Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Getting acquired by the likes of Apple, Google and other “Big Tech” firms is often the dream of entrepreneurs (and their investors). Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. Most educational institutions in this category simplify their compliance by purchasing and using a web filter from a reputable company. What are CIPA guidelines for filtering?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 19, 2023

Gaining an understanding of the various web conferencing advantages and disadvantages can be critical for business success because it allows companies to fully realize the potential on offer, while also maintaining an awareness of the challenges and what can be done to overcome them. This then has a number of significant knock-on effects.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

Even if you don’t like Google, Jeremy Lupoli told a crowded room surrounded by products from the tech giant, you’ll still have to work with it to get ahead in the education technology industry. You’d be stupid to say, ‘We don’t want to partner with Google,’” Lupoli noted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

But what I haven’t seen is kids Googling anything to help them with this project. Her talent won her an internship with a company in Atlanta (she telecommuted as a sophomore and junior in high school.) There’s a reason why this Invention project is a Google-free zone. I’ve even seen contact lenses that take photographs.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In makerspaces, usually set up in schools or libraries, students work collaboratively on projects that encourage using creative solutions to explore areas in science, technology, engineering and math. Makerspaces have revolutionized what school libraries can do. What Are the Benefits of Makerspaces in Schools?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. 5- Create a Library of Maker Materials Make it easy to tinker and invent with a rich library of resources and materials. 5- Create a Library of Maker Materials Make it easy to tinker and invent with a rich library of resources and materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

She holds multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Apple Teacher 2016, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer and Expert. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2021

Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. The company lets anyone create and offer an online course on its platform, which has become the largest of its kind. First, some background.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

I’ve found it works better if you have some flat surfaces around, but it will work anywhere Start designing Inside 3D bear are a variety of libraries that you can use. 3DBear includes other 3D libraries that let students add, arrange, and create digital items in your classroom. But you’re not limited by these libraries.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2022

So, when you start with Readlee, you can quickly import classes from Google Classroom and Clever or manually create a class. Additionally, there is a continually growing Readlee library you can select from as well. ( They can also give suggestions if students think something wasn't interpreted correctly. See tutorial video.).

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

However, the concept of employees working closely with other people who may be on-site, off-site, or moving between the two, is new to most companie s and requires careful management. It may be as easy as deciding between options like Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace. Make Sure Teams Conduct Hybrid Meetings .

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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. So if they work in Google Classroom, they won't even know we're there.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Among the tech behemoths, Amazon and Google are forging inroads in cloud-based gaming. Google is testing Project Stream , and Amazon is reportedly leveraging its massive cloud presence to develop its own service. You have access to a limited library of games.”. But Microsoft ’s Project xCloud may be the furthest along.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 8, 2017

Each year we add a little something new in our library. I’ve watched several libraries add a Lego wall to their libraries and wanted to do it for a long time. Then, I saw a post from Shannon Miller about a company called Brik. Now waiting on student Google responses [link]. I decided to give it a go.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. They have been using the ChromeBooks in our classroom to do Google searches. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The company’s more than 3,500 vetted and qualified tutors provide learning assistance that is available 24/7 in a wide array of subjects. The company’s mission is to instill hope, advance equity, and catalyze achievement in schools and communities. Tutor.com powers tutoring and homework help programs for the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Composer is designed to improve source-based writing for students and researchers who use a variety of research, note-taking and writing software, like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. We do understand, however, that educators and companies have legitimate concerns about the ethical use of AI tools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Those easy-to-hand, widely adopted tools cited by Shirky include the ubiquitous Google Docs, as well as more-unexpected ones like the website Genius (formerly Rap Genius). One secret to the partnership’s success: clear boundaries between the for-profit company and the nonprofit educational institution.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. Onebillion makes a solar-powered tablet, along with the Onecourse app that houses activities for reading, writing and math, plus a library of over 300 stories. and London-based nonprofit Onebillion.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

For its part, Google also announced that it would open up access to Google Expeditions, the app that houses a series of virtual reality “field trips” designed for K-12 classrooms. Previously, educators had to apply to become “Google Pioneers” to access the software. Simulated Driver’s Ed. Takes Virtual Twists and Turns.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2019

Age of Learning recently launched ReadingIQ, an advanced digital library for children 12 and under with thousands of high-quality books, all curated by experts to advance literacy. The company also released updates to commenting, analytics, badging and credentialing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Students can log in with their Google ID or set up an account. Browse or search the Owl Eyes library to see if your upcoming book is included. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This is a sponsored post. What Does Owl Eyes Do?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2020

The pending $2 billion sale of one of the largest learning management systems to a private equity firm has raised questions about what happens to the trove of student data held in the company’s courses. Instructure, which is currently a public company, is in the process of being sold to Thoma Bravo, a private company.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

New features include an Organization Library, Shared Libraries, Co-Editing, and Learning Management System Integrations. The company has spent years understanding the needs of educators and the result is a line of durable, affordable headsets that just work, no software or apps required.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Our higher education system formed around libraries. In a world where the largest software vendors like Apple and Google don’t write the apps, we are at a tipping point as the worldwide gap widens between skills delivered by the current educational systems and those required by the digital economy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And the one thing that Flipsnack cannot do it … it cannot be worked on simultaneously like Google docs where two students can work on it at once. But, one of the other benefits of Flipsnack is that you can create the books in something like Google Slides. So that was a great way from an elementary standpoint to use FlipSnack.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Google Comments Mote ScreenPal Edulastic Flip Voicethread Talk & Comment Padlet Taut Floop Kami Parlay BoomCards Within any of the G Suite apps, it’s possible to leave a comment feedback, but rather than just typing a message share a video, slide deck, or any information that helps them to make an improvement.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

With a financial boost from Google.org, which has donated more than $110 million in the last five years to education initiatives, Learning Equality aims to increase its content library by adding to what the platform has already accomplished with KA Lite.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

More than 35,000 schools have shifted to OverDrive Education for digital books as the company has significantly expanded its catalog to include grade-leveled class sets aligned to teaching units. Students benefit from Sora’s learning tools including a dyslexic font, exportable notes and highlights, built-in dictionary and Google Translate.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. In other words, Turnitin uses CrossRef databases indexed by IThenticate , which also belongs to this company. Then you can save time you could spend grading the unoriginal work or googling “ Turnitin alternative Reddit.”.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 17, 2011

After interviewing many prospective companies I became frustrated with the lack of innovation and impressiveness of their products. Built upon an exhaustive open API library , BrainHoney is posed to integrate just about anything you could wish. LearnBoost is also specifically designed to integrate with Google Apps.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2020

We interviewed a number of leaders and decision-makers in the space, including heads of learning and development, workforce strategists, and executives and corporate development teams of public and private education companies. Employees are also demanding a greater variety of resources, and companies are responding.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Tool #1: Make Bookshelves in Google Books. Richard: So this is one that’s right under everyone’s nose when ever they go to Google, but whenever I share it, people are like, “Oh! It’s Google Books. Now, there’s two versions of Google Books. There’s Google Books where you can go and buy a book. Vicki: Yep!

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