodo? Wouldn’t it be great to have a direct connection to the people who work at the companies of the very resources you are using for teaching and learning? Do you think Microsoft is magnificent? Do you think PBS is the perfect platform for digital media content?

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Company Edmodo Education Microsoft 74

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JANUARY 19, 2015

The topic for tonight is classroom hacks. Hacking" the multiple choice/true-false quiz, Edmodo''s quiz feature is my go-to tool for replacing paper quizzes and scantron forms and providing instantaneous feedback on student performance. Edmodo''s quizzes have saved me so much time grading.

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Edmodo Classroom Company Tools 60

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

“We talk about this in terms of URLs and tracking, but what we are tracking is bits and pieces of people’s lives being sent off into black boxes to be used in ways that we don’t know,” Bill Fitzgerald, a blogger who discovered tracking cookies hidden in an education product from Edmodo, told EdSurge.

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Policies Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 176

The Innovative Educator

JUNE 30, 2016

I’ve written about the privacy policies of some of the popular players in classrooms such as Microsoft, Google, Class Dojo, and Edmodo which you can read about at this link. It is the innovative educators who are trying the newest tools and pushing the companies to update their platform in terms of privacy and pedagogy.

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Company Tools Edmodo Policies 46

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Joining them were an additional 6,000 reps from companies big and small. Software Updates Google is reorganizing its Classroom platform to make it easier to sort materials by topic. Fractions covers math standards for grades 3-6 and features a storyline and what the company calls “personalized feedback” through an online tutor.

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Edmodo Google Robotics Software 99

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

But the company has kept mum on specifics to everyone else, only sharing that it’s seen “viral growth across hundreds of thousands” of U.S. classrooms, and 30 percent month-over-month growth in usage throughout the previous and current year, says its chief academic officer, Abbas Manjee. He is also Kiddom’s newest board member.

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Khan Academy EdTech Schoology Edmodo 119

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

We were victims of the FAFSA breach, now we are victims again with Edmodo. Most recently, one of the most widely-used education technology companies, Edmodo, had records for. Often they read about these incidents on the news before receiving official notice from the district or company. “We Rachel Stickland, Parent.

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EdTech Data Edmodo Company 82

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

The inspiration for this idea came from Google’s 80/20 Innovation Model where engineers are encouraged to take 20 percent of their time to work on something company-related that interests them personally. 21st Century Education Change educational technology Flipped Classroom Innovation New Milford High School teachers'

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Common Core Educreations Personal Learning Network Flipped Classroom 359

techlearning

AUGUST 1, 2018

The leading virtual professional development (PD) conference will feature two days of inspirational stories and strategies from four keynote speakers that will focus on best practices for improving and strengthening technology use in the classroom. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. This year’s speakers include: ?

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Edmodo Resources Udemy Education 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Early-stage education entrepreneurs were also in short supply; word in the halls was that private companies were expected to be making $15 million-plus in revenue to get a formal invite. At the turn of this century, most publicly-traded companies attending the event were operators of for-profit colleges and universities.

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Edmentum Education Company Industry 102

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As schools and districts increasingly rely on digital tools, what have companies and districts learned about safeguarding sensitive information? Survivors from high-profile breaches at two education technology companies—Edmodo and Schoolzilla—shared what they learned at the SF Edtech Meetup on Sept. Minimize Data Collection.

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Data System Edmodo How To 85

The Web20Classroom

JULY 11, 2013

This is the second in my Summer Learning Series, where I share "make-it, take-it" resources, ideas, tips and tricks for the summer and for the classroom. The first in the series was Collaborative Learning With Edmodo. Right, but how does this help you find stuff for your classroom? Once you have it in mind, start using it.

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Twitter Edmodo Learning Wiki 255

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. And a new, growing class of companies may soon join us. We broke through in different ways.

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Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 78

Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Apple and Google continue to up the ante in their quest to win adoption in classrooms. But the company’s most compelling case for reclaiming pole position in the education market isn’t the tablet, argues EdSurge columnist Jin-Soo Huh. Google’s 12 Education Updates Include Classwork and a (Slight) Classroom Makeover.

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EdTech Pearson Industry Student Data Privacy 111

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2019

Among the graduates were a half dozen education technology companies. From K-12 classrooms to professional sales training, many entrepreneurs would say that learning is better together, with peers and instructors. In 2018, it claimed about 6,000 paying one who altogether brought the company $500,000 in revenue.

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EdTech Company Edmodo Course 120

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Last summer, the San Francisco-based company invited several dozen educational publishers and organizations to create and sell materials to Quizlet users, as part of a closed beta program. Today, the company announced it is inviting any content creator, including individual educators, to apply for its Premium Content program.

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Pearson Kaplan Company Education 92

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. Remember Edmodo? The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

TeacherCast

AUGUST 27, 2015

Which is why it’s so wonderful that some teachers are doing as much as they are when it comes to figuring out technology in their classrooms. Some technically inclined teachers are finding and configuring their own classroom management systems, for instance, or trying to make multiple apps work together that weren’t designed to.

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Edmodo Moodle LMS Software 68

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

When I first started working as a tech reporter, I assumed – naively – that venture capitalists were smart people who did thorough research before funding a company. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. One should be conscientious, as such.

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Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 12, 2012

I was an Aerospace engineer and worked for companies like Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft. The challenge provides high schools students with the opportunity to apply the lessons of the classroom to the technical problems that are being faced in the workplace.

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STEM Edmodo Industry Software 149

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. The Flipped Classroom". And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform now integrates into Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Brightspace by D2L, and Infinite Campus.

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Professional Learning Strategy LMS Microsoft 60

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

She stayed with her Facebook group method her first two years of teaching there, but stopped once the school started using Google Classroom. She says if she was still using Facebook groups, she doesn’t think the recent news about the company would bother her. She felt like having both would be redudant.

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Facebook Social Media Moodle Edmodo 74

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

diplomat, and Vibhu Mittal, the CEO of Edmodo and a former Google employee. The letter said that you all stand with dreamers, that they're vital to the future of your companies and our economy and that you believe that they're part of why we continue to hold a global competitive advantage. Jeffrey Collins Our company is small.

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EdTech Strategy Edmodo Company 62

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. I’d totally forgotten that Zynga was still a thing, but apparently the company has enough money to subsidize gaming courses. Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” ” More via Education Week.

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

EDMODO AND CLEVER ( www.edmodo.com/integrations ) & ( www.clever.com ) Edmodo announced a new partnership with Clever to give teachers, students and parents immediate access to fully rostered digital classrooms. HERO K12, BV INVESTMENT PARTNERS AND SCHOOLMINT ( herok12.com

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” And there’s a blog post on Medium , because I guess someone thinks it’s a good idea for the Office of Ed Tech to outsource its website to a for-profit company. Edsurge was there too.

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Education MOOC Company OER 55

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Skype took off and more and more teachers are using it in the classroom. Even Skype itself got in the game late in the year and created a place for teachers to sign-up to connected with other classrooms. The best part is that others can do the same. Very easy and lots of potential.

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Tablets Edmodo Wiki Facebook 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

We are encouraging students, teachers, organizations and companies to host virtual events involving technology on September 17, 2015. The primary goal of this whole day event is to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, universities, and institutions of informal learning and around the world.

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Edmodo Company Twitter Survey 28

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this. What sorts of companies and what sorts of products do venture capitalists like, for example? And “platforming” was a story that technology companies were telling about their own goals too.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2017

Flipgrid now integrates with multiple platforms including Google Classroom, Canva, Edmodo, Blackboard, Moodle, Sway, WordPress, Powerschool, Schoology, Brightspace, OneNote, and Teams. This option still exists, but now in Flipgrid Classroom you can customize the kind of feedback that you can offer to students.

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Meeting Moodle Schoology Edmodo 45

MSEDTechie

MARCH 11, 2016

Some teachers engage in creative learning spaces with makerspaces, some create “classrooms without walls” via social media), and some explore virtual and augmented reality. So, how can you bring innovation into your classroom? And over at Nearpod, the company recently launched Nearpod VR. Here are some examples.

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Social Media STEM Edcamps Edmodo 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates Reinventing the Classroom. Ever since I started Classroom 2.0 I''ve looked forward to holding an event specifically about Ed Tech in the classroom. Classroom 2.0

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Libraries Common Core Classroom Digital Citizenship 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

In education, there were breaches at colleges and universities, breaches at K–12 schools, breaches at the Department of Education, breaches at education technology companies, and breaches with software schools commonly use. 77 million users accounts stolen from Edmodo. million students. Investing in hardware and software.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78