Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. And it's starting with U.S.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

If your company aims to minimize its environmental impact, perhaps as part of an ESG policy (Environment, Social, and Governance), LED and laser business projectors are an excellent choice. Additionally, they provide efficient usage with instant power on/off capability, eliminating waiting times before and after use.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

Students who want to use the restroom or visit the library or other office now pull up an app on their iPad and bring it to the teacher, who keys in his or her access code to grant permission. asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights. We were always writing passes for kids.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Why shouldn’t the faculty, administrators and innovators who shape students’ on-campus education experience do the same? So we’ve compiled a list of the education technology events for the higher-ed community happening across the world in 2018. Green events are oriented around a specific product or company.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

SMART wants to recognize educators across the globe who inspire greatness in their students, peers or community. Nominate your favorite educator at coolcatteacher.com/greatness. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends. Lindsey: Our library media specialist knows more about this.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 2, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, ed-tech company EverFi has raised $40 million from investors who include Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and Google chairman Eric Schmidt, while children’s robot company Wonder Workshop raised $20 million. The company has raised $61 million to date, according to CrunchBase.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2019

The abrupt announcement of Maker Media’s shutdown startled and shocked people in many walks of life—especially educators who felt inspired to bring making and the do-it-yourself spirit into teaching and learning. Maker Media was a for-profit company that had raised $10 million in venture and debt capital.)

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techlearning

AUGUST 21, 2018

NEW YORK, NY – August 21, 2018 – School Library Journal(SLJ) has announced Ali Schilpp, a library media specialist from Northern Middle School in Accident, MD, as the 2018 School Librarian of the Year. Schu, the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs; a “Mr.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The grassroots Maker Movement has, and continues to, impact entrepreneurship, education, economic and workforce development, manufacturing, community revitalization and technology inclusion in the U.S. Macon, GA, where SparkMacon is empowering entrepreneurs to launch businesses in the broader Macon-Bibb county.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. James Kim, co-founder and executive director of BEAT (short for Bridging Education & Art Together), is on a mission to “take the ‘speech’ and the ‘therapy’ out of speech therapy,” he says.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2019

New Castle School District, also in Pennsylvania, will host an upcoming workshop addressing how educators can redesign learning spaces to support personalized learning and student agency. Family-friendly events are located at libraries, museums, schools, tech companies and nonprofit organizations.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

And now that Reach Capital is done fundraising, it will return its focus to evaluating pitches from education entrepreneurs, all vying for a piece of Reach’s new $82 million fund. Investing is humbling because we inevitably miss out on or pass on companies that go on to achieve great success in realizing their mission.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

There are dozens of higher education technology conferences already planned for this first year of the new decade, and you may find one (or many of them) useful for professional development, networking or simply learning about new ideas. Green events are oriented around a specific product or company. Come by and say hello!)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Jivani, the founder and CEO of the Love Your Natural Self Foundation, addressed a room of K-12 students and educators from across the country as part of a two-day event on digital citizenship—the idea of applying civility and civic engagement online. The company has also enlisted artificial intelligence to track hate speech on the platform.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They provide a wealth of rugged, inquiry-based products to educators in more than 100 countries around the world. You can also visit PASCO website’s Digital Library for hundreds of free labs and experiments that can be sorted by age group (elementary, MS, HS, AP, or University) or subject. Training and Workshops.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

One area we rarely discuss in the education ecosystem is how to support teachers’ mental, physical health and well-being. His work focuses on supporting the well-being, mental and physical health of educators-an area that is rarely addressed. Dr. Scherz, please share your education background.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2022

But those companies’ well-funded marketing efforts obscure the reality that most colleges offer peer tutoring services to their students—for free. The idea is that students today feel more comfortable calling up an app to get help than they do walking into a campus building, like a tutoring center tucked in the basement of a library.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Then she came across Tailor-ED , a San Francisco-based provider of a platform of open educational resources for math subjects that allows educators to group and assign work to students based on indicators like proficiency. At that time, the company only offered math materials for grades three to six. The startup has raised a $1.6

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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. And they are all in the free, downloadable calendar below.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Can vacant parking lots be redeveloped into libraries for children in “reading deserts?” These were among the projects pitched at Early Futures, a conference hosted by the Omidyar Network, Promise Venture Studio, and Sesame Workshop in San Francisco on Nov. And how can an AI-enhanced robot help toddlers improve language skills?

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

The higher education landscape is dotted with opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow colleagues, faculty, developers and entrepreneurs, all working on new ideas and tools to support teaching and learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Halle Award for outstanding middle level educator from NCTE as well as the Friends of Literacy Award from the Nassau Reading Council. In 2016, two books were published: The Reading Intervention Toolkit , by Shell Education and Read Talk Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction , published by Corwin Literacy.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. What are the common mistakes that educators make when they’re trying to use FlipSnack? You know, I did have an educator say to me once I like to use it for student portfolios. Students absolutely love it.

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techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, May 22, 2018 — To keep students actively learning over the summer and to help prevent summer learning loss, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), with the help of Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), is launching its sixth annual Alabama Summer Learning Challenge. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2018

For those looking to keep the feeling alive beyond September, there’s good news: Any time of year, faculty, administrators and software developers are gathering to discuss what’s next in education and technology—and we’ve compiled a free, downloadable calendar of the events that innovative instructors and entrepreneurs don’t want to miss.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Quottly at LAUNCH Sydney Johnson How Bigger College Costs Could Mean Smaller Degrees Unaffordable and rising tuition costs have prevented many students from accessing a higher education. And companies sponsoring employees’ education feel the stress too, causing many to cut back on efforts to pay students through a traditional masters program.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

While some institutions have tried to punt responsibility for the accessibility of digital tools to the companies that produce them, that reasoning hasn’t persuaded federal agencies or judges. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Professional learning and support tools include in-person workshops, webinars, video tutorials, grant opportunities and more. Helping both educators and students succeed in today’s science classrooms is our top priority,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Software & Technology. “To More than 1,000 sample experiments are available.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

the company offers an app that lets kids access unlimited books, educational videos, quizzes and audiobooks — and it’s free for educators. I’m very excited to see education technology playing a larger role in the tech community,” says Markosian, CEO of Epic! “As I founded five companies before Epic!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I know in one workshop, this was a tip that really changed the world of one of the teachers and one of her students because she said, “Oh! Vicki: OK, remarkable educators, remember that if you’re on that morning commute like many of you are when you listen to the show, so this when you get to school, Don’t do this while driving.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

Earlier this year, the White House unveiled the “CS for All” initiative, which provides over $4 billion in funding to expand and support K-12 computer science education. Code.org , Khan Academy , Codeacademy , and other educational organizations and companies feature special Hour of Code tutorials on their sites.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This team of educators was part of the Fuse RI initiative , a fellowship program that teaches educators, administrators and local education agencies in the state how to integrate blended and personalized learning and technology practices into classrooms. Forty of the 104 Fuse fellows volunteered to field questions.

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