EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

In K–12, educators have found ways to use augmented and virtual reality to enhance and support deeper learning in the classroom. The future looks promising as educational technology companies rapidly build new immersive tools for the classroom. . Wed, 01/23/2019 - 12:56. Mixed Reality Classroom Tools Should Capture the ‘Wow’ .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Why shouldn’t the faculty, administrators and innovators who shape students’ on-campus education experience do the same? So we’ve compiled a list of the education technology events for the higher-ed community happening across the world in 2018. Download the calendar. In case you’re wondering…. What gives?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Brainly’s survey earlier this year reveals that high-school students are also accessing AI-powered tools, such as those integrated into Brainly’s educational app, for individualized homework help. Librarians are valued in society and are central to education and communities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

To help tackle falling literacy levels and utilise the reading skills and motivation benefited from eBooks, ‘Nimble Stories’, a new eBook start-up company is launching a crowdfunding effort on Thursday, 4 March 2021. With unlimited downloads, your subscription makes sure the fun never stops. Kevin Palmer, Nimble Stories Founder.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

“We’ve now taken the boring task of learning Braille and turned it into a game,” says Schultz, co-founder of Boston-based educational games maker ObjectiveEd. Blindfold offers a library of 80 games including puzzles, slots and adaptations of mainstream titles like “Candy Crush” and game shows like “Jeopardy.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. The library has over 2,000 individual products inside performance tasks. . Each project is organized around real-world examples making it relevant.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

So it is collaborative …download them and then upload them into Flipsnack and it will also create your book. Vicki: Cool, so it’s … you’re actually downloading a pdf, right? You’re downloading to pdf, so there are some limitations. What are the common mistakes that educators make when they’re trying to use FlipSnack?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

But if shorter hours of sunlight and the stress of gift-giving has you ready to welcome in the new year, we’ve got one more thing to look forward to: a year’s worth of events with educators and edtech entrepreneurs sharing the latest trends and ideas around the future of learning. And they are all in the free, downloadable calendar below.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2017

And so is our bi-annual higher education events calendar, ready to get you started on planning your next conference or education getaway. This free, downloadable calendar also includes links and descriptions to give you a taste of each event. Gold events are oriented around a specific product or company. Summer is here!

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning. We’ve compiled a free, downloadable calendar of the can’t-miss events for higher-ed instructors and entrepreneurs.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2023

And in some cases that has caused new kinds of challenges, since those fees are often paid by college libraries, and not every scholar in every discipline has equal access to support. Pirates are the open access movement's best friend, but of course we can't say that in polite company. Something like that.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

With a record number of students going back to school online, educators are urgently turning to digital books in place of print for their established curriculum. In response to this need, OverDrive Education , the leading digital reading platform for K-12 schools worldwide, today announced support for several major curriculum systems.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2022

Since its inception, Discovery Education has been an early mover in bringing modern technologies—such as video streaming services and digital textbooks—to the classroom. Now, Discovery Education is introducing a powerful new app putting the power of AR into the hands of educators. Sandbox AR is available for download here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

The health crisis has introduced new forms of data collection into higher education, but these are largely changes of degree, not kind. For years now, tech companies have been selling colleges tools that collect information about how students learn, where they travel on campus and what they do online. They want privacy.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

In response, OverDrive Education is offering the most expansive Sora Sweet Reads summer reading program yet, May 4–August 17. In its ninth year, this free program is designed to help educators and students beat the “summer slide” with popular digital reading materials through the award-winning Sora student reading app.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

There are dozens of higher education technology conferences already planned for this first year of the new decade, and you may find one (or many of them) useful for professional development, networking or simply learning about new ideas. Download the 2020 U.S. Green events are oriented around a specific product or company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2016

Scroll down to download her free getting started guide. (I Download the free getting started guide. Angela’s given me a copy of her getting started guide that you can download. They get an email when new content is added to the membership library. This year, I started hearing about this amazing new program.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Technology has transformed education, but the initial focus was to equip schools with high-speed Internet access and students with devices. Samsung, along with other companies, are working with districts across the U.S. While there is still work to do (as you can see in this report from Education Superhighway ) progress is being made.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

On the opposite end of the inconvenience spectrum are companies who have honed their customer service through thousands of interactions to create enterprise level support. Some weeks ago, I had trouble figuring out how to open an account at a nearby company, so I went online and clicked the firm’s number I found on its homepage.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

After more than a year of invitation-only private beta, Amazon just opened its free library of open-education resources, called Amazon Inspire. Anyone with an Amazon account can now see the collection and download resources, but the Share feature is turned off, with a “coming soon!” label next to it.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

To that end (and based on my DC Blockchain Summit experience), here is my current list of the top 10 things to know about the future of blockchain in education. Nine , given all this, let’s call the question: what are the most likely scenarios for big implementations of blockchain in education?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. This isn’t how many people downloaded your app. In their place were beatboxing, a superhero cape and, yes, even some transparent financial numbers. So what’s left? Literator.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Download a free trial. I also found a robust library of material for grammar review. I highly recommend that you download the trial and play Monster game for yourself. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it. A tip for multiple classrooms.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

“A lot more folks started leaning hard on us,” says Khan, the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit that provides free educational resources. Who would have thought that a pandemic would have made education such a hot topic—would have made online education, and Khan Academy, almost like an essential service?”

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2018

For those looking to keep the feeling alive beyond September, there’s good news: Any time of year, faculty, administrators and software developers are gathering to discuss what’s next in education and technology—and we’ve compiled a free, downloadable calendar of the events that innovative instructors and entrepreneurs don’t want to miss.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They provide a wealth of rugged, inquiry-based products to educators in more than 100 countries around the world. hundreds of free labs for download from their website. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad). What is PASCO Scientific. a wide variety of sensors and probes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Download this episode to listen offline by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.” Download the Transcript. Sylvia also headed product development for consumer software, video games, and educational games at several software publishing companies. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students will be able to download their books as PDFs and print them. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Book Creator is an awesome tool for classrooms of all ages.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

With the help of my teacher, Tisha Poncio ( @TxTechChick ), I used some hashtags such as #edtech to grab attention, and soon I was getting likes and retweets from the company itself. I prefer to use it instead of a computer because I have easier access to the tablet than the library computers. A map made for a Spanish 2 project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2017

Today Josh Stumpenhorst @stumpteacher is directing a library revolution and evolution to Learning Commons at his school. And yes, they’ll be flying drones in the library! ” He also discusses the importance of literature and creativity in the library. Download the Transcript. Why Reinvent the Library?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Sandbox AR is available for download here.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

In 2017, Stephen DeRue, dean of University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, wrote a Forbes column arguing that, in order to make higher education more affordable, we needed to move towards an “iTunes model for education.” “In Customers can now pay a monthly fee to get access to a library of content.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2017

million fundraise, the company now boasts $5.5 Designed for children ages 2 to 6, Lingokids, the company’s flagship app, currently offers 350 activities in the form of mini-games, videos, audiobooks and writing exercises covering English and Chinese. Partnerships such as these have been key to filling Lingokids’ library of activities.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This is an important moment for education , and the Summit has been (and will continue to be) an incredible opportunity to think together about how to move forward in a time when students, parents, teachers, administrators, librarians, and others have found their normal school lives disrupted.

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