Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The marriage between industry, community colleges, and career and technical education is real. To envision how community colleges need to evolve in their partnership with industry, let’s first take a look back at how far the pair has come together. However, perhaps now is the time for marital counseling.

Industry 124

Industry E-rate Mobility Meeting 124

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Indeed, $2.3 All Common Core testing will be done online.

EdTech 176

EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Employees pay $1 a day to participate, and the company covers “tuition, books and fees,” according to an explanation of the program on the retail giant’s website. Gallagher says that past studies show that about five percent of employees take advantage of tuition benefits by companies. The retail chain employs more than 1.4

Study 105

Study Pearson E-rate Training 105

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. Seeing exemplars and examples in action compared to actual sonnets that exist historically and compose her own. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

What’s more, for each of these choices, there are additional decisions about which media to use (video, audio, hands-on), whether to give concrete examples, and more. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 217

Education Learning Software Knewton 217

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. Today, over 2.9

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

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? Well, look at that.

Training 52

Training Study Company E-rate 52

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms.

Software 106

Software Trends E-rate Coursera 106

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In a telephone interview, Phil Hill, edtech guru and co-publisher of the widely followed e-Literate blog , acknowledged that “the LMS is not only part of the university’s core infrastructure, but it also allows faculty and students to use technology creatively in the classroom.”

Online Learning 128

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 128

EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The marketing tools used to promote a company online are a significant component of the approach adaptable to companies of any size and operating in any sector. If your company uses software to help it find and categorize its social media followers, you must go deeper into your customers’ profiles.

Tools 26

Tools Social Media Data Industry 26

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. When buying specific software, administrators may have to purchase directly from one company.

iPad 84

iPad Broadband Software Company 84

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. The same thing happened shortly after with a television marketing firm—and then again with a retail company.

Training 101

Training Company Analysis E-rate 101

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Although AI is not new in other industries, it’s still an emerging trend in education and we are finally allowing ourselves a glimpse of hope, skepticism and wonderment. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Being so hot also means that the industry uses the term “learning analytics” in a variety of ways. Go after quick wins : Show by example that learning analytics may improve your current learning processes. Benefits of learning analytics.

Learning Analytics 62

Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. In Connecticut, for example, public schools as well as other organizations receive broadband services from the CEN. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. For some people, the policy shift had immediate consequences, as fortunes fell when stock prices for China’s giant edtech companies crashed. Photo by jianbing Lee / Shutterstock.

EdTech 152

EdTech Company Industry E-rate 152

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Although employers from all industries face a number of obstacles when engaging in workforce development, they continue to demonstrate a commitment to train and upskill frontline workers. While about 90 percent of companies who employ frontline workers offer educational and training opportunities, and U.S.

Data 120

Data Industry Training E-rate 120

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

We have some really great examples of billionaires and geniuses who do not have a college degree. Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk. Now, the time has changed. Dr. Danny Barnes.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

eSchool News Guides are full of resources, tips, trends, and insights from industry experts on a variety of topics that are essential to the classroom, school, and district. You also can find a complete list of digital and mobile learning partners and companies in the guide. The eSchool News Digital & Mobile Learning Guide is here!

Mobile Learning 40

Mobile Learning Mobility E-rate Robotics 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. School just isn’t for me.

E-rate 97

E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

For example, when one child offers some M&Ms to another child, and that child happily accepts the offer, we would label this as an instance of sharing. Other examples of rivalrous goods include my car, my socks, and my chewing gum. Examples of excludable goods also include my car, my socks, and my chewing gum. Type of Good.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. The company has $8.3

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. billion by 2022.

EdTech 115

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. billion by 2022.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Via The Atlantic : “The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry.” ” Racist. It was racist.

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Consider this results of this report in the context of with the decline of the newspaper industry also documented by recent Pew Research Center data. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. The two-thirds of Facebook users who get news there, then, amount to 44% of the general population.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.).

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. You might read the signals of the health of ed-tech startups in the departure of their founders – both from leadership positions and from their companies altogether. Daphne Koller left Coursera this year.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The FCC plays a particularly important role in regulating the telecommunications industry, and as such, it has provided oversight for the various technologies long touted as “revolutionizing” education – radio, television , the Internet. What can E-rate tell us about the relationship between politics and ed-tech?

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company. Via Edsurge : “​How Apple , Salesforce and Other ‘ Platform ’ Companies Can Help Close the Skills Gap.” “ Are Big Tech Companies Doing Right by America’s Students? .” ” From the HR Department.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. For its part, Udacity has fully rebranded itself as a high-tech job training company, a topic I’ll cover in more detail in a forthcoming article in this series.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries , a well-known opponent of government spending on things like public education (among other things). ” They’re suing the company. Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. More via Inside Higher Ed.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. ” The curriculum company Great Minds is appealing a lawsuit in which it claimed that FedEx had violated the “open” in its open educational resources by making copies. for-profits?

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? Google)’s biotech company, Calico. “Long Live Online Higher Education.”

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It also treats “ed-tech” primarily as a product built by engineers, not for example, constructed through the practices of educators or students themselves – problems with education are, in this framework, engineering problems. There is No Technology Industry (There is Only Ideology). Microsoft and Apple are two.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40