EdTech4Beginners

JULY 21, 2023

On the flip side, this high demand also means an increase in the number of startups and new companies, making it a more competitive market. These profitable Edtech companies are pros at what it takes to position themselves as credible brands. This is one of the biggest perks of SEO strategies for education companies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 2, 2023

Student Protections: HIPPA and Reporting Requirements For example, if AI is “working with” students, it should be under the same HIPPA requirements and have mandatory reporting requirements, just like educators and the tools we use do now. And that, my friends, is where we are.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

But instead of a classroom, Wolochow now works on the Silicon Valley campus of a company that’s using technology to make learning more accessible to people throughout the world. More companies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—or STEM—fields are hiring workers with liberal arts backgrounds, according to a recent report.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As Alpha Public Schools administrator Jin-Soo Huh told EdSurge this past summer , “Edtech companies have a responsibility when putting out studies to understand data clearly and present it accurately.” Here are the top companies in each category. The Learning Sciences Category: BrainQuake, Inc.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2024

Overall public school enrollment is expected to continue its incremental decline through 2040, notes education consulting firm McKinsey & Company, with urban districts bearing the brunt of it. Many classmates and I all had to go to different classes."

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We can dig in and find that in some excellent research from the 2020 State of Engagement report. In this blog post, I’ll share my observations and give you links to the report so you can read it for yourself. To help you get closer to these answers, I recommend that all of you read GoGuardian ’s 2020 State of Engagement Report.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

“These concerns may be heightened by knowing the potential ease with which companies may access the posts of schools and districts for uses not intended to be accessed by those in schools who have posted,” researchers wrote. There are educational leaders in schools wrestling with these ethical quandaries , the report authors noted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In this example, I clicked brain breaks and found many resources to add brain breaks from task cards to free videos and other resources to add brain breaks to my classroom easily. 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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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2020

I take a topic that isn’t super simple — databases — and show how I teach it with 2 simple projects, some game-based learning, concrete examples, and how my students all master the topic in five days. Of interest to most of you, however, will be how I plan lessons. Wherever I work, my lesson plans are with me.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Credit: Patricia Kühfuss for The Hechinger Report Neriman is taking part in Kein Abschluss ohne Anschluss (KAoA) — or “no graduation without connection” — a program that has been rolled out across the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to help students better plan for their futures. amid growing disenchantment with university education.

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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. The most dramatic example came in May, when Chegg’s falling stock price was blamed on chatbots. The department’s new report includes a warning of sorts: Don’t let your imagination run wild. “We

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Education EdTech Report Outcomes 177

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2022

Last week, for example, Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost OER textbooks and courseware, announced it received a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2020, Lumen acquired Faculty Guild , a coaching company for instructors, now called Lumen Circles. How Is It Used In Classrooms?

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OER Course Company Report 159

Digital Promise

JUNE 2, 2021

With companies like Google planning to invest more into how AI is integrated into the classroom, millions of teachers across all subject areas could be impacted in just a few short years. For example, when a teacher has students use Grammarly to improve their writing, they’re using AI.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2023

This virtual version of Ada Lovelace is an example of technology known as generative AI, which is composed of algorithms that can essentially produce new content from raw information. A Swedish company called Sana Labs sells a learning-management system that promises to automatically compile courses for internal use by companies.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Tampa, FL – September 24, 2021 – The Washington Post reported 14 school shootings between March and June 2021 despite pandemic-related school closures. Vector LiveSafe is an advanced tip reporting and safety communication platform for organizations, including schools. For more information, visit www.vectorsolutions.com.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Versions of that sales pitch echoed through the cavernous exhibit hall this week at one of the largest trade shows for tech companies selling to colleges. Southern Mississippi’s efforts are a good example of the reality on many campuses starting to get into Big Data. CHICAGO—Big Data will save you. Among them.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

It’s the seventh edition of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report. Yet bringing this hybrid vision to life in just a few years’ time would require colleges to change their strategies and also invest more in online education, the report suggests. That may lead to less outsourcing of services from edtech companies.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

Treasury report from September noted the harmful effects of shortfalls in the childcare supply. Childcare companies took a big hit during the pandemic, says Julie Wroblewski, a managing partner at Magnify Ventures. But some of those companies seem to have weathered the pandemic. Reach him at daniel@edsurge.com.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

At elite universities, that figure was much higher — almost 90 percent at the University of Pennsylvania, for example, according to the school’s career services office. The Washington Center, for example, last year began offering fully funded, short-term career-readiness programs. The company, whose biggest market is now the U.S.,

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Survey Company Industry Accessibility 125

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? While the edtech market continues to grow with innovative ways to engage students, not many companies provide products rooted in three decades of cognitive research that continue to provide solid returns on investment. You mentioned subject areas beyond mathematics.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

At least, that’s what’s suggested by a report released last week by the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit organization that’s taking a look at the impact of student surveillance. Thirty-seven percent of teachers say that law enforcement gets messages after hours regarding students’ digital activity, the report says.

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Tools Software Report Company 144

eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2024

One illustrative example has been the creation of new public-private partnerships, such as the Michigan’s Tri-Share program, where private employer funds are blended with public ECE funds to provide optional care choices for children from eligible low-income families. At the same time, digital wallets are growing in popularity.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

According to the National Center on Education Statistics , the number of adults with children under the age of 18 reporting that “computers were always or usually available for education purposes” has risen to 94 percent. Over the past few decades, there have been great strides in this area.

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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.” Udemy’s stock, for example, is down.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This summer, the White House persuaded seven major tech companies to make substantial commitments toward the responsible development of artificial intelligence; in early September, eight more joined in. And ed tech companies must demonstrate that their AI is accurate and without bias before it is used by young students in a classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Now comes the first partnership between a higher education institution and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and a new flurry of question marks. Researchers, for example, will be able to use these tools to synthesize large data sets. ASU has a reputation for its innovative partnerships. The ASU community is enormous.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

“Momentum is growing around ISAs,” says the authors of a report on how income share agreements could impact the way students pay for college in the future. To ease some confusion, researchers behind the study lay out the major ISA companies, investors and strategies that exist including Vemo Education, Avenue Funding and Lumni.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 14, 2019

Let's take a look by looking at social media examples. In 2018 Berners-Lee kicked off a global campaign that included a “Contract for the Web,” urging governments, Internet companies and users to commit to a set of principles to protect the openness and accessibility of the Web. Is accessibility baked into to the development process?

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Company Accessibility Facebook Guidelines 78

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Three new reports offer some insights. All three were produced by for-profit companies that sell assessments to schools. These companies may have a business motive in sounding an alarm to sell more of their product, but the reports are produced by well-regarded education statisticians.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And like so many technologies before it, companies are now in a rush to find ways to monetize and adopt AI, applying the technology to customer service, law enforcement, transportation–and education. Data is a reflection of the world we live in, which, unfortunately, is full of examples of bias and discrimination.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2024

That’s according to the recent data from the “ State of Higher Education Study ,” conducted by the analytics company Gallup and the private foundation Lumina. In the survey, 42 percent of Hispanic students reported they had considered stopping out, compared to 40 percent of Black students and 31 percent of white students.

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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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EdTech Company Data Software 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2022

A workplace technology report from the American Foundation for the Blind, published this month , notes that many people who are blind, have low vision or are deafblind say that they experience difficulties with accessibility for workplace training. The company, Clusive, Inc.,

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Online Learning E-rate Training Software 169

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, with more than 11,000 ed tech products on the market and companies sometimes making extravagant claims about their effectiveness, it’s often impossible to determine which products work and which don’t. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames. The onsite training is expensive.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

In an effort to close the gap between claims and facts, Entangled Solutions has issued a near-final draft of a new set of “quality assurance” standards for how programs report and communicate student outcomes. One option is to charge accounting firms a membership fee to apply the standards in their audit reports of schools.

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