Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. Taking a more critical look at edtech. We need to make a change.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

Where edtech steps in While the student population speaking languages other than English within the U.S. Now, edtech can support bilingual education in a way impossible before. percent of the population reports speaking a language other than English at home. In fact, 21.6

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2021

I’m the CTO of a tech company and for more than five years I have been busy with teaching programming courses and sharing my expertise with novice specialists. 6 Edtech Trends to Keep an Eye On. That’s vital for some organizations and companies to keep the level of the workers. Provide 24/7 assistance to the students.

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Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Veteran to Drive Company’s Continued Growth and Further Enhance Client Experience Austin, Texas —November 6, 2023—Today, Lightspeed Systems® , the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, announced the appointment of Craig Chanoff to the role of Chief Revenue Officer.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This week on the podcast we’re talking about cybersecurity at schools—and how secure, or in some cases how vulnerable, the tech systems in school systems are these days. Essentially these are the computer systems that store grades and the student records of his school. At least he tried to.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.

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Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

That is why schools should be prepared for these situations and act accordingly, whether it is by translating some school materials or by adopting edtech tools that enable multiple language use. 4 Great ideas for boosting parent engagement through edtech. Edtech tools need to be intuitive and easy to use.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This blog post is the second of a two-part series discussing relationship building in the edtech purchasing process. In our first blog post , we addressed how educators can build and maintain good working relationships with edtech developers. As an edtech vendor, you should do the same.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Last summer, when I was working for ThinkCERCA, which helps students develop critical thinking skills through reading and writing, the edtech startup was facing a big decision: should it try and break into the lucrative Chinese market? company that has eyed Asia as the next big market. ThinkCERCA is definitely not the first U.S.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 20, 2023

It is always a good time to review spending and look for possible savings United States schools spent over $27 billion on edtech in 2021. If your district is like many others, there’s plenty of opportunity to trim the fat in edtech budgets. Edtech companies sell edtech. Edtech partners support edtech users.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. The EdTech sphere is obviously developing quickly, so some things that seemed impossible only a few years ago have become a standard in the meantime. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. 5 New EdTech tools to watch.

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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. In 2015, the firm acquired the education technology platform, Promethean , a company that creates interactive displays for schools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Students who expressed confidence in their ability to learn and adapt to new edtech were more likely to also feel they were learning effectively online, that edtech enhanced their learning, and to want more online learning options. The network is a project of WGU Labs, an affiliate of Western Governors University.

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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. Lightspeed Systems fully complies with COPPA and students are not allowed to sign up for any of our solutions.

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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.

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Lightspeed Systems

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Software Report identified its honorees by conducting a comprehensive review of SaaS companies across multiple solution categories, including edtech, cloud management, data analytics, human capital management, cybersecurity, e-commerce, customer relationship management (CRM), and more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2022

The “attempted security incident” this month knocked out many of Illuminate Education’s digital services, including an online gradebook, Skedula, and a related parent-focused platform, PupilPath, which are used by New York’s public school system. public schools in that time. At least 128 school districts have seen repeat attacks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated. At the same time, major companies are recognizing the potential of a generation that will be looking for jobs as the market for jobs in these fields changes — and offers new options to workers and employers. . education system. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. Here is the full report.) Not surprisingly, those who rely on cell phones to do so report having the hardest time. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.)

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. Digital credentialing platform Credly reports that the number of organizations issuing industry and workforce credentials is up 83 percent since the pandemic.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2023

Edtech has become inseparable from the education system. to find out which edtech products those schools most often use or recommend to students — as well as what risks those tools raise and whether schools are prepared to meet them. The researchers also note that many sites — 7.4

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008. It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. And who can forget the $1.3

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, predicted last year that it will usher in the greatest tech transformation ever. But while that may sound like typical Silicon Valley hype, the education system is taking it seriously. The department’s new report includes a warning of sorts: Don’t let your imagination run wild. “We

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2021

Instead of the usual hustle and bustle through bright and crowded exhibit hall aisles, trade shows kept exhibitors and attendees at home this year and took a virtual approach to showcasing new edtech tools and trends. Curriculum Associates highlighted new updates to i-Ready , which is used by more than 8 million students nationwide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A new report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) aims to clear up the murky waters surrounding the adoption of digital learning materials, a process that varies wildly between states. Occasionally the state will also partner with companies to provide materials or services to districts free of charge.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how data privacy concerns are expanding with education technology use. As education transitions into the digital space, private student data is now being collected in student information systems, learning management systems and other educational applications. .

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

(June 9, 2021) — Aperture Education, the leading provider of researched-backed social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments for K-12 schools, was named a winner in the EdTech Breakthrough Awards for its high school SEL solution. In all, more than 2,000 nominations were submitted.

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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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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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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 10, 2021

Several other universities, private companies, and government agencies were also attacked. UCOP has advised employees to report any emails that are threatening to expose their personal data. Application security involves securing your systems by identifying and eliminating vulnerabilities. Adware is like malware. Winding Up.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 9, 2020

His research focuses on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems. On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting.

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