The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And for a bit of fun, meet CAT GPT, my very own Content AI Taskhelper – a personal assistant I've created with a blend of my own educational beliefs and research-backed best practices. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2022

While edtech isn’t explicitly within her purview, she works hand in hand with the district’s technology department because, as she says, “in this day and age, it's hard to do much without some form of technology in the classroom.” We also have to make sure it meets the technology requirements. We've tried to be strategic.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. Today, a growing number of edtech companies are also signing on to use Caliper, which offers improved data architecture and ease of implementation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. 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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Instead of selecting many apps, many are now recommending just a few tools/protocols for how things are taught with edtech. Finally, we get the feedback that we need on apps for young children and meet content standards. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in an edtech company’s board meeting, or what keeps founders up at night, here was your chance to find out. Collectively, these companies have reached over 12 million students and have raised an additional $20 million after AT&T’s initial investment. Don’t try to beat ‘em.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. This is great, but unsurprising news. What do you think about the IHE study?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

If it seems baffling that companies with no revenue can raise money from private investors ( ahem , as some edtech startups did in the early 2010’s), then EdTechX Holdings might just sound outright crazy at first. EdTechX Holdings is a “special purpose acquisition company,” or SPAC for short.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And earlier this month, the nonprofit announced that 13 education companies had become the first to earn the distinction. The certification is the latest example of the industry’s push to ensure that edtech products on the market—and in classrooms—can and do actually work. The premise may sound simple.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. 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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Finally, we get the feedback that we need on apps for young children and meet content standards. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I love their courses because they are flexible, with up to 6 months to complete, and you can receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or continuing education units that meet your state requirements. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “ sponsored podcast episode.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every time I try to leave it, I end up back in January 2023, it was acquired by a company called Bending Spoons, a very reputable software company out of Europe. I also put it on my meeting. And I don't want to lose those things and I want to be able to reference and search those inside of Evernote. They fixed search.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

With edtech, specialized isn’t always better. Next Wave 2017 was the latest in an annual, invitation-only meeting series run by Ithaka , the nonprofit group behind JSTOR, ArtStor, the PORTICO digital archiving and preservation service, and Ithaka S&R, which conducts research on higher ed and technology.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Edtech executives tell it, there are certain student populations, such as English language learners or ELLs, that haven’t received the investment they deserve. But all that may be changing as investors, tech companies and researchers begin zeroing in on America’s newest school-age cohort—namely, the Pre-Kindergarten set. “As

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Providing courses to companies, and adults not enrolled in a full-time degree program, has long been a way for universities to extend their reach (and pockets) beyond the physical lecture hall. In 2013, MIT began offering online programs for working professionals to meet learners across the globe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Their flexible, self-paced courses are available for graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. 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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2021

based company, called Argos Education, is that the way textbooks are created and revised is due for a reset. Universities should be buying and selling courseware from each other,” says Feldstein, a longtime edtech consultant who also runs the popular blog eLiterate. A key premise of the Lexington, Mass.-based

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2019

Their flexible, self-paced courses are available for graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. 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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The next best option, typically, is to be acquired by another company, in exchange for cash or stock options. For curriculum management startup UClass , which was acquired last year by Renaissance Learning , the relationship has been less than symbiotic, demonstrating there are growing pains even after a company has “exited.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

00;07;11;04 – 00;07;35;16 Vicki Davis AI Action #10: Summarizing Meeting Notes and Action Items Now, the best thing I think is for meetings so I can take notes for a meeting in Notion and it can extract to-do items that I can basically copy and paste it to an email. It can also type up a very solid meeting summary.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The first ghost that Ebenezer Scrooge meets in “A Christmas Carol” is the spirit of his business partner, Jacob Marley. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Scrooge asks the spirit of his old friend why it’s shackled. “I I wear the chain I forged in life,” the ghost replies. At least, in theory.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

I’ve also included courses from this blog post sponsor, Advancement Courses that meet the criteria for each topic. In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Social-Emotional Learning. We have to relate to educate.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

Digital systems need to work together to meet your district’s needs, but today’s digital learning environment is disjointed. IMS members are leading the effort to rapidly advance an edtech ecosystem in which students and teachers have better options for digital tools that work together and result in more effective teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

The billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO, aspiring Mars colonizer and last weekend’s SNL host , was referring to the South Texas community where he’s built a SpaceX launch site. Soon after, Salazar found himself in a meeting with the Musk Foundation, presenting a list of the district’s needs. Details to follow next week.”

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lightspeed Learning Lab – Edtech Best Practices for a Smooth Return to School You’re working tirelessly to ensure a smooth transition back-to-school and your edtech ecosystem plays a big role. 1:40 Let’s start today by meeting our speakers. So you don’t want to forget them. I’m Amanda Center.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

Take a step into the future of education with EVERFI right after today's show. Meet Pat Yongpradit from Code.org and Teach.AI And I think a lot of people in edtech or in computer science or just in information technology kind of understand inherently how different this technology is compared to other waves of education technology.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape. Some things were once simpler: Edtech pitches used to concentrate on either the K-12 or higher education market. Eight startups took the stage this year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

TARA Edtech. TARA stands for the Teacher Assistant for Resources & Administration which keeps tools, resources, lessons, IEP’s, and meetings tracked in one place. So it really comes down to we want students to meet learning targets, right? TARA sponsored today’s show. Thank you TARA for sponsoring this show! Click Here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2022

Did you know you can use a live translator app in PTA meetings, parent teacher conferences, and presentations — that actually works? Microsoft Translator on the Phone Takes PTA Meetings and Parent Teacher Meetings to the Next Level 00;08;44;02 – 00;09;48;00 Ricardo Recinos PTA Meetings. Bios as Submitted.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

From the perspective of corporate leaders, “talent strategy” can be thought of as encompassing both talent acquisition (hiring) and talent development (classically referred to as “training”). But wait, didn’t companies say they see talent as a top priority? Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Talent Pipeline Management Initiative.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Corporate learning and development, often referred to as L&D, is radically different than just a few years ago. Pluralsight—an online IT training provider—has scaled to become an edtech “unicorn,” with a valuation over $1 billion. Information today is pushed so quickly at people that the landscape has fundamentally changed.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The company, which has offices in Paris and San Francisco, has raised $7 million to date. What if we could better tailor literacy education to meet the needs of learners?” He adds that all the data collected through the system is anonymized, and that the company is compliant with GDPR and local data privacy regulations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2018

The student and teacher would meet and work to gain the skills on the letter sounds and then could show their knowledge with that metadata that’s attached to the badge. Vicki: So choosing the different goals they want to meet next, out of say, twenty or thirty opportunities to level up. The student is able to say, “I’m here.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. Referring to his staff as team players, they know their efforts are worth more than just wages because they help change the life of someone who is learning to read. By Kenna McHugh.

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