eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“As educators look for new ways to enhance virtual lessons and companies explore how to provide better visibility in more spread out conference rooms, Epson focuses on designing accessible technologies that adapt to current display needs and help drive productivity and engagement,” said Veronika Knight, product manager, Epson America, Inc.

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Epson Meeting Classroom Conference 76

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Consider the following developments in artificial intelligence: In 2016, the Associated Press began outsourcing its minor-league baseball dispatches to a company called Automated Insights. Can a robot be whimsical? Even more amazing, ChatGPT made some independent artistic choices. This will be kludgy and awful , I thought.

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Education Robotics Assessment Examples 101

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Built into the HuddleCamHD Pro and Pro IP is a monitor clamp that can easily attach to any LCD or laptop display, and each camera can be wall-mounted. connector to any Mac, PC, or Linux computer, follow the instructions for one-time setup, and start recording or streaming with no additional software required.

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Video Software Robotics Laptops 52

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Tagged on: July 21, 2017 A complex web of factors influence children’s commercial media literacy | LSE Business Review → If they don’t know an ad from information, how can they grasp how companies use their personal data? wi.us, among other sources."

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Adam Welcome

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Yes - I really love enhancing the curriculum in classes with laptops, tablets, coding and robots. Like I invented laptops, iPads and the app store. Spoiler alert #3 - computers aren't just in technology companies! John Deere the tractor company is currently hiring a Senior Software Engineer right now.

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Tablets Laptops iPhone iPad 72

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

With that, I think it's worth taking a look at where each of the three big companies stands in regards to Ed. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are quality pieces of software, but the lack of them on anything other than Mac means adoption will be low. If a teacher wants their kids to create, IPad is still the device to go with.

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Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

So, this fall, the company added three new features, dubbed the “Classroom Conversation Toolset,” to let teachers pause the app classroom-wide, snap every computer to a particular screen, and cloak student identity to anonymously share answers with the entire class. Now, I just click pause,” she said.

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Blended Learning Robotics Laptops Tablets 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. FTW Robotics displayed its drone technology in booth #518 that is currently in 1K schools throughout the United States.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 134

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

A computer scientist, she opens a door in the table’s guts where a laptop computer is hidden, types on its keyboard and, within seconds, the animated gorilla is back to her pedagogical self again. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. I didn’t want that.”.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 77

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

A computer scientist, she opens a door in the table’s guts where a laptop computer is hidden, types on its keyboard and, within seconds, the animated gorilla is back to her pedagogical self again. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. I didn’t want that.”.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 28

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. announced the U.S. K-12 market.

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Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

Skye Morishita working on the robot she programmed at a recent CoderDojo session in Boston. On a recent Saturday, a squad of Lego robots fitted with markers limped, hopped and spun dizzily across the table. The pair launched the first CoderDojo in June 2011, hosted by the National Software Centre in Cork. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Robotics Blended Learning Laptops Software 70

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

New products are coming from companies that have long been in the game, and others are being launched thanks to successful crowdfunding initiatives. Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Thirty maze challenge cards are also included. Add-Ons: No add-ons are available at this time.

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Robotics Android Software Tablets 67

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. Photo Credit: Frank Catalano 2.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 159

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 53

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Our family’s budget software of choice is YNAB (You Need A Budget). I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. It’s to-the-penny approach is exactly what we needed while selling a house and moving to a new state with all the accompanying expenses entailed.

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Exercises System Software Comparison 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

A London-based company in the crowded market of do-it-yourself programmable hardware for students seeks to shake off negative headlines as it restructures and changes focus to the U.S. and to software products. The company first announced its strategic shift with a capital injection of about 3.3 It’s a wide-open market space.”

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Company Strategy Robotics Pearson 78

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2021

After 20 years as a house cleaner, she’d gotten better work as a packaging operator at local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies, but kept losing jobs because she had trouble filling out the required forms. Without the HEERF money, there’s no way the school could have afforded the software, said Raritan President Michael McDonough.

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Software Report Trends Adobe 103

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Tagged on: August 27, 2017 DeVos Invested in Company Under Investigation for Misleading Claims | Education Week → When U.S. Tagged on: August 26, 2017 The Secret to a Good Robot Teacher | The New York Times → Why is educational technology such a disappointment? Tagged on: August 21, 2017 Should Professors Ban Laptops?

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program.” ” That’s the statewide laptop program in Maine – thanks Seymour! ” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. More from Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy.

Education 46

Education Laptops Company Report 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The company has raised $20.4 million total.

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 24, 2017

To be clear, when I talk about education technology or technologies, I am not referring simply to tools or artifacts or products; and technologies certainly aren’t simply computing devices – software or hardware. That period was also one of enormous growth in new digital technology companies. Technologies are systems.

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Technology Education Industry Company 76

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

“ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. As Phil Hill notes, Amazon is already a powerful player in the ed-tech market, providing the “ cloud ” platform for many major ed-tech companies.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“Without Net Neutrality , How Would Internet Companies Treat K–12 Districts?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Adtalem Global Education , the company that owns DeVry University , announced Monday that ownership of the for-profit institution would transfer to Cogswell Education LLC.” “Huh? ”).

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. No disclosure , no surprise, that Edsurge shares investors with this company. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The tutoring company has raised $244.2 The tutoring company has raised $780,000 total. million total.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Via Forbes : “This Company Could Be Your Next Teacher: Coursera Plots A Massive Future For Online Education.” “How a 5-Decade Old Education Company Reinvented Itself” – Edsurge interviews the CEO of the company formerly known as Curriculum Associates. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 51

Education MOOC Robotics Panasonic 51

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

Via The Verge : “ OLPC ’s $100 laptop was going to change the world – then it all went wrong.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ ISTE Unveils Plans to Match Ed-Tech Companies With Educators for Feedback on Apps.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43