article thumbnail

7 Edtech Trends to Watch in 2022: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

In 2021, edtech companies continued to connect students, educators and families all over the world, resulting in another record year of investments, mergers and acquisitions and global expansion like never before. This is an exciting time in the edtech industry, filled with endless opportunities for those looking to launch a new company.

EdTech 218
article thumbnail

Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

eSchool News

Cyber Legends has reached out to teachers, schools, school boards, cybersecurity experts, and online safety professionals to collect data over the past 2 years to learn about their challenges. This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely. and Canada.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

-based Ambient Insight, predicts a five-year compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of negative 6.4 According to the document, “the recent steep declines in the e-learning industry essentially mean that the e-learning era is effectively over. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market.

Report 51
article thumbnail

Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

Edsurge

Also there’s a game-based learning element to it. There’s a lot of scenario-based prompts, so it’s really playful. We were able to get girls laptops. Typically when we run our summer immersion program, it’s girls coding from 9-5, seven days a week, in tech companies. That was absolutely the No.

STEM 166
article thumbnail

Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

We sat there on laptops in a classroom, and I tried to get all 25 students online at the exact same time. 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. No one could get on.

Twitter 179
article thumbnail

We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing.

article thumbnail

What Do Sixth Graders Say About Learning With Games? It Works

MindShift

But while blended learning — a mix of teacher-led and computerized instruction — is proliferating across the country, schools that wholeheartedly embrace games-based learning remain rare. Etai’s favorite parts of this game? Linear equations flashed on a laptop screen. Doing the math quickly. Strategizing.