Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

Between the creation of a social rating system and street cameras with facial recognition capabilities, technology reports coming out of China have raised serious concerns for privacy advocates. million earlier this month. Edmodo began shifting to an advertising model last year , after years of struggling to generate revenue.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 Discovery, Inc.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

supporting ChalkTalk’s investment in EdTech ecosystem integrations which will expand its product offering from 11th grade ELA & Math all 12-grade levels. ChalkTalk addresses the biggest challenge EdTech is currently facing: educator adoption and engagement. Education in America is broken. About Florida Funders, LLC.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 10, 2022

How Can an Educational Technology Company Enter the Classroom? Where traditionally, these are good options and ones that are still being used today, there is one option that many EdTech Brands overlook. The first thing for any company to know about Instructional Coaches is that they are all certified and former teachers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2022

Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter a lecture hall where a professor can toss 3D models of biological cells to students who can pull them apart to demonstrate some concept.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. I’d hazard that most anyone who has worked in the education and technology arena for any length of time has had to navigate conflict of interest issues.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? education or edtech event organizer has canceled or postponed their upcoming conferences.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2023

The EdTech Awards were established in 2010 to recognize, acknowledge and celebrate the innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education technology. To learn more about Ripple Effects’ suite of solutions for students and educators, visit www.rippleeffects.com and follow on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Vicki Davis is a full-time classroom teacher and Instructional Technology Director in Albany, Georgia USA. She has been blogging at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and has traveled the world and written two books about edtech and collaborative technologies.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

Satya Nitta But in the end, Nitta decided that even though the generative AI technology driving excitement these days brings new capabilities that will change education and other fields, the tech just isn’t up to delivering on becoming a generalized personal tutor, and won’t be for decades at least, if ever. “It They’re tools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In technology, Sony and Nintendo are among the most internationally recognized brands. But when it comes to the education technology industry, few people outside the country can name Japanese companies off the top of their heads. EduLab has already invested in seven edtech startups and is a limited partner in three U.S.-based

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. A Clever Way to Measure How Students Actually Use Edtech (and Whether It Works).

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Two news stories this week have turned my attention (again) to the issue of conflict of interest in education, technology, and public policy. I’d hazard that most anyone who has worked in the education and technology arena for any length of time has had to navigate conflict of interest issues.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

On Thursday, hoping to send a stronger message, they took it all the way to the top, with a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This program grew out of Summit Public Schools, a network of 11 charter schools based in California and Washington, and soon caught the eye of Facebook, which lent engineers to help build the software.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 10, 2022

How Can an Educational Technology Company Enter the Classroom? Where traditionally, these are good options and ones that are still being used today, there is one option that many EdTech Brands overlook. How can Edtech companies support Instructional Coaches? This puts them in an extremely unique position.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). STAT → Is this the future of edtech? What do I mean?

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Neo LMS

JUNE 24, 2021

We have pushed ourselves to embrace new methods and technologies, and we have all grown personally and professionally as we worked through this experience together. There have been many conversations happening on Twitter, on Facebook, in educator communities about whether or not to participate in PD this summer. PLNs and PLCs.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Escape technology, people, and worries. Twitter Chats, webinars, MOOCs, online courses, online conferences, virtual events, livestreams, Edcamps, Facebook groups, #Hashtags.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Not yet convinced?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

“A key to growing as an educator is to keep company mainly with educators who uplift You, whose presence inspire You and whose dedication drives You.” Twitter Chats, webinars, MOOCs, online courses, online conferences, virtual events, livestreams, Edcamps, Facebook groups, #Hashtags Find your hashtag community!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

Master takes pride that she, as a young, minority, female educator, was able to found and grow two EdTech companies that now reach more than 40,000 students in 30 states and five countries. You know, I don't have a lot of companies on here. And then I interviewed her down at the company, and then Alefiya and I became friends.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2023

DALLAS, Texas – BookmarkED , the industry-first technology solution to personalize libraries with parental choice, has announced its official launch in Texas. We are driven to first empower Texas school districts with this technology, and then move to a national level,” said Steve Wandler, CEO and Co-Founder of BookmarkED.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

But he also has had a long career working as an engineer at companies including Microsoft and Facebook. At Facebook, he helped develop Summit’s personalized learning platform, which is now used in more than 100 schools throughout the U.S. I eventually moved over to Facebook, working as an engineer and then as a product manager.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Wyoming’s Holy Name Catholic School (HNCS) today announced a new multi-year partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education. These learning opportunities for teachers help schools recognize the full return on their edtech investment. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

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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. Know an international edtech event we should include?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

To try to better understand this dynamic and fast-changing environment, thousands of entrepreneurs and education leaders from 34 countries gathered here this week for the Global Education Technology Summit. JMDedu's CEO and founder, Diou Zhang, kicking off the Global Education Technology Summit this week.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Stories pointing to secretive consumer tracking policies and privacy violations from companies like Facebook and Google have stirred further outcries, and education companies are not immune to criticisms either. That’s a far cry from the research published from companies, says Martin. You need to call them what they are.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

NOTE: I also recommend the Teachers Using Jamboards Group on Facebook. Tom’s education experience includes Special Education, Social Studies, and educational technology coaching in New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show. Get Credit!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

She began her career as a math teacher and later moved into Instructional Technology. She provides staff development and training on immersive technology as an edtech consultant. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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N2Y

JUNE 8, 2021

Huron, Ohio— Business Wire n2y, the leader in special education, today announced Unique Learning System ® has been selected as the winner of the Overall EdTech Solution of the Year award in the third annual EdTech Breakthrough Awards program. About EdTech. For more information, visit EdTechBreakthrough.com.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2023

By working together, teachers can navigate challenges in the classroom or workplace more easily, as well as stay up to date on the latest educational trends and technologies. When building an education ecosystem, it’s important to look for organizations, companies, and people who have authority over the problem you want to solve.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list of the education technology events for the higher-ed community happening across the world in 2018. gathering hundreds of education leaders, thinkers, researchers around learning, equity and technology. The calendar below names more than 50 edtech conferences happening this year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

When I co-founded WriteLab in early 2014, a few prominent labs were visibly but cautiously putting together startups powered by that technology. It’s exciting, to be sure, but for the education community, it can be difficult to pinpoint the utility and efficacy of this technology. Commercially-viable AI still seemed pretty far off.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2017

Not every company can be Facebook or Google, offering free catered meals and colorful open spaces, but there are ways to build positive work environments with productive and happy employees on a smaller budget. Building Up Values For some companies, mission statements only live on a web page. Looking for a new role?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2018

But the technology itself was not my concern. In fact, aside from the predictable few flickers of Facebook and Twitter, it seemed most of the students were actually working on something productive. And in the process of trying to educate myself on the matter, I’ve come to a scary realization: Edtech is trapped in Ben Bloom’s basement.

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