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Big Deals—Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee, AI Tackles Campus Safety, and Stanford Offers Online Math

eSchool News

Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. “We are excited to help students practice for the National Civics Bee through quizzing and conversations with Khanmigo,” said Kristen DiCerbo, Khan Academy’s chief learning officer.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

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To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy.

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A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done.

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But Nitta was working with what was perhaps the highest-profile AI system at the time, IBM’s Watson. He says his team spent about five years trying, and along the way they helped build some small-scale attempts into learning products, such as a pilot chatbot assistant that was part of a Pearson online psychology courseware system in 2018.

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The Future of Canvas

eSchool News

Drop the company name Instructure on the average educator and you may get a blank stare in return. Now mention the company’s flagship product Canvas and be ready for a flash of instant recognition. This was the first Innovations podcast recorded in person, but it certainly won’t be the last.

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eSchool Live@ INSTRUCTURECON 2023

eSchool News

The company announced a partnership with Khan Academy to integrate Khanmigo, Khan’s AI-powered student tutor and teaching assistantCanvas, into Canvas, the market-leading learning management system. “How can classrooms use AI tools, while ensuring students develop critical thinking skills? .

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Sal Khan has been as busy as ever. Over the last year, he’s helped Khan Academy manage a three-fold user increase, has grown and developed an online program geared toward early learners, and launched a new peer-to-peer tutoring platform to keep students connected and learning during the pandemic.

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3 SEO Strategies for Edtech Business

EdTech4Beginners

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. Some of the big names that pop up include Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, and Udacity, to mention a few. This is one of the biggest perks of SEO strategies for education companies.

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