Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity gaps stemming from challenges such as inadequate internet access, strategically directs investments towards international companies that share their mission and actively contribute to its realization. We don't collect any personal data. Can you explain that?

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. About half own a tablet computer, while three-quarters own desktop or laptop computers.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2020

Some campus officials plan to use that data to try to contain COVID-19 when campuses reopen in the fall. But tapping into such data systems is unusual, if not unprecedented, and some worry about whether the practice overly invades personal privacy. There’s always tradeoffs to using this data,” she said. “As

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That left us at EdSurge to ponder, how are edtech companies making sure their products are working best for teachers, the people responsible for weaving them into lessons each day? And what—if anything—can we glean from the number of former educators in the leadership ranks of edtech companies? The short answer is—it depends.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Data’s influence on modern education is immense; it drives policies, impacts funding—it even affects decisions about which tools and services edtech companies create for educators. And when it comes to helping edtech entrepreneurs understand those educators, Amy Rambo believes she has just the data that can help.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access. Planning is essential to being able to continue providing reliable technology.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. Data label, an online label manufacturing company, conducted a survey recently where people were asked whether they feel technology in schools has had positive effects on children. Students nowadays have access to the latest and up to date technology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

The system is now in place at around 2,000 colleges, and her company has raised more than $15 million. She credits her time at Stanford for giving her the confidence to see herself as a potential founder—and the practical skills to start a company. “I She called her startup Piazza. One of those issues was student privacy.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Cyber Legends has reached out to teachers, schools, school boards, cybersecurity experts, and online safety professionals to collect data over the past 2 years to learn about their challenges. This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Encore Data Products , a bulk school audio-video products retailer, displayed their various offerings in the headphone category, such as headphones with microphones, disposable headphones, school headphones, hearing protection products, and earbuds. Encore Data Products offers various school headphones for every need and budget.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

And today’s tech environment, with easy-to-use tools and social media, makes it easier than ever for entrants to reach global learners and sell their products or services, so that anyone with a good idea and a laptop can get started virtually overnight. Strong bonds are built in cohorts and like minded peers can call each other at 4 a.m.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2018

From massive data breaches to natural disasters, the school leaders at the event acknowledged they have their work cut out for them. This could ensure data remained safe and secure if a power grid went out. Nearly every educator EdSurge spoke to at the event said they had experienced some form of a data breach in their district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. Unfortunately, data collection hardware is expensive and setup is complicated–intimidating for many non-tech-minded teachers. False Target Rejection Technology for clean data. Collect data.

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As many of you know, I can't ever have enough technology cases to both protect and transport my laptops and tablets! The company has always been very thoughtful with their solutions for schools and continues to innovate with their new options for protecting student laptops, iPads and Chromebooks. The Data Sheet about the Vert 3.1

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. The data was then sent to Baker’s team at UPenn for analysis. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.) Here is the full report.)

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Bill Fitzgerald While Blaine is a fictional student, the technology that’s tracking him is real, and actually in use in some school systems, part of a growing set of tools that leave data trails about students throughout the day. In 2013, HeroK12 began offering educators an opportunity to collect and analyze student behavior data.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

This early report represents a 19 percent response rate so far and includes data from nearly 500 districts across 49 states and covers a wide range of both urban and rural regions. When researchers diced the survey data up by income, they discovered less than a half hour difference in school time between low- and high-income districts.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. One of the most high-profile initiatives this century was the “One Laptop Per Child” effort led by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte. Edtech companies entering low-income countries are noticing some of these challenges and are working towards solutions.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. Ultimately.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Additionally, professional development can help understand how to best incorporate technology into classrooms and furthermore, how to use data to inform instruction and assessment. To effectively implement interactive content in the classroom, it is important to have a complete hardware and software solution.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2020

We can already see some of this at place outside of educational institutions in the new, workplace surveillance tools that many companies are adopting. Companies are now installing software on employees' computers to track where they are, for how long, doing what. Who's cheating the time-clock, right? Who's cheating the boss.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

Each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000 worth of Kajeet Education Broadband Solutions, including unlimited student data plans, access to Kajeet Sentinel ® platform and devices like, WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, routers and LTE-embedded Chromebooks, laptops, and tablets.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 19, 2019

As I do regularly, I found a seat, opened my laptop, turned up the volume in my headphones, and got connected so that I could do some work. While scrolling through, I came across The Hidden Story, a video shared by FranklinCovey Company. With my headphones in and my laptop open, I had been oblivious to my surroundings.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

I haven’t met a parent that wants their child to be socialized by a laptop, or an AI symbiote,” he says. The “problem” that these companies are trying to solve, he writes, “isn’t that our system is failing to develop the right skills; it’s that the system doesn’t provide the right information to employers.”

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

The Changemaker Challenge is a great opportunity for your company to be a positive force. Project 10Million provides at-risk families with a free mobile hotspot, free or highly subsidized data plans and access to at-cost laptops and tablets. What other programs is T-Mobile involved in that you would like to share with teachers?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With the clock ticking here and across the country, technology companies and other vendors are pushing products and services they claim can help speed up student recovery — and urging districts to invest in them now. million would cover touchscreens, cameras, microphones and speakers, as well as laptops and training for teachers.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Me personally, I don't want the future of education to be more monitored, data-mined, analyzed, predicted, molded, controlled. The company was founded in 1998 by UC Berkeley doctoral students who were concerned about cheating in the science classes they taught. The company works both ends of the plagiarism market.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The data on this is clear. To address this glaring crisis, we need nothing short of a large-scale public-private mobilization to provide the infrastructure, the funding, and the hardware (wi-fi routers, laptops, hotspots) to students in low-income communities. It’s a daunting issue – but one that we can solve. The result?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. Singer has funded and led a wide range of digital companies over the past twenty years, and the list of business and charitable boards on which he serves is long. But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

What's more, as students increasingly use devices such as smartphones, laptops, and tablets in the classroom, schools have had to adapt to find the best way to integrate that technology into the curriculum. Billings gathered data from classes over the course of two semesters and saw immediate, positive results.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. He added that both Chicago and North Dakota included data collecting into their models. That’s not a short-term solution.”.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Some people and companies are always buying the latest and greatest technology, but schools, and most people, can''t afford to do that. This means that all of my data is on my main computer, this netbook, those systems, and my mobile devices. We are taking old laptops and updating the RAM and re imaging them. So, what can we do?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). Melissa: Well, the tech tools I’ve pulled out right now are a mixture of tech tools that teachers can use for data collection and also for students. So I like that for the data.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. In December, the district won a $15,000 grant from Cellcom, a local cellphone company. Teachers were transforming their instruction. Students were excited about learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The combination of Renaissance and Nearpod will empower teachers to drive the full learner experience with a deep set of real-time data, content, and tools to accelerate learning and growth for all students.”. Nearpod customers will continue to receive the support, service, and innovation they have come to expect and love from the company.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

At the turn of this century, adventurous faculty ventured out into cyberspace on their own, propelled by their own talent, accompanied merely by a laptop and internet access. According to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, undergraduate enrollment fell by nearly 6 percent.

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