Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Stories pointing to secretive consumer tracking policies and privacy violations from companies like Facebook and Google have stirred further outcries, and education companies are not immune to criticisms either. That’s a far cry from the research published from companies, says Martin. You need to call them what they are.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

For that perspective, we recently connected with Matthew Tower, a principal at Workshop Venture Partners, a small, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm focused on climate and education. Edtech received an influx of investment last year, but some companies are now struggling, leading to dismal headlines about layoffs and declining stocks.

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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 sudden-seeming pervasiveness of AI has even led to faculty workshop “safe spaces” this summer, where instructors can figure out how to use algorithms. And so far, AI is shaking things up.

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Education EdTech Outcomes Report 171

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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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

01:01 Vicki : So give me an example of how it’s used in your classroom. So that’s just one example of getting the year started off with a thinking routine. So for example, one of the types of thinking is perspective taking. 05:00 Vicki: So you’ve already given us three examples. Such engagement! 02:36 Vicki: I love that.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The FTC is currently holding a public comment period to determine whether to strengthen COPPA’s privacy protections, and it just concluded a public workshop on Oct. The list of potentially non-compliant companies includes a number of household names, major education companies, and other large content providers.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

For example, if schools want teachers to manage their time better, they should try to reduce the admin work before creating online courses on time management. They solve this by offering PD days, which tend to be long days filled with workshops. Provide opportunities to practice. PD never ends.

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How To Personal Learning Network LMS Training 282

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

Special workshops and outings get students acquainted with the idea of college and other postgraduate opportunities. Classrooms use a teacher-directed and project-based curriculum called The Creative Curriculum, from the company Teaching Strategies, to outline objectives and design teaching plans.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. Although many organizations and companies are making strides toward solutions for this society-wide concern, improvements just aren’t coming fast enough. We need more female STEM mentors and role models!

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Robotics STEM Strategy Study 167

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. Connectivity is a prime example. It’s a nice-to-have feature if you plan to use your projector for multiple purposes.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 20, 2023

ChatGPT is a recently released language-processing system developed by OpenAI, a San-Francisco based research-and-development company. An Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) is the most commercially prevalent example of AI in schools and universities. Examples include Algebra Tutor PAT, Mathematics Tutor, and Why2-Atlas.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

Teachers can help students with their applications by providing feedback and referring to the detailed guidance and examples available on the application page. This unique experience provides hands-on skill-building opportunities, such as public speaking, business-case workshops and storytelling workshops.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

The Tech Team also offers ongoing resume writing workshops, which allow learners to communicate their job skills and experiences through writing in a digital platform. Tech Team members learn to navigate livestreams on social media such as FaithLife , for example.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Financial backers include Sesame Workshop, Kaiser Permanente, National Geographic and AIMS Imprint of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Reach, though, is sticking to its specialty, says Garvey: “We are still very much committed to supporting companies at the early stage, and we feel we can identify these winners early.” school districts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For example, tasks like taking attendance, awarding credit hours, and releasing micro-credentials are all automated as learners use join codes to enter virtual synchronous PD events. Districts can create single-session events like workshops, as well as conference-style PD days that consist of multiple days and/or sessions.

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Digital Badges Professional Learning Training Outcomes 105

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We were primarily using a reading workshop and balanced literacy model to teach reading. In the spring of 2020, we obtained unlimited licenses for the literacy program, which the company was offering at no charge due to the pandemic, and rostered all of our elementary and middle school students so they could use it at home.

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Data Classroom Elementary Outcomes 118

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity gaps stemming from challenges such as inadequate internet access, strategically directs investments towards international companies that share their mission and actively contribute to its realization. And when they hit send, we're integrated in the background.

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Digital Divide Broadband Khan Academy eBook 143

User Generated Education

MARCH 4, 2018

Recently I had the privilege of facilitating two half day workshops entitled, A Framework for Maker Education. The workshop including several mini-sessions of participants creating their own maker projects (Paper Circuits, Squishy Circuits, Gami-Bots, Brush bots, and micro:bit projects). textbook or testing company).

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

And companies that offer remote instruction to help tradespeople get ready to take the test say business has been booming during the pandemic—perhaps driven by the fact that demand for construction workers is high. A new company is angling to bring online tutoring services to the skilled trades. They say, ‘I kind of like these books.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

It was like a 90 minute workshop and it was a sold out session. You know, for example, you teach Spanish. So when I've had some different sessions, it's great to have people that come in that are from like tech companies and say, hey, you know, in my work, we've been using this product and now we're building in the AI.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said. Who Isn’t Being Served?

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Industry STEM Education Survey 129

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

He looked at private companies in the Twin Cities area including 3M, Target, US Bank, and United Health and learned about their crowd-based internal innovation, where ideas are sourced from within. For example, Schneider points to a change in date of high school orientation that was a wildly successful idea that required no cost outlay.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

is a powerful example of this model. The region is bursting with examples of youth entrepreneurship—from a festival that allows students to showcase their own work, to an effort with the National Writing Project to empower students to tell the stories of historic houses from underrepresented voices. Click to view slideshow.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For example, Margie’s company partnered with Sweet Briar College, which has faced dire financial straits in recent years, to facilitate alumni-to-student and alumni-to-alumni career networking support, including advice, mentorship, internships and jobs.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Take Nick Saban for example. Just like I did a Google search on Nick Saban, you can do the same when it comes to companies and consultants. Why else would these people be employed to coach in the first place? The kicker here though is that many of these coaches have not played the game in years, even decades.

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Professional Learning Learning Outcomes Training 323

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The organization will serve and represent a wide variety of spaces, events, and institutions serving makers, including non-profit organizations, museums, libraries, science centers, educational institutions, foundations and for-profit companies. .

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Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2015

Companies with strong research-based product development approaches and schools with strong results-based pilot approaches will be highlighted on the Digital Promise website. For technology providers , we’ll share responses on our website, and we’ll highlight the best examples of research-based product development.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Imagine you’re an edtech company with thousands of students on your platform. That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. One example cited was a Pearson A/B test that earned negative media coverage a few years ago.

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Pearson Learning Software Company 187

TeacherCast

JANUARY 17, 2020

This week, I had the opportunity to unite with educators, technology companies, podcasters, and amazing students at the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC). On Tuesday I hosted about 50 educators from across the K20 spectrum for my TeacherCast Educational Podcasting Workshop. Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting!

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Conference Technology Microsoft Education 88

TeacherCast

JANUARY 17, 2020

This week, I had the opportunity to unite with educators, technology companies, podcasters, and amazing students at the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC). On Tuesday I hosted about 50 educators from across the K20 spectrum for my TeacherCast Educational Podcasting Workshop. Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting!

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Conference Technology Microsoft Education 88

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

They are working once they have some of their work done for reader’s workshop where they are getting on their computers and investigating that way. They are reading their books during readers’ workshop. Give me an example. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Vicki: This is intriguing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Aaron Marvel @AaronMarvelEDU , and this is an example of an awesome meeting. Vicki: So I love this idea because I’ve had some others on the show – Bill Selak is one example – where they have a researcher on staff, and they’ve been researching flexible seating. Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

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Data Study Meeting Elementary 364

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Three weeks after submitting her online application to MagicEars , a Chinese ESL company, Ward taught her first class. In the online classroom, for example, teachers are required to be highly animated. This includes using props—an umbrella when talking about the weather, for example, or a potato when discussing dinosaur eggs.

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Training Policies Company Facebook 112

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Your mind can’t work that way,” says Smyth, the CEO of PechaKucha , a company that offers software and other services centered around a unique take on slide sharing. “It PechaKucha, the company, was founded in 2018 to help promote the format to cities, businesses and schools. It can’t both read and listen at the same time.”

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Software Company Study Meeting 145

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

VICKI: So give me some examples. You’ve already given the beginning of the school example where people introduce themselves. Are there some other cool examples for this tool? 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

APRIL 14, 2022

That’s just one example of a college that has rethought its approach to academic tutoring since the disruptions of the global pandemic. But those companies’ well-funded marketing efforts obscure the reality that most colleges offer peer tutoring services to their students—for free. It has increased our availability for every subject.”

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Chegg Study Accessibility Groups 159

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2018

So let’s say that I’m in a workshop, and I’m taking notes in Evernote. As I’m taking notes, I think of some things that I want to do, following that workshop. For example, Instagram and Twitter — when I put something on Instagram, I’d like the same thing to go on Twitter. Everybody helps. IfThisThenThat does that.

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Tools Education Google Twitter 182