EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Switching to gamified PD through a partnership with game-based learning company Alludo was a no-brainer. Keep track of EdTech 's coverage of Spring CUE 2018 by bookmarking our conference page. Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Among the graduates were a half dozen education technology companies. That also applies to “bootcamp” models of online learning, which made up half of the six edtech graduates. Here’s a glance at the newest players in the edtech industry. That’s one of the core philosophies behind his company, Edyst.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

Those are among the social issues addressed by 20 non-profit and educational institutions that are getting grants from the Google AI Impact Challenge , announced today at the company’s annual I/O developer conference. Currently, human editors manually grade sentences to create a data set that is used to train the AI system.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Seven of the 134 companies in this batch provide education services—which is a similar percentage from the last cohort. Since the previous Demo Day in March, Tim Brady, a partner at Y Combinator who advises edtech startups, says he hasn’t noticed much in terms of changes in the education landscape. Why not more?

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. As Director of Growth at Zaya, Parida is learning how developing edtech for low-income India slums is quite different than working with American schools. Some academic researchers have tried to give a guiding hand to the edtech community venturing forward.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Yet, it took several weeks to complete t he routing exercise. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Towson University partners with Baltimore County Public Schools to recycle technology. How an MIT Team Helped Boston’s Schools Improve Its Bus System.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Yet, it took several weeks to complete t he routing exercise. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Towson University partners with Baltimore County Public Schools to recycle technology. How an MIT Team Helped Boston’s Schools Improve Its Bus System.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Yet, it took several weeks to complete t he routing exercise. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Towson University partners with Baltimore County Public Schools to recycle technology. How an MIT Team Helped Boston’s Schools Improve Its Bus System.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Yet, it took several weeks to complete t he routing exercise. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Towson University partners with Baltimore County Public Schools to recycle technology. How an MIT Team Helped Boston’s Schools Improve Its Bus System.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : University of Michigan empowers Detroit students via after-school program. Yet, it took several weeks to complete t he routing exercise. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Towson University partners with Baltimore County Public Schools to recycle technology. How an MIT Team Helped Boston’s Schools Improve Its Bus System.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

As schools and colleges shutter across the world, Khan Academy has seen unprecedented web traffic to its online instructional videos and exercises. Khan Academy, as it turns out, runs on Google Cloud.) Dozens of other educational companies have also seen a spike in usage. For cash-strapped startups, it’s a sort of Catch-22.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Whether students type keywords into a Google search box or enter a URL (uniform resource locator) into the search engine address bar, your web filter should block unwanted content from reaching learners. . You need to update these categories often, though some web filters come with databases that the company updates periodically.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2023

One group was assigned to just write the paper or a one-page paper using Google, using Grammarly, and using whatever resources they normally would use. And my hunch is if you do the same exercise in 50 different schools, we're going to get very different results. Whereas “correct my grammar mistakes.”

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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. The company will not take more than $30,000 over the two years.) The company says it has 50 hiring partners and plans to grow the list.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

This Monday, the deputy superintendent for the Georgia Department of Education is lead 30 school leaders through a design thinking workshop hosted by the company. This was the first time that most of them have stepped foot into the Google offices, or heard the term “design thinking.”. Google offices in Atlanta. Erin O'Briant.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab. And Reich has made it a personal goal to share the lesson.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

School district leaders are inundated with proposals and pitches for the hottest new trends in edtech on a regular basis—all promising to revolutionize learning and make it more student-friendly. Student Dashboard integrates: Google Classroom. Even with the best of intentions, you cannot force tech into a lesson. “If

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Lesson material consists of short videos, text, and practice exercises, or challenges. Interactive Whiteboard Edtech Tools. ShowMe is an Edtech tool that turns a teacher’s iPad into an interactive whiteboard. The Math Get-Ready Courses introduce students to third to eighth grades algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Ultimately educators will walk away with a deeper understanding of how Epson technology can seamlessly integrate into current programs and curricula, such as Google Classroom and STEM/STEAM lessons, as well as teacher-led exercises for social-emotional development.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

But Thunkable , a company with roots in MIT, is rolling out a new platform where even kids can build games and safety apps across different devices. Today, the company claims that more than 500,000 users have used the platform to build more than 1 million apps. Thunkable was spun off as an independent company in 2016.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

Specifically, BPS seeks to prepare all students to: Participate effectively in civic life through knowing how to stay informed and understanding governmental processes Exercise the rights and obligations of citizenship at local state, national and global levels Understand the local and global implications of civic decisions. and LinkedIn. ?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. What he has yet to find—but which he says Y Combinator would be willing to invest in—are companies that can help support and run new school models.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

The colleges and companies offering MOOCs can be pretty guarded these days about releasing specific numbers on how many people enroll or pay for a “verified certificate” or microcredential showing they took the course. million, split between the course provider and the company. That means it brought in more than $2.5

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 14, 2020

For many teachers, edtech translates to visuals and video. Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri are just three examples of voice technology that students may encounter at home or elsewhere outside of the school. Learning is evolving on several fronts with regards to technology. General use: Voice devices make a great research tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers has several online professional development options to check out: GSuite for Teachers , Teaching History with Technology , and Practical Edtech Coaching. Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018. It can be collaborative ala Google Docs style. Listen Now. Steve: (laughs).

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techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2018

When I’m searching for an answer to a question – big or small – I often head over to Google. This exercise can happen as a pre-publishing activity before they even jump into the tool. I've had the pleasure of working with this company. Now we often do this without thinking; it’s become a natural way we navigate online spaces.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

These opportunities encouraged participants to take a deep dive into educational topics and try tools like laptops, 3D printers, exploratory equipment like Google cardboards, and other interactive tools and programs. The Expo Hall showcased even more edtech tools that are changing and enhancing today’s learning.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 1, 2016

For companies that are interested in testing their products or doing research on granular content, we’ve now built a research engine that can be used for that,” said Elisabeth Stock, CEO and co-founder of PowerMyLearning, in an interview. All take a brief pre-exercise quiz to determine their level of knowledge of that skill before beginning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Equally important, the approach offers a readymade solution to a universal problem: In the information age, how do you teach students to think for themselves when so many answers are just a Google search away? “We Of course, the flipped movement still has its critics.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) I stepped up my game by adding even more videos and assessment exercises to my class website, mining resources from IXL and CK-12.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

Adaptive learning companies haven’t shied away from the analogy either, as descriptions of themselves as “ a sort of Netflix for learning ” are not unusual. Its founder, Prasad Ram, makes the argument that what education needs is really a Google Maps for education. The Google Maps analogy is not without its critics.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 22, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast With all the learning benefits of EdTech, it’s surprising that almost 60% of students are less engaged in the classroom than they were with less technology. 28% of secondary school educators said their students experience neck, back, or wrist pain and fatigue while using EdTech.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

I create a template or a hyperdoc in Google Doc. Complete the Google Doc. So I see which kids are coming into class, I’ll pull up the four or five Google Docs for all those kids. No one person can run a Fortune 500 company by themselves, and we want kids to know how to work in groups like this. What’s going on?”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Single-Sign On (SSO) integrations available through Clever, Classlink, Google, Microsoft Office 365, SAML/ADFS, and in North Carolina, NCEdCloud. Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform now integrates into Microsoft Teams, Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Brightspace by D2L, and Infinite Campus. QR Code (for students only).

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Exercises where computers or tablets are deliberately used may, in fact, improve student performance.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition). Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Exercises where computers or tablets are deliberately used may, in fact, improve student performance.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Erika Sandstrom, who currently works with students in grades 4-8 in Massachusetts, created a custom, animated template–something she calls “ Breathing Bubbles ”–that helps her students with mindfulness and breathing exercises. This ability to personalize each exercise improved student engagement. That’s over ten hours a week.

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