The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Its goal is to not only provide schools the resources they need to pick equitable ed tech products, but also to hold ed tech companies accountable for tools that could negatively affect historically underrepresented students. Hebbar said tech companies’ claim that they don’t track race because of data privacy issues is a cop-out. “If

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Most educational institutions in this category simplify their compliance by purchasing and using a web filter from a reputable company. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering? Under CIPA, public schools are required to follow guidelines to prevent minors from viewing harmful content online.

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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.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Last month, a lawsuit was filed by California parents alleging another online monitoring software company illegally collected students’ personal data, including location data, without their consent and sold it to third-party vendors. NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2019

New federal and state laws —and a greater focus on the issue by districts—are giving edtech companies a lot to consider. With that in mind: Be prepared to share a company policy on PII retention and destruction, and have one ready. The data privacy landscape looks a lot different than it did even a few years ago.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania, only 30 percent of edtech licenses are actually used.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Released at an October event on Capitol Hill, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading trade association for the business of information, released Principles for the Future of AI in Education , which will help the edtech industry as it works alongside educators during AI-infused learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch.

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EdTech Company Training Guidelines 165

EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how data privacy concerns are expanding with education technology use. It is crucial that educators understand the ways student data is collected and secured on all technological platforms so that they do not violate legal or ethical guidelines. . Evaluate Technology Tools for Effective Data Privacy.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Citizenship Policies Guidelines 409

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Companies that are committed to diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) provide products and services that authentically and accurately reflect the learners they serve—whoever they are and wherever they live. DEI, in general, can translate to different actions for every company, but all initiatives are rooted in the same values.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2017

to address an essential question: How might we collaborate to ensure evidence of impact, not marketing or popularity, drives edtech adoption and implementation? Although over $13 billion is spent on edtech each year, many of the decisions on which products to purchase, implement, and scale are not based on evidence.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The truth is edtech products that foster more learning than would happen in analogue settings can be difficult to find. So naturally, one of the big questions we face is, how can we help ensure effective edtech happens more often? The key lies in helping educators to look at the available evidence and make careful decisions.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

For almost a decade, selling edtech products to schools and districts has felt dangerously like selling a home over the internet. We describe edtech products with all the excitement and adjectives of a fresh listing on Zillow. But when it comes to demonstrating that products “work,” too many companies fall back on testimonials.

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EdTech Company Outcomes Study 131

The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Instead with social media, like never before, there is now two-way communication allowing companies to have conversations with their customers. Social media has changed how vendors do business. It is no longer one way communication. Those who are doing so effectively. Those who are doing so effectively, grow customer loyalty and respect.

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Social Media Company Guidelines EdTech 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

The next logical question is, are those entrepreneurs’ companies any better, in terms of diversity? A few edtech companies are now using resources to document—and potentially address—disparities in their ranks. Edtech companies aren’t the only ones creating inclusion surveys.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2017

recently released the Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting EdTech Impact research in U.S. These guidelines help clarify how research is conducted and how information is presented to users of edtech products based on the changes brought by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). K-12 Schools. The 4 Main Sections.

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

As such, expect an abbreviated (TBD) publishing schedule for ‘A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News’ in August. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 30 Edition). This is an area where it would improve the job of edtech developers if we said, 'Here’s what you’re allowed to gather and share.'

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EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

The San Francisco-based company is best known for its rostering technology that provisions user accounts for software, and a single sign-on service that makes it easy for students and teachers to log into and use tools purchased by district officials. Suffice to say, school leaders are not keeping tabs on all of them.)

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

And particularly for those teaching middle- and high-school students, tens of thousands have turned to one of the quietest but steadiest edtech entrepreneurs, Neeru Khosla. Khosla is the founder and CEO of CK-12 , the 30-person nonprofit that she started in 2007 to deliver free digital books, particularly on math and science topics.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2017

I imagine wide-eyed kids with big smiles, just like the ones I see on edtech product pages. As the director of business development at Zinc Learning Labs , a literacy company, my bread and butter is communication with educators. The trend I’m hearing about from every corner of edtech today is “screen fatigue.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2021

Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. The company lets anyone create and offer an online course on its platform, which has become the largest of its kind. First, some background.

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Udemy Course Guidelines Company 144

Neo LMS

JUNE 18, 2019

Edtech conferences are a great opportunity for everyone activating in the education sector to connect and network with fellow like-minded people and take the pulse of the industry. An edtech conference of such high caliber as ISTE can draw in hundreds if not thousands of exhibitors and tens of thousands participants! Before ISTE.

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EdTech Laptops Conference Guidelines 284

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But a recent reorganization of the NSF’s grantmaking portfolio and personnel has raised concerns about whether that support will continue—especially after a dozen edtech companies that recently applied for funding said they were all unfairly rejected. million in funding. 31, addressed to Dawn Marie Tilbury, another director at the NSF.

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EdTech Robotics Education Company 136

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how K–12 IT leaders can mitigate cybersecurity risk. While the FTC’s principles provide guidelines for keeping student data safe, they can also create obstacles for schools. Integrity and Security: All data must be properly secured through access controls, encryption and safe storage. .

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Symantec Data Meeting Guidelines 288

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The piece from Natasha Singer examines the murky relationship between edtech developers and the educators who tout their products. At issue is whether “ambassador” programs and other branding efforts, wherein companies give teachers T-shirts, gift cards and other perks, constitute ethical violations.

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EdTech Social Media Pearson Company 70

edWeb.net

JANUARY 17, 2018

have recently released the Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting EdTech Impact Research in U.S. These guidelines help clarify how research is conducted and how information is presented to users of edtech products based on the changes brought by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). K-12 Schools. About the Presenters.

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EdTech Guidelines Comparison Industry 40

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2019

Alan Aspera first learned he could go online to buy equity in private companies through, of all things, a book he read about a year ago. In February, the company hosted a crowdinvesting campaign on Republic, one of the more popular platforms to attract individuals like Aspera—unaccredited investors who chip in small amounts.

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EdTech Company Report Guidelines 108

edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

At first, educators could count the number of edtech programs in their school on one hand—and the number of users wasn’t too much more. During their edWebinar, “ Edtech Usage Data: Key to Planning Efficacy Research,” Dr. Denis Newman, Co-founder of Evidentally, Inc., and Kylene Shen, VP of Marketing at Evidentally, Inc.,

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EdTech Data Case Study Analysis 42

Digital Promise

JULY 31, 2018

Building on their first adult learning XPrize that asked edtech companies to create high-quality mobile learning apps for adults, the Communities Competition is now challenging organizations to design ways to use the power of the community to get these apps into the hands of adults.

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Guidelines Mobile Learning Mobility Libraries 136

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In our classrooms, we use a variety of tools to teach the values of STEAM education, including Sphero , the technology company utilizing play as a powerful teacher with its product line of robotic balls and other app-enabled gadgets that inspire STEAM learning. It usually helps to have a process in place, but with STEAM, don’t model lessons.

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EdTech STEM Guidelines Robotics 111

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. Online training for teachers is the perfect opportunity to also train them to use edtech and other online tools. Schools should follow the example of companies, and offer teachers more opportunities for PD.

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How To Personal Learning Network LMS Training 282

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

He added that directory information could be sold to data brokers and marketing companies, and once the school releases this data, it’s public information beyond the parent’s or student’s control. Some groups are trying to avoid those kinds of health outcomes, Marachi said. The house version received a hearing and was not voted on.

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EdTech Smartphone Education Guidelines 135

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.

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Classroom Libraries Guidelines Software 274

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Imagine you’re an edtech company with thousands of students on your platform. In a conversation with EdSurge, Peterson says she would like to see researchers build upon the federal guidelines that protect study participants. Did you simply practice the same type of A/B testing that’s common throughout the tech sphere?

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Pearson Learning Software Company 187

Jamf on EdTech

MAY 31, 2022

Organizations use Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) to set forth guidelines for employees and company practices. This aligns them with industry best practices, laws and regulatory compliance. In this blog, we go into further detail as to: What is an AUP? Why are they important? What do AUPs commonly include?

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